Photo by Deb Jacques Podcast studio, co-working spaces among offerings Patrick Wearn, the founder and CEO of Alchemist Ventures, works in his office. His company acquired the entrepreneurial services contract for Velocity in 2020. Photo by Deb Jacques Advertisement STERLING HEIGHTS — The year 2020 was a game changer for businesses, as well as how work gets done in America. And it also signified a year of change for Sterling Heights’ Velocity Center, a collaboration center that assists rising companies and bills itself on its website as Macomb County’s “premier technological technology hub.” Velocity, which is located along 18 Mile Road, between Mound Road and Van Dyke Avenue, is now “powered by” Alchemist Ventures LLC. The company’s founder and CEO, Patrick Wearn, said the company recently won the entrepreneurial services contract for the Velocity Center, adding that it’s good for at least one year.