How local musicians help connect parks and people in downtown Farmington Read Article

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Shariki Bell's apartment in Pontiac. Bell lived in a camper in her friend's driveway from 2006 to 2012 due to a mental health crisis.
Photo: Shariki Bell's apartment in Pontiac. Bell lived in a camper in her friend's driveway from 2006 to 2012 due to a mental health crisis. Steve Koss

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Oak Park’s first K-9 officer retires after eight years of service Read Article

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Feature Story bees Sustainability

Metro Detroit’s honeybees get by with a little help from their friends

Kate RoffThursday, July 9, 2020
Bees in the D has grown from managing just six hives in metro Detroit to 175 in the last four years, popping up on rooftops, at schools, and even at automotive factories. The honeybee advocates say it's the local businesses and volunteers who keep Michigan buzzing. 
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Dearborn's The Henry Ford welcomes back visitors

Patrick DunnThursday, July 9, 2020
The museum opened to members on July 2 and will open to the general public on July 9.
Development News Portillo's, Sterling Heights, Artists rendition Economic Development

Portillo's announces first Michigan restaurant location

Kate RoffThursday, July 9, 2020
The Chicago-style chain restaurant plans to open its first Michigan location in Sterling Heights next year.
Development News dw Kids and Education

Retired Wyandotte high school teacher gives $30,000 in local biz gift cards to graduating class

MJ GalbraithThursday, July 9, 2020
John Garvie, a retired teacher and coach at Roosevelt High School in Wyandotte, wanted to do something special for this year’s graduating class.
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10 things to do this summer in Detroit

Lauren KarmoThursday, July 2, 2020

While the pandemic has put some of our favorite seasonal activities on hold, summer in Detroit isn’t canceled — we rounded up some of the best virtual and in-person events (with proper physical distancing of course) to add to your bucket list.

Development News Katlynn Stone is one of over 600 Ford interns who will work remotely this summer. Technology and Innovation

Ford forges ahead with virtual summer internships

Kate RoffThursday, July 2, 2020
This summer Ford has shifted it summer internship program online to meet COVID-19 safety precautions. Six students from Sterling Heights will be among the 600 still able to participate in the training that the company says is essential to their employment pipeline. 
Development News Ford making face masks at Van Dyke. Technology and Innovation

Oakland, Macomb counties join manufacturing hub to grant $12m in PPE production

Thursday, July 2, 2020
Oakland and Macomb county-based manufacturers are able to apply for a new grant to create Personal Protective Equipment, thanks to a new program in collaboration with Automation Alley.
Innovation News Sterling Innovation District, Sterling Heights Economic Development

Sterling Heights aims high with bid for US Space Command Headquarters

Kate RoffThursday, July 2, 2020
If city leaders in Sterling Heights have their way, the Macomb County location will become the next headquarters for the United States Space Command. 
Feature Story Social distancing in effect at the Farmington Farmers Market Community Development

How downtown Farmington is 'slowly, safely' re-opening in times of COVID-19

Jenn McKeeThursday, June 25, 2020
The process of slowly, safely re-opening up businesses in downtown Farmington has mirrored the gradual arrival of spring. We’ve had to be patient, but we’ve also reveled in each small sign of change.
Development News CISMA Coordinator McKenzi Bergmoser Sustainability

Sterling Heights' drains to receive $300,000 to restore habitat

Kate RoffThursday, June 25, 2020
A new grant will continue work along two drains in Sterling Heights to enhance natural habitat and boost the city's liquid assets.
Development News Sterling Heights resident John Myers III is part of the city's new African American Coalition, which is partnering with the city to host events this month. Diversity

Sterling Heights forms new African American Coalition on Equity

Kate RoffThursday, June 25, 2020
Sterling Heights resident John Myers III remembers when he moved to Macomb 25 years ago, he heard Sterling Heights labelled "Sterling Whites" and was told to drive with his "seat fully in an upright position" and "no baseball hat or hood", to better avoid police attention. Now, Myers will be part of a new equity coalition, aimed at better connecting city leadership with the community's 10,000 Black residents.
Development News vibes Community Development

Community 'votes with their dollars' in rallying to support downtown Farmington businesses

MJ GalbraithThursday, June 25, 2020
"They have a strong customer following and hit their goal almost instantly," says Kate Knight, executive director of Farmington’s Downtown Development Authority.
Feature Story Courtesy photo Community Development

Dearborn's Famous Hamburger stays alive by keeping its 'buns apart'

Patrick DunnWednesday, June 24, 2020
Moe Hider, owner of Dearborn-based Famous Hamburger, says he "never would have thought in ages" that his business would be able to survive solely based on carryout orders.
Feature Story Paddle and Run by Eastside racing company Technology and Innovation

Kayak race to adapt running tech for recreation in COVID-19 times

Kate RoffThursday, June 18, 2020
Kayaks have a rather obvious way of socially distancing participants, so it's no surprise the boat launch docks of Sterling Heights have been busy. Now, the city plans to adapt running race technology to set up a timed kayak race along the Clinton River in July. 
Feature Story Photo courtesy Impact 100. Community Development

What happens when 200 women each donate $1,000 to local nonprofit organizations

MJ GalbraithThursday, June 18, 2020
When the women of Impact100 were first reviewing the stacks of applicants to their grant program this past February, little could they have known about the events that would dominate the news cycle in May and June.
Feature Story “The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” ― Ida B. Wells-Barnett

A message from Flintside's editor: "Say Its Name"

Alexandria BrownThursday, June 18, 2020
It's not fair that we media entities are able to show our hands bloody with fact, without ever telling anyone how deep it runs and how there’s a whole delta for deaths like these. This isn’t some bubbling creek of happenstance death.
Feature Story Canine to Five owner Liz Blondy with Tofu, a newcomer to the dog day care.

Entrepreneur diaries: Liz Blondy on bringing employees back and supporting other businesses

Liz BlondyThursday, June 18, 2020

The customers’ support makes me feel really good about this business. It makes me me feel more secure about the future, like, maybe everything isn't going to fall apart. Or it's going fall apart but the landing won't be that hard and the climb up won't be that steep.

Feature Story Sydney G. James

Art as protest: How Sydney James and her team of artists created the Malice Green mural in a week

Biba AdamsThursday, June 18, 2020

Victims of police killings are often criminalized. For Sydney G. James, there is no justification. So she decided to use her art to be a voice for her disgust at yet another slaying of a Black person at the hands of those hired to protect and serve them. 

Development News Sterling Heights Mayor Michael Taylor joined a live Zoom session to share a "day in his life" with teen residents. Economic Development

Sterling Heights launches new program to turn the city 'inside out' during reopening

Kate RoffThursday, June 18, 2020
Reopening under COVID-19 restrictions is a daunting task for small business owners, but in Sterling Heights a new program is streamlining applications for outdoor seating and encouraging providers to turn their city "inside out". 
Feature Story Alcamo's. Photo by Doug Coombe. Community Development

Dearborn's Alcamo's put customers first during pandemic

Patrick DunnWednesday, June 17, 2020
"We're old-school," Chimento says. "We're reinventing our business as the pandemic keeps continuing, and that's all you can do."
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