A decade after starting the nonprofit Kids Belong to support families who have foster children, Katie and Jeff Steele are raising money for First Place, a Muskegon residential development where youth who age out of foster care can live independently.
The Muskegon City Public Art Initiative is planning and developing its eighth project. The Portal, by Muskegon artist Lee S. Brown, will overlook the city’s Shoreline Drive.
With the help of a $560,000 MEDC grant, DeWys Metal Solutions is making a $3.4 million capital investment that will generate 80 manufacturing, engineering, and administrative jobs.
The Community Economic Development Association of Michigan is addressing the demand for affordable housing across the state. It’s real estate development boot camp provides tools and training for developers and community members within their neighborhoods.
Muskegon marketing firm Revel to provide pro bono assistance for Girls Build Kalamazoo during 24-hour marketing marathon on Giving Tuesday.
Movement West Michigan is one of three organizations to receive funds from the Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area to support struggling parents as a path to reduce the number of children experiencing unstable homes.
A new survey by West Michigan Works! shows the biggest barriers to employment for workers are finding child care, wages and benefits, and a skill mismatch.
The November calendar is chock full o’ stuff to do. There’s an exhibit-closing event, an annual gathering, a turkey trot, and several tree-lighting events throughout West Michigan.
Owning a home is a huge part of the American Dream for those that call Michigan home. It is also one of the keys to building wealth, which many Black families have learned and now strive for.
In order to address the housing shortage in Grand Rapids, the city and surrounding entities are looking carefully at increasing accessibility and affordability of housing. One local company, InnovaLab is quickly adding to the number of housing units, with cost-efficient, quick-build modular homes.
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