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Community forum planned to discuss the future of downtown Farmington

The future will be the focus of the evening on Wednesday, Feb. 27, as Farmington officials, stakeholders, business owners, residents, and more will gather at the Farmington Civic Theater for a discussion on the direction of their downtown.

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Huntington Woods publicity firm grows in scope and size

The hires reflect Your People’s growth, expanding its public relations services to include business messaging development and marketing.

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Arab American National Museum explores the concept of home with season of events

The Far Shore: Navigating Homelands examines home and what it’s like to be displaced from it. The exhibit runs through April 7, 2019.

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Citizens Bank launches small biz contest in Metro Detroit

Winners will be selected in the Boston, Detroit, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh metro areas this May. A $20,000 prize and $10,000 prize will be awarded in each market.

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Techstars Mobility becomes Techstars Detroit in new partnership with Lear Corp.

It’s a new day for Detroit’s Techstars Mobility. Make that Techstars Detroit.The name change reflects an expanded mission for the successful accelerator program, launched in Detroit four years ago.

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Universities showcase their autonomous efforts at NAIAS

The talent pipeline for the future of mobility rests at colleges and universities. About two dozen colleges and related organizations from Michigan, Ohio, Ontario, Canada, and more exhibited in the Universities & Associations community at AutoMobili-D during the North American International Auto Show.

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Podcast: Live from Automobili-D, NAIAS

In Detroit, January is known as auto show month. In this episode of Driven, we sit down with several mobility startups exhibiting at the North American International Auto Show's Automobili-D exhibition space to talk about their new technologies and their impact on mobility as well as on the show.

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Dearborn plans strategies for growth, sustainability in 2019

The city will continue to roll out plans to upgrade downtowns, neighborhoods, and everything in between. Here’s a sampling of what to look for in 2019

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How Fraser residents banded together to create an award-winning park

Twelve years ago, Fraser's McKinley Park was "just a field with high weeds." But today, the 15-acre site is an award-winning, barrier-free park. Here's how it happened.

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Metro Detroit speaker on why women need to build verbal self-defense skills

Women need to think beyond S.I.N.G. (solar plexus, instep, nose, groin) when it comes to self-defense. Metromode spoke with speaker Laura Khalil to find out more.

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Downtown Farmington public art contest extends deadline

Farmington artists are being encouraged to enter a public art contest that pairs artists with local businesses.

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Macomb County tops the nation in new manufacturing jobs

In the last year and half, there were 9,118 new manufacturing jobs created in Macomb County, putting the county at the top of the nation.

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After the closing of GM's Detroit plant, what lessons can be learned?

In the 1980s, the city of Detroit used eminent domain to clear a large swath of the Poletown neighborhood for GM to build a new assembly plant. Late last year, it closed. The saga requires us to to ask how Detroiters can make sure big development deals of the future are fair. 

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Led by Jessica Robinson, Michigan Mobility Institute is open for business

Detroiters may be among the first to receive mobility-specific education and training to support global leadership in automobility, pledges Jessica Robinson, newly-named executive director of the Michigan Mobility Institute.

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When Alexa rides shotgun the possibilities are ‘endless’

If you know where to look, you’ll spot Amazon’s Alexa at NAIAS this week. Except at Cobo Center the digital assistant isn’t shutting off the kitchen lights, it’s identifying why your check engine light turned on.

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Upcycling: 5 favorite spots for your fix in metro Detroit

Resale, recycle, reuse, reclaim...upcycling in Detroit is no longer just about saving money.

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Specialty food scene takes root in Downtown Farmington

From craft beer to cheeses to bread, Kombucha, and more, foodies will find plenty to love in Farmington's downtown specialty food cluster.

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Coffee roaster and shop opens in downtown Pontiac

Sharing the building with Exferimentation Brewing Co. and Fillmore 13 Brewery, coffee lovers can find the new local roaster and café tucked between the two breweries in the space of a former art gallery.

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Student develops medical camp to fill middle school gap

One Sterling Heights students wasn't satisfied with the medical field experience she received in middle school, so she came up with an idea to help her peers.

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Inside Marygrove College's new direction: How it was saved and where it's going

After years of financial challenges, Marygrove recently embarked on a new direction, embracing a cradle-to-career approach to education. But this reinvention wouldn't have been possible without a number of local partners. 

 
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.