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National conference on local investing heads to Detroit – with an assist from Ypsi

Ypsi Township resident Angela Barbash pushed for ComCap to be held in Michigan this year because she felt the timing is right for the state to be offered a more in-depth learning opportunity on community capital.

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How downtown Farmington got its swing

In Riley Park’s Sundquist Pavilion, about 200 people of all ages gather weekly to Lindy Hop, Jitterbug, and Charleston their cares away by way of Swing Farmington.

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Open City Dearborn: microDistricts in Downtown

Build Institute, in partnership with Metromode, presents Dearborn Open City: microDistricts in Downtown Dearborn.

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Cigar lounge and bar opens in downtown Farmington

Patrons can enjoy one of more than 100 different kinds of cigars from the Loft’s humidor and sip on spirits, beer, and wine from a fully stocked bar.

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Experience Ann Arbor as a tech hub at a2Tech360

Ann Arbor SPARK’s a2Tech360 is growing by the year. Through speaker events, a street fair, student demonstrations, business connections, awards, and more, this festival celebrates Ann Arbor as a hub for tech innovation. We found out what to expect from the June event.

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Aerotronic’s AI and aerial data provide answers to companies

A power outage can result from a combination of a thousand little shifts, whether it is from a storm, an overgrown tree or even a wild animal in the wrong place at the wrong time. Managing a system this vast and with so many variables can be challenging – and that is where Aerotronic comes in to offer new, technology-based solutions.

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Farmington Farmers Market officially opens 26th season

Last Friday, one day before the Farmington Farmers Market officially opened its 26th season, FFM manager Walt Gajewski needed to have his car towed from the parking lot.

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Dearborn’s bikeshare is on a roll

Dearborn’s goal to become a multimodal city is rolling forward and picking up speed. Two years after its debut, we learned how the city's bike share program is gaining momentum.

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9 & Mack association celebrates downtown St. Clair Shores and summer with annual Junefest

Representing the 75 or so businesses that make up what is often referred to as the downtown of St. Clair Shores, the non-profit 9 Mack Merchants Association organizes events like Junefest to help raise funds for its yearly operating costs.

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Sterling Heights mural celebrates the 'art to every science'

Lazzari’s colorful mural is the first thing you’ll see in the lobby of Tunkers-Mastech, an automation company in Sterling Heights.

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IMG welcomes Dorothy Hernandez as new associate editorial director and Model D managing editor

Hernandez joins Issue Media Group after working in marketing and communications at Gleaners Community Food Bank. She also recently wrapped up a food journalism fellowship with Feet in Two Worlds and WDET.

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Omar Shiblaq on opening a business in Dearborn

Identifying a need and addressing it. That’s the story of many a successful entrepreneur, and no matter the industry.

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Incubator casts wide net to fill cybersecurity job gap

In a vibrant computer hub in Sterling Heights you'll find high school students, war veterans, university leaders and even service dogs working to meet the current gap in the cyber security workforce.

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FIRST does more than teach kids how to build robots, it prepares them for the future

Anna Munie says the most impressive thing about the FIRST Robotics World Championship wasn’t a robot piloted by a goldfish. It was how prepared for the working world the competitors already were. Munie is a resource planning analyst for Consumers Energy and a FIRST volunteer.

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Innovative test facilities advance mobility safety

Two Detroit region advanced mobility facilities were designed from the ground up using innovation focused on rigorous safety testing for connected and autonomous vehicles. We learned about the innovation behind the infrastructure design of ACM and Mcity.

Feature Story Tome has worked on projects like the bicycle-to-vehicle safety (B2V) project to help vehicles recognize and register vulnerable roads users.

Inspired by automotive, mobility innovation moves much more than people

Modern mobility solutions running thousands of lines of code don’t resemble the four-wheels-plus-engine legacy automobile. Yet innovators are taking inspiration from the automobile industry to design and build solutions that move goods and services in new and efficient ways.

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Storms and climate change force Metro communities to think differently about flooding

It’s spring, and water levels are high. With big storms and flooding becoming more frequent, how are Metro Detroit communities preparing?

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From Flat Rock to Northville: New park and miles of trailways announced throughout Wayne County

A new park will be constructed in southwest Detroit, just one of several planned greenway infrastructure improvements planned for the region’s downriver communities and the rest of Wayne County.

Feature Story Photo by Timothy J. Seppala.

Gâteaux Patisserie brings old-world elegance to West Dearborn

The upscale French tea room aims to create a beautiful space that customers want to be in at 1004 South Military in West Dearborn.

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Conquering the unknown is goal for kids at hackathon event

People are more comfortable with technology they understand. That’s why the Detroit Autonomous Vehicle Group is teaming up with Lawrence Technological University and AutoSens to expose kids to AI in a hands-on hackathon May 11-12.

 
Nonprofit leaders across southeast Michigan are contributing their thoughts via journal entries on how COVID-19 is affecting their organization. 
This series is made possible with the generous support of our partners, the Michigan Nonprofit Association and Co.ACT. Click here to read the journal entries.