When the Holland Board of Public Works' anaerobic digester begins operation in the fall, it will both reduce and treat waste from the wastewater reclamation facility while also creating some of the energy needed to run the plant.
Skot Welch, Julia Swenson and Carl Dunker are three designers who live and work in West Michigan. They share the ways they work to create a community where people belong.
There's a reason the role of “storyteller” is one passed down in the traditions in every culture. Data and statistics inform, but narratives transform details into something our brains know how to handle. Storytelling has the ability to bridge some of the gaps that most divide our culture today.
ACT’s goal is to help those living with serious mental illness to live as independently as possible — and to achieve the same aspirations most everyone seeks.
Without its harbor, Holland would not have grown as quickly or as much as it did, but getting that critical port was no easy task for the city's founder.
D.J. Demers, who is hearing impaired, brings his unique stand-up style to LaughFest on March 8 at the Special Olympics Michigan Unified Sports & Inclusion Center in Grand Rapids. His opening act will be local comedian Jon Cauchi, who is visually impaired.
The United Way ALICE initiative puts focus on the financial struggles faced by people with disabilities, while other efforts work to address those needs.
The Lakeshore is benefitting from more than $7.4 million in statewide funding for job training that is being distributed to 77 employers across Allegan, Ottawa, and Muskegon counties.
Although Temple Grandin is a widely sought-after professor for animal science and veterinary colleges, she couldn’t get into veterinary school when she failed the math portion of the SAT. The educational system is screening out visual thinkers such as herself, Grandin says.
A polar plunge, theater, music, and a discussion of Michigan’s connection to mosquitoes and malaria. The Lakeshore has it all this March.
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