The business section of today's usatoday.com features a profile of Renaissance Book Shop at General Mitchell International Airport.
Inside a story about independent bookstores are airports, staff member Dave Long is quoted saying, "It's always great to see someone just light up when they find something they've been searching for."
Renaissance Book Shop is, according to the story, "probably" the oldest used bookstore in any American airport. Stores at Raleigh-Durham International and Portland International also were featured. Renaissance also operates a Downtown Milwaukee location at 834 N. Plankinton Ave.
A life-long and passionate community leader and Milwaukeean, Jeff Sherman is a co-founder of OnMilwaukee.
He grew up in Wauwatosa and graduated from Marquette University, as a Warrior. He holds an MBA from Cardinal Stritch University, and is the founding president of Young Professionals of Milwaukee (YPM)/Fuel Milwaukee.
Early in his career, Sherman was one of youngest members of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, and currently is involved in numerous civic and community groups - including board positions at The Wisconsin Center District, Wisconsin Club and Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. He's honored to have been named to The Business Journal's "30 under 30" and Milwaukee Magazine's "35 under 35" lists.
He owns a condo in Downtown and lives in greater Milwaukee with his wife Stephanie, his son, Jake, and daughter Pierce. He's a political, music, sports and news junkie and thinks, for what it's worth, that all new movies should be released in theaters, on demand, online and on DVD simultaneously.
He also thinks you should read OnMilwaukee each and every day.
