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Feature Story small-award The LakeshoreEntrepreneurship

Latina leader turns community building into business success

Shandra MartinezSunday, February 2, 2025
Feature Story Beyond Basics partners with Muskegon schools, providing one-on-one tutoring to close literacy gaps through a state-funded pilot program. The LakeshoreKids and Education

Muskegon Schools partner with Beyond Basics to close literacy gaps

Shandra MartinezSunday, February 2, 2025
Feature Story MMA Executive Director Kirk Hallman. The LakeshoreArts and Culture

The Muskegon Museum of Art unveils $15.4M expansion

Shandra MartinezSunday, February 2, 2025
Feature Story Rx Kids Southwest MichiganHealthy Communities

Rx Kids expands its prescription for health, hope, and opportunity in Kalamazoo

Al JonesThursday, January 30, 2025
Feature Story Kellogg Community College Chorus Southwest MichiganArts and Culture

Music program hits the high notes at Kellogg Community College

Jane ParikhThursday, January 30, 2025
Development News Phase II of North Central's CATEE project, which begins in early 2025, includes the razing of the college’s 59-year-old Technology Building, transforming it into an expanded, state-of-the-art Technology Center. Rural Innovation ExchangeKids and Education

Groundbreaking ceremony set for new 11,750 sq. ft. tech center at this school's Petoskey campus

MJ GalbraithThursday, January 30, 2025
Development News “By building and rehabilitating homes in a smarter and more efficient way, renters will have the benefit of living in higher-quality units and saving money on their monthly energy bills,” says MSHDA CEO and Executive Director Amy Hovey. Rural Innovation ExchangeSustainability

New $35M fund available to developers building, renovating energy efficient rental housing projects

MJ GalbraithThursday, January 30, 2025
Feature Story A 2022 EcoCorps participant helps remove baby's breath at Elberta Beach. Rural Innovation ExchangeSustainability

Non-profit SEEDS provides green job experience for Michigan’s future workforce

Genevieve Fox Thursday, January 30, 2025
Partner Content Big Abe LeBlanc in front of the truck he used to deliver fresh fish to customers. Rural Innovation ExchangeSustainability

Big Abe's Net

Ellie Katz | Interlochen Public RadioThursday, January 30, 2025
Longform T'onna Clemons with her mural at RAC. Concentrate - Ann Arbor/YpsiArts and Culture

Riverside Arts Center bolsters public art in Ypsi with new sculpture and mural by local artists

Rylee BarnsdaleWednesday, January 29, 2025
Longform Luther Blackburn with Katelyn Zak in front of her home that had its lead service lines replaced by YCUA. Concentrate - Ann Arbor/YpsiHealthy Communities

Initiative aims to identify lead plumbing in Ypsi-area homes

Sarah RiggWednesday, January 29, 2025
Longform M-36 Coffee Roasters co-owner Ken Pargulski at their Whitmore Lake headquarters. Concentrate - Ann Arbor/YpsiEntrepreneurship

Whitmore Lake's M-36 coffee roastery carries on legacy of Ann Arbor's Espresso Royale coffee shops

Drew SaundersWednesday, January 29, 2025
Feature Story operationaction2025 UPword - UPEconomic Development

Limestone, golf, and a few things in between: Operation Action U.P. announces awards

Rosemary Parker Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Partner Content Laura O'Connor. Concentrate - Ann Arbor/YpsiEntrepreneurship

Small business 101: 7 guiding principles to help your business succeed

Jaishree DrepaulWednesday, January 29, 2025
Innovation News Ted Badgerow (left) receives the Tom Burns Award for brewing trailblazers. Concentrate - Ann Arbor/YpsiEntrepreneurship

Ypsi brewery owner wins state award for being a craft beer trailblazer

Sarah RiggWednesday, January 29, 2025
Innovation News FutureRoot co-founders Jessica A.S. Letaw and Yodit Mesfin Johnson. Concentrate - Ann Arbor/YpsiEquity

Organization launches educational series on racial injustice in land use planning

Clifton Kirkman IIWednesday, January 29, 2025
Longform Ronita and Gregory Coleman are redeveloping the Casa Del Rey Apartments building in Pontiac. The project has been supported by Oakland County's new land bank and housing trust fund. Metromode - Metro DetroitCommunity Development

Land bank, trust fund, and more among Oakland County's innovative solutions to housing crisis

Patrick DunnMonday, January 27, 2025
Feature Story Skot Welch, co-founder of the New Community Transformation Fund (NCTF). The LakeshoreEconomic Development

How a new partnership is focused on driving generational wealth in West Michigan

Shandra MartinezMonday, January 27, 2025
Feature Story CW Marsh owner Dan Wehrwein (right) stands with a company employee to showcase a prototype seal designed for the Hoover Dam project. The LakeshoreEconomic Development

Muskegon manufacturer carries forward a 125-year legacy

Shandra MartinezSunday, January 26, 2025
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