Muskegon DDA expands successful facade grant program
After a successful first year of a downtown facade grant program, the Muskegon DDA has expanded the program to improve the exteriors of downtown businesses and commercial properties.
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Gentex to open tech hub in in downtown GR
The Zeeland company is opening a technology hub to help the company support, attract, and retain top engineering and software talent from throughout West Michigan.
Michigan looks to create a better career path for early childhood educators
Improved career pathways, state incentives, and improved wages are essential to recruiting and retaining the early education workforce needed for the PreK for All roll-out.
Michigan’s rural CMHs work hard on improving access to mental health resources
MI Mental Health spoke with Northern Lakes Community Mental Health Chief Operations Officer Joanie Blamer and Sanilac County Community Mental Health CEO Wil Morris on addressing the mental health and wellness needs of rural communities.
More than 80 veterans step up to build a Habitat house for veteran mom
Lakeshore Habitat is partnering with veterans and veteran-owned businesses to build a home for a Navy veteran mom and her daughter.
HPS looks to draw more teachers into district homes with second round of Teachers Live Here grants
The Teachers Live Here grant program, now it its second round of helping teachers put down payments on in-district homes, is funded entirely by an anonymous donor.
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How URC is building talent-generating capacity, designed to propel Michigan’s economy
“The state of Michigan has realized that this is a ‘do or die’ moment with this economic and technological transformation of the automotive industry and related industries,” says University of Toronto Professor Richard Florida. It's one of the reasons he is part of a group working closely with universities, cities, and stakeholders to build better, more vibrant, sustainable cities in our state.
Statewide collaboration allows redesign to reflects city’s ‘innovative by nature’ tagline
Through a statewide design collaboration, an aged half-mile stretch of a once-bustling Auburn Road received a new life with a recent streetscape redesign. The city of Rochester Hill’s tagline ‘innovative by nature’ is reflected in the project, which features rain gardens, lush flowers, shrubs, tree-lined median, benches and vibrant sculptural designs.
TEDxMacatawa returns to the Lakeshore
TEDxMacatawa topics for the Sept. 27 event will include fun in the workplace, education reform, Shakespeare behind bars, plant production, folk music, and AI-driven health advancements.
City of Muskegon giving out grants to ‘empower homeowners’
New improvement grants funded by the Fair Housing Center of West Michigan provide $375,000 for targeted city neighborhoods.
Gentex to open tech hub in in downtown GR
The Zeeland company is opening a technology hub to help the company support, attract, and retain top engineering and software talent from throughout West Michigan.
Michigan looks to create a better career path for early childhood educators
Improved career pathways, state incentives, and improved wages are essential to recruiting and retaining the early education workforce needed for the PreK for All roll-out.
Michigan’s rural CMHs work hard on improving access to mental health resources
MI Mental Health spoke with Northern Lakes Community Mental Health Chief Operations Officer Joanie Blamer and Sanilac County Community Mental Health CEO Wil Morris on addressing the mental health and wellness needs of rural communities.
More than 80 veterans step up to build a Habitat house for veteran mom
Lakeshore Habitat is partnering with veterans and veteran-owned businesses to build a home for a Navy veteran mom and her daughter.
HPS looks to draw more teachers into district homes with second round of Teachers Live Here grants
The Teachers Live Here grant program, now it its second round of helping teachers put down payments on in-district homes, is funded entirely by an anonymous donor.
Partner Partner Content How URC is building talent-generating capacity, designed to propel Michigan’s economy
“The state of Michigan has realized that this is a ‘do or die’ moment with this economic and technological transformation of the automotive industry and related industries,” says University of Toronto Professor Richard Florida. It's one of the reasons he is part of a group working closely with universities, cities, and stakeholders to build better, more vibrant, sustainable cities in our state.
Statewide collaboration allows redesign to reflects city’s ‘innovative by nature’ tagline
Through a statewide design collaboration, an aged half-mile stretch of a once-bustling Auburn Road received a new life with a recent streetscape redesign. The city of Rochester Hill’s tagline ‘innovative by nature’ is reflected in the project, which features rain gardens, lush flowers, shrubs, tree-lined median, benches and vibrant sculptural designs.
TEDxMacatawa returns to the Lakeshore
TEDxMacatawa topics for the Sept. 27 event will include fun in the workplace, education reform, Shakespeare behind bars, plant production, folk music, and AI-driven health advancements.
City of Muskegon giving out grants to ‘empower homeowners’
New improvement grants funded by the Fair Housing Center of West Michigan provide $375,000 for targeted city neighborhoods.
