Walter bridgforth jr biography
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Biggest achievement: Persuading International House of Pancakes to open a restaurant in Detroit.
Current goal: Persuading national, family-style restaurant chains to invest in Detroit.
When Walter Bridgforth Jr. eats in restaurants in the suburbs of Detroit, he can't help noticing that the customers often are Detroit residents. It's a point he's been using to hammer at the national family-style restaurant chains he continues to meet with since he opened Detroit's first International House of Pancakes on Jefferson Avenue a year ago.
"I'd like to help the national chains look at urban communities again," Bridgforth said. "It took me two years to convince IHOP this is the place to be."
To bolster his argument that large urban areas are viable, neglected markets, he points to his restaurant's sales — more than $2 million in its first year, when the average IHOP outlet brings in between $800,000 and $1 million annually. The Jefferson restaurant consistently has ranked a
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Celebrity Tax Problems - R&B star Anita Baker Receives $2M Tax Lien
Grammy-winning R&B artist and multi-platinum recording star,Anita Baker, is in big trouble. AGAIN. She once faced a potential stint in jail for contempt over her divorce settlement with ex-husband Walter Bridgforth, Jr. She's being sued for $15,000 by the company contracted to paint her home outside of Detroit. And, now, Wolf Tax resources have discovered that she is liable for over two million dollars to the Internal Revenue Service.
Baker, 62, has sold 6 million albums since 1991, won eight Grammy Awards and has five platinum albums and one gold skiva to her credit. With an estimated net worth of $80 million, she has enjoyed a string of hits since the 80's including "Caught Up in the Rapture," "Same Ole Love" and "Sweet Love." Check out that song's video, which features Baker boogying alongside rows of flaming candles. Little did the video director know then how releva
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Anita Baker
American singer-songwriter (born 1958)
This article is about the singer. For the politician, see Anita Baker (New Zealand politician).
Musical artist
Anita Denise Baker (born January 26, 1958)[1] is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for her soulful ballads, particularly from the height of the quiet storm period in the 1980s.[1]
Starting her career in the late 1970s with the funk band Chapter 8, Baker released her first solo album, The Songstress, in 1983. In 1986, she rose to fame following the release of her Platinum-selling second album, Rapture, which included the Grammy-winning single "Sweet Love". As of 2017[update], Baker has won eight Grammy Awards and has four Platinum albums, along with two Gold albums.[2][3][4][5] Baker is a contralto with a wide range of octaves.[6][7][8]