Jan McCormick is putting her British stamp of style and changing American tastes into The Pear Tree, a gift shop in the Dixboro community of Ann Arbor.
The nearly three-month-old shop is at 5153 Plymouth Road and joins the burgeoning, historic village with its village green and specialty businesses. Next door to Pear Tree is a coffee shop Across the street is a general store. It's a combo that attracts shoppers with an appreciation for quaint.
McCormick, a former Londoner who's married to longtime Detroit News car columnist John McCormick, has stocked Pear Tree with goods she feels are special or unique. There's jewelry, pottery, clothing and other merchandise, which changes often and comes from Michigan whenever possible.
Source: John McCormick, co-owner The Pear Tree
Writer: Kim North Shine
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