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Feature Story Redlum Farm Preserve offers 20 acres with biking courses, a kids’ balance track, walking trails, a pond, and restored habitats.. Rural Innovation ExchangeCommunity Development

Redlum Farm Preserve opens, expands biking options in Holland

Shandra MartinezThursday, August 21, 2025
Redlum Farm Preserve opened in August, connecting northside parks with trails, offering beginner-friendly biking, and drawing more than 500 people.
Feature Story Hudsonville Ice Cream will invest $40 million to expand its Holland headquarters and add 40 jobs. Rural Innovation Exchange

Hudsonville Ice Cream invests $40M, expands Holland plant, adds jobs

The Lakeshore Thursday, August 21, 2025
Hudsonville Ice Cream’s $40 million Holland expansion adds 44 high-wage jobs, strengthening West Michigan’s food industry through public-private collaboration.
Feature Story Poet's Press Southwest MichiganArts and Culture

Poet's Press: "The Streets Still Remember," reflections on growing up on Kalamazoo's Northside

Markeva LoveThursday, August 21, 2025
Poet's Press, a Second Wave quarterly series presented in partnership with the Kalamazoo Poetry Festival, launches with our first installment by poet Markeva Love and collaborating artist Taylor Scamehorn. This series features news poems — an experimental form that examines local people, places, and events through a personal, poetic lens. 
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The Marquette Trail 50’s spirit endures

Melissa WentarminiWednesday, August 20, 2025
The Marquette Trail 50 is considered one of the Midwest’s signature ultras, famous for its rugged, challenging course and high peaks with views of Lake Superior. Those peaks are often the undoing of many runners.  
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Community invited to help name new pedestrian bridge in Downtown Midland

People of MidlandWednesday, August 20, 2025
Community members are invited to submit names for Midland’s new pedestrian bridge, part of the Poseyville Preserve Project, by Aug. 26, before final approval this fall.
Longform The RunOff Southwest MichiganArts and Culture

Heavy music, humid nights: Kalamazoo’s RunOff brings the noise — and the heart

Mark WedelWednesday, August 20, 2025
In a sweltering Kalamazoo garage known as The RunOff, a tight-knit DIY music community gathers for a night of blistering metal, haunting sax solos, and family-style chaos — raising the volume, and funds, in equal measure.
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Local love in action: BCCF Block Party wraps listening tour with impact, investment, and inclusion

Jane ParikhWednesday, August 20, 2025
The Battle Creek Community Foundation wrapped up its listening tour with a downtown Block Party, unveiling its Annual Impact Report and highlighting over $8 million in community investments focused on health, education, housing, and grassroots initiatives.
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A different kind of fight club: ChampsDen is a place to spar and a safe haven for young people

Kristen Aguirre / NowKalamazooWednesday, August 20, 2025
ChampsDen Boxing Club in the basement of a home in the Edison neighborhood was created in 2019 by Kalamazoo native Jadschi Green who has boxing in his blood.
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The tiny thimbleberry gets its due with first-ever festival on the Keweenaw Peninsula

UPword StaffWednesday, August 20, 2025
Long a part of the cultural fabric of the Keweenaw Peninsula, the thimbleberry is being celebrated with its first-ever festival, rolling out at farmers' markets in Houghton, Hancock and Calumet this week. 
Feature Story Global Detroit Second Wave - MichiganEntrepreneurship

Global Detroit helps founders succeed from the rural reaches of the U.P. to farmers feeding the city

Kahn DavisonWednesday, August 20, 2025
The Global Entrepreneur in Residence Impact Report shows 174 jobs created from the program, and $28.1 million in venture capital has been raised. Moving forward, officials want to see the progress increase and the universities take on a bigger role in propelling that. 
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U.P. students learn trades at annual summer camp

Brice BurgeWednesday, August 20, 2025
“This experience has helped you explore what the world needs, what you’re good at, what you love and what you can be paid for,” said Trent Bellingar, director of the DSISD Career and Technical Education Center.
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Stormy Kromer donates $12,900 to Friends of the Fitz

UPword StaffWednesday, August 20, 2025
"We knew this project would resonate with our community, but we were blown away by the overwhelming response," said Gina Thorsen, CEO of Stormy Kromer. "It's an honor to support this meaningful effort and help ensure the legacy of the Fitzgerald and her crew is preserved for generations to come."
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Business Profile: Upper Hand Brewery part of community

Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Source: Daily Press
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Grand Hotel honored among best resorts. What voters said about the Mackinac Island gem

Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Source: Detroit Free Press
Feature Story Two boys fish during ODC’s “Best of Summer” event at Lake Hills Elementary. The LakeshoreKids and Education

Spring Lake program expands summer learning with $618K MiLEAP grant

The Lakeshore Wednesday, August 20, 2025
MiLEAP’s $618K investment helps Outdoor Discovery Center double sites, expand summer programs, and prevent learning loss for West Michigan students.
Feature Story Carla Flanders of CMF Marketing & Events has been selected for a 2025 Comcast RISE grant. The LakeshoreEntrepreneurship

Comcast supports growth with 100 grants for West Michigan entrepreneurs

Shandra MartinezWednesday, August 20, 2025
Now in its fifth year, Comcast RISE delivers $160 million nationwide, including 100 new grant packages in Grand Rapids and Muskegon.
In The News Kinderbells Epicenter - Mount PleasantArts and Culture

Kinderbells brings music, art, and community to Mt. Pleasant

Megan NeeleyTuesday, August 19, 2025
Kinderbells, a five-foot-tall, interactive music sculpture now installed in Nelson Park. Created by Traverse City artist Tom Kaufmann, Kinderbells invites visitors to play, reflect, and celebrate community.
Feature Story Sanilac County CMH CEO Wilbert Morris presents iPad to Sanilac County Sheriff Paul Rich Second Wave - MichiganHealthy Communities

Meeting rural Michiganders' mental health care needs

Estelle SlootmakerTuesday, August 19, 2025
Michigan’s rural residents face different challenges when accessing mental health care than residents of urban areas. Transportation issues, loneliness, and limited group therapy options can compound their mental health needs. To address these challenges, community mental health (CMH) agencies like Sanilac County Community Mental Health innovate community-based solutions that meet their populations where they are at.   
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