Several rural communities across Michigan have been designated a Monarch City, in recognition of their community initiatives and events to protect monarch butterflies and draw awareness to their plight.
Port Austin's intriguing barn art project continues to add installations -- the latest is a standalone statue called "The Deity." “I think kind of pulling from different cultures and in a rural context was kind of interesting to us,” said Jim Boyle, cofounder of the project known as 53North.
Michigan State University Extension’s First Impressions Tourism Assessment (FIT) program works with small Michigan communities to offer objective “first impressions” of their towns. The goal is to make these communities more welcoming to visitors, tourists and potential new residents.
A former boarding school in southeast Michigan is being redeveloped as an idyllic working space and retreat for artists, educators and entrepreneurs.
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