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Partner Content An educator leads a Linking Lessons session.

Linking Lessons brings healthy lifestyle basics to Metro Detroit teens

Claire Charlton and Louis RicardThursday, April 23, 2020
Linking Lessons puts registered dietitians, chefs, and other community health educators in Michigan middle and high schools to teach kids about how to make impactful changes in their diets and physical activity.
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Weddings, interrupted: How Metro Detroit couples are adapting to an uncertain future

Dianne AndreassiThursday, April 23, 2020
Social distancing has caused a ripple effect on all the vendors involved in weddings. Here's how they are adapting.  
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Downtown Farmington won't let the coronavirus ruin Ladies Night Out

MJ GalbraithThursday, April 23, 2020
This Thursday, April 23, it will be Ladies Night In.
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Staying open, staying safe: How Tony's Ace Hardware in Hazel Park is doing it

Mike GalbraithWednesday, April 22, 2020
The store could no doubt be making higher profits by opening the floor to customers, but they’ve decided that protecting their employees and customers is more important
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Dearborn's Green Brain Comics stays afloat with online orders, curbside pickup

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Since the shutdown, Green Brain has done surprisingly brisk business – but there's great uncertainty ahead.

Feature Story Photo courtesy Lighthouse. Healthy Communities

Coronavirus forces Pontiac emergency food providers to get creative

Sven GustafsonThursday, April 16, 2020
Shelters and food pantries in Oakland County are changing the rules to provide food safely. Here's how they're doing it.
Feature Story Hip-hop emcee Miz Korona was worried that her stage name might be triggering for some during the pandemic, but friends and fans encouraged her to make her first album in four years.

Southeast Michigan musicians find both hardship and unexpected inspiration in pandemic

Doug CoombeThursday, April 16, 2020
Their tours have been canceled and their incomes disrupted. But local musicians have also found new ways to connect with fans and been inspired to create surprising new projects.
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Sterling Heights student earns national visual arts award

Kate RoffThursday, April 16, 2020
Samantha Caballero was one of four Utica Community Schools (UCS) students recently honored nationally for excellence in the visual arts.
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Shelters adjust to meet needs of Metro Detroit homeless during COVID-19

Claire CharltonWednesday, April 15, 2020

Organizations that support individuals and families experiencing homelessness are getting creative in rethinking their daily operations.

Feature Story Windy Weber and Carl Hultgren. Photo courtesy Stormy Records. Arts and Culture

Dearborn’s Stormy Records tests out new business model during the pandemic

Patrick DunnWednesday, April 15, 2020
The COVID-19 outbreak has caused severe anxiety for many business owners, but for the owners of Dearborn's Stormy Records, it's a positive opportunity to test out a new model for their business' future.
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Farmington's Neu Kombucha launches curbside pickup and delivery service

Nina IgnaczakWednesday, April 15, 2020
Customers can order grocery items, produce, starter plants, and, of course, kombucha.
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Amid challenges brought on by COVID-19, Metro Detroit chefs and restaurants find ways to give back

Dorothy HernandezThursday, April 9, 2020
From food boxes for veterans and the elderly to operating a vegan food pantry, local restaurants are finding new ways to help amid their own businesses’ struggles.
Feature Story Jennifer Guarino has worked in fashion manufacturing for 30 years and is now CEO and chair of the Industrial Sewing and Innovation Center in Detroit.

Detroit apparel manufacturers, nonprofits, and businesses partner to create centralized solution

Erin Marie MillerThursday, April 9, 2020

ISAIC, in collaboration with the City of Detroit, the Michigan Economic Development Corp.’s Pure Michigan Business Connect, Rock Family of Companies, and Empowerment Plan, is working to mobilize local apparel manufacturers to produce standardized PPE and automate the mass production of surgical masks.

Feature Story Sunflour owners Becky Burns & Jeff Pavlik. Photo by David Lewinski, Entrepreneurship

Downtown Farmington’s food businesses adapt to a new normal

Jenn McKeeThursday, April 9, 2020
Reduced hours, carryout and curbside keep some venues open.
Development News Anton Art Center. Photo by David Lewinski. Arts and Culture

Mt. Clemens' Anton Art Center adapts programming to the COVID-19 era

MJ GalbraithThursday, April 9, 2020
The Anton Art Center's mission is to promote and celebrate the arts from its home in downtown Mt. Clemens. How, then, will they do so as "non-essential" businesses and organizations are shut down to help combat the spread of the coronavirus?
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Dearborn DDA holds virtual town hall for city businesses, offering tips, resources, and more

MJ GalbraithThursday, April 9, 2020
Local business leaders and officials gathered on the Zoom app for a roughly hour-and-a-half videoconference where Dearborn stakeholders could interact with and ask questions of the experts.
Development News Dearborn Historical Museum. Photo by David Lewinski, Arts and Culture

Enjoy the Dearborn Historical Museum for free, and from the comfort of your own home

MJ GalbraithThursday, April 9, 2020
Though their doors may be temporarily closed to the public, the Dearborn Historical Museum is maintaining its connection to the community through increased online programming and a series of educational videos.
Development News Pamela Lewis is the director of New Economy Initiative.

NEI launches COVID-19 resource to help entrepreneurs affected by pandemic

Dorothy HernandezThursday, April 9, 2020

What do entrepreneurs need right now to survive the negative impact of COVID-19? Liquidity, awareness, technical assistance, and inspiration, says Pamela Lewis, director of the New Economy Initiative.

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Macomb manufacturer switches gears to make PPE for healthcare workers

Kate RoffThursday, April 9, 2020
A second-generation manufacturing business in Sterling Heights has pivoted from creating protective automotive robot covers to providing medical PPE to Henry Ford Health System to help fight COVID-19.
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Art & Words: City of Royal Oak connects kids and seniors isolated by COVID-19 pandemic

Melinda ClynesWednesday, April 8, 2020
“Love needed; drawings wanted,” was a plea put out in late March by the City of Royal Oak.
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