Homeless man starting his own business

Associated Press Report

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By WSBT 24/7 News

Story Created: May 23, 2009 at 7:38 PM EDT

Story Updated: May 23, 2009 at 7:38 PM EDT

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — An aspiring businessman is fixing up a garage where he plans to run a custom auto-detailing business.

Zeke Ristich then plans to renovate the attached apartment and move into it from My Brother's Keeper, a homeless shelter.

The 57-year-old returned to his hometown of Flint about a year ago after moving to California in the 1970s. He did repossession work in Florida but tells The Flint Journal he began drifting after his mother was murdered and his father, sister and son died within a short time of each other.

At My Brother's Keeper, Ristich met local minister George Powell, who donated the garage, and shelter volunteer Joe Schipani, who donated tools. Ristich has already started working on a few cars at the shop, which he calls "Gypsy Garage."

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Information from: The Flint Journal, http://www.mlive.com/flint

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