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Support your local community food systems at your next cookout
Published on July 10, 2013
Your next cookout can make supporting local community foods systems easier than you think. -
The importance of collaboration, cooperation and partnerships
Published on July 9, 2013
Collaboration, cooperation and partnerships are key to long term success. -
Touring the Mitten’s “thumb”
Published on July 3, 2013
Part 2: Michigan’s less-traveled region offers more than most realize in Sanilac County. -
Targeting rural tourism – advice from Ireland
Published on July 1, 2013
What can be learned about rural tourism from the Irish County of Mayo? -
Michigan’s version of “Shop Local” leads to $19M contract
Published on June 27, 2013
Michigan companies enter into major contract through MEDC - Pure Michigan business connect. -
Whole Foods opens in Detroit
Published on June 27, 2013
An interview with a Detroit resident reveals both concerns and positives about the new Whole Foods grocery store in Detroit. -
Community Action Agencies play a vital role in community development
Published on June 27, 2013
Community-based organizations/agencies are critical to development in southeastern Michigan. In the City of Detroit, these organizations have provided a myriad of community services from gardening to health care to housing redevelopment and construction. -
Nonprofit organizations and common misunderstandings
Published on June 27, 2013
Nonprofits are organizations that exist between the private, for-profit world and government agencies that carry out important social, economic and political functions in our society. -
Michigan tourism: more than marketing
Published on June 25, 2013
Concentration in all seven goal areas of the 2012-2017 Michigan Tourism Strategic Plan will lead to continued success in the state’s tourism industry. -
Federal Block Grant Funds are critical to housing development in limited-income neighborhoods
Published on June 25, 2013
In financially distressed communities, projects that are subsidized with federal funds may be the only housing activity occurring.