“The Public Spaces Community Places matching grant program makes projects like ours possible,” says St. Ignace DDA Director Scott Marshall. “Small communities have fewer financial resources which makes it very difficult to get projects out of the planning stage and into the development stage.”
“I saw a tweet yesterday that said that working at a startup in the Midwest is a team sport. I thought that was very apt,” says Keri Amlotte, spokesperson for Northern Michigan Startup Week. “We want more collaborations and the organizations involved in this, we’re working toward building a community here.”
Family-owned Bay Port Fish Co. has grown from a one-person operation in 1978 to a thriving business that provides fish to individual consumers, grocery stores, and restaurants.
Spring means sweet lessons for students in Forest Area Community Schools. They practice math, science and other skills while tapping trees for maple syrup.
For those who might be missing their favorite treat from MacKenzie's bakery in Kalamazoo after it closed the same recipes, smells and even some staff from the former locations on West Main and Ransom streets can now be found in Vicksburg courtesy of the folks developing The Mill there.
More robust mental health care delivery and reduced stigma are among the silver linings emerging from the COVID cloud.
“Documenting the untold stories here will contribute to pride of place for local residents and enhance placemaking efforts throughout the city of Niles,” says Christina H. Arseneau, director of the Niles History Center.
"This is the only statewide conference that is focused on rural economic development that we have,” says Jessica AcMoody, policy director for the Community Economic Development Association of Michigan.
1.9 million Michiganders experienced food insecurity during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, leading Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to launch the council.
“The growth of new small craft and niche snack food companies in Michigan is exciting,” says Duncan Smith, President and COO of All Star Services, Inc. “All Star Services is a growing small business and we want to help bring more focus to the growing segment of snack food companies in Michigan.”
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