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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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Feature Story VegMichigan Free Festival Arts and Culture

VegMichigan Free Festival visits downtown Farmington's Riley Park

Jenn McKeeThursday, September 19, 2019
If you passed by downtown Farmington’s Riley Park on Sunday and spotted white tents, food trucks, and entertainers, you may have done a double-take and thought, “Wait … wasn’t the farmers’ market yesterday?”
Development News StoryWalk Sterling Heights Community Development

New Sterling Heights story walk includes braille, promotes inclusive communities

Kate RoffThursday, September 19, 2019
A new storytelling path in Sterling Heights was unveiled this week, with a clear message about inclusive communities.
Development News April Wagner. Photo by MJ Galbraith. Arts and Culture

Pontiac glass art studio in the midst of crowdfunding campaign for major expansion

MJ GalbraithThursday, September 19, 2019
Despite her need for more space, glass artist April Wagner has decided the last thing she wants to do is leave Pontiac.
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Civic Engagement Film Series kicks off at downtown Pontiac theater

MJ GalbraithThursday, September 19, 2019
Started as a way for OU and the Pontiac community to come together and learn from one another, the Film Series is just the latest instance of community engagement since the initiative began five years ago.
Feature Story A tiki cocktail at Chin's

Tiki bar 'boom': What's behind the latest revival in metro Detroit?

Mickey LyonsWednesday, September 18, 2019

Tiki bars have come and gone, but the latest iteration of tiki, in metro Detroit at least, swings in favor of the fun and frivolous, a balm after the professorial stylings of the classic cocktail revival of the last decade.  

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Open City: Taste the Dearborn Experience

Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Hey, Dearborn Foodies! Join us for Open City: Taste the Dearborn Experience - an intimate, round-table panel discussion, featuring local food entrepreneurs - on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019, from 5:30-7:30 pm, atop Wagner Place West.
Feature Story The Fist Arts and Culture

More than a Motor City: 5 Metro Detroit walking tours

Kate RoffThursday, September 12, 2019
There's a lot more to Detroit than what you see from your car window. Here are 5 walking tours that connect us with the other sides of the city, at a slower pace.
Feature Story Katie Bigelow Technology and Innovation

Sterling Heights' Veteran Katie Bigelow on courage needed at home and in business

Kate RoffThursday, September 12, 2019
Iraq war veteran Katie Bigelow has faced her share of battles, both abroad and at home. Now the owner of a multi-million dollar business in Sterling Heights, she still makes sure she has time for family.
Feature Story Kyle Gilber and Carsyn Boggio work in the Robotics Lab at the Academies at Romeo. Kids and Education

Through pioneering partnership with Ford, career education begins early for Romeo high schoolers

Sarah RiggThursday, September 12, 2019
Romeo is the first Michigan community to adopt a Ford program that turns traditional secondary educational institutions into career academies that prepare students for careers in mobility and other high-tech industries.
Feature Story Doug's Delights Community Development

Doug's Delights builds students' job skills, adds street life to Hazel Park

Nina Misuraca IgnaczakThursday, September 12, 2019
Metromode popped up at Hazel Park's revitalized old-school ice cream spot to find out how it's become a center of the community and why customers love it.
Feature Story greenbrain Entrepreneurship

Green Brain Comics celebrates 20 years of putting fans first in Downtown Dearborn

Biba AdamsThursday, September 12, 2019
For Dan and Katie Merritt, the love of comic books is a family affair. For 20 years, the married couple has been the owners of Green Brain Comics on Michigan Avenue in Dearborn.
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Pontiac gallery to feature LGBTQA artists

Chrishelle GriffinThursday, September 12, 2019
In the world of art, talent is talent; and, that’s all that matters--regardless of the creator behind the artwork.
Development News The Macomb Group, Sterling Heights Economic Development

Sterling Heights workplaces ranked top employer, fastest growing business

Kate RoffThursday, September 5, 2019
From best workplaces to fastest growing businesses, Sterling Heights is home to some of the region's most innovative companies.
Development News John R in Hazel Park has undergone a "road diet". Community Development

Hazel Park hopes to spur downtown development with John R road diet

MJ GalbraithThursday, September 5, 2019
Perhaps "road diet" is not accurate--because while Hazel Park is eliminating automobile traffic lanes on John R, it's also expanding transportation options for residents and visitors alike.
Feature Story Robin Kinnie at Motor City Woman Studios

Aspiring Metro Detroit podcasters find their voice through studios and DIY options

Dorothy HernandezWednesday, September 4, 2019
"If you can dream it, you can do it, you can podcast it," says Robin Kinnie, president and CEO of Motor City Woman Studios.
Feature Story Thanks to the increase of podcast studios in Metro Detroit, aspiring podcasts have more opportunities to carve out their space in the podcast world.

Metro Detroit podcasts you should be listening to now

Dorothy HernandezWednesday, September 4, 2019
So many podcasts, so little time. We put on our headphones to find locally focused and produced podcasts for every taste.
Feature Story The American Center for Mobility. Technology and Innovation

American Center for Mobility develops mobility workforce by convening industry and academia

MJ GalbraithWednesday, September 4, 2019
ACM acts as a go-between for the two groups, determining industry workforce needs and how local academic institutions can help meet those needs.
Feature Story Art 101 Entrepreneurship

Art 101 aims to teach kids and teens creative fundamentals in downtown Farmington

Jenn McKeeWednesday, September 4, 2019
Individual attention is one of Art 101’s biggest selling points, as is its emphasis on letting students choose subjects that excite them. Video game characters are approved.
Development News Volunteers clean up the Clinton River at Dodge Park in Waterford.. Sustainability

Volunteers needed for annual cleanup of the Clinton River Watershed

MJ GalbraithThursday, August 29, 2019
Just last year in 2019, volunteers removed more than 4,000 pounds of trash from the Clinton River and its watershed. This year, they aim to do even better.
Development News MP-books.jpg Arts and Culture

Small press collective seeking submissions for graphic novel contest

MJ GalbraithThursday, August 29, 2019
 A Detroit-based artists' collective is looking to give a local artist their first chance at seeing their work in print.
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