Across Michigan, street performers and musicians are entertaining summer crowds in small towns. While it's part their livelihood, it's also part of community-planned programming to bring arts to small towns. 

A new-comer to the Michigan wine scene, BOS Wine changes the game, serving both Michigan and California wines and practicing bio dynamic farming.

Avram Golden’s ambitious Jefferson Project includes public art, a makerspace, studios for artists, event space, and a place for classes in welding and other industrial skills.  

Nicholas Robbins, a recent graduate of Port Huron Northern, has started his own food truck serving up fresh açaí bowls and smoothies to the local community.

The Otsego Community Foundation is spearheading a tornado relief effort in Gaylord, helping raise thousands of dollars to assist victims. The city was struck by a devastating tornado in May.

In addition to creating jobs, Coastal Container’s investment in a state-of-the-art corrugator, and a new rail spur for the delivery of paper rolls, will reduce 1 million miles of truck traffic annually.   

The help wanted signs are out every summer in Michigan's tourist towns, but it's not only the lack of seasonal workers hindering hospitality. The lack of housing for seasonal workers is making the situation worse. 

Family-owned Bay Port Fish Co. has grown from a one-person operation in 1978 to a thriving business that provides fish to individual consumers, grocery stores, and restaurants.  

Internet access and availability has long been an issue in mostly rural but tourist-friendly Leelanau County. After several years of study, the county is on the verge of beginning construction on a two-year project that would provide most households with internet access by the end of 2023.