Dan Gilbert and Mike Duggan helped these young Detroiters to think big

Dan Gilbert is generally a man who needs no introduction, particularly in Detroit spaces. And that has been true for quite some time.

However, in 2016, when Detroiter Lauren Bradford was about to sit across a chess board from Gilbert for a friendly match to be played within a landmark downtown Detroit office building, the precocious middle school student received a briefing about the famous businessman and developer.