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600 Macomb County children get free bikes
Posted May 20, 2017
It's a giveaway that puts smiles on the faces of hundreds of Macomb County children. The East Side Bike Giveaway, helping to hand out 600 bicycles. FOX 2's Ryan Ermanni has the story.
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East Side Bike Drive Photo Journal
Posted May 19, 2017
A collection of photos taken during our East Side Bike Drive initiative.
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Volunteers pumped up for the big bicycle giveaway at Fredom Hill
Posted May 12, 2017
Volunteers are finishing up the final touches on more than 500 bicycles designated for the upcoming bicycle giveaway, May 20 at Freedom Hill County Park in Sterling Heights.
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Stunning Art: Macomb Grown, Aged and Perfected in Detroit
Posted April 19, 2017
Israel and Erik Nordin (The Nordin Brothers) started the Detroit Design Center® in 1999, well before the current renaissance in Detroit was happening. They worked for their father’s steel company to help pay for school. In 1999, their father retired and the brothers decided it was time to begin creating their art full time. They purchased their studio on Michigan Avenue from him and began buildings objects. They learned about business from their father who taught them important themes that still run true in their company today. “Do what you say”, “pay your bills on time”, “grow slowly” and “dream big”.
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Growing More Green
Posted March 30, 2017
We’ve all heard about ash trees dying in mass due to this pest called the emerald ash borer, but have we taken inventory of what has happened to our neighborhoods as a result? Well, when Macomb County Department of Planning & Economic Development participated in a Regional Green Infrastructure study in 2012, we learned just how devastated our urban forest canopy has become. Not just the ash trees have been affected. Before that was the Dutch elm disease, and we also need to account for those trees lost due to aging, utility repairs, and storm damage. When we looked at the data, it became very evident that the areas in Macomb County along and south of the Main Branch of the Clinton River were hit especially hard within the southeast Michigan region. Hit so hard that we barely have 50 percent of what is recommended by U.S. Forestry standards.
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Macomb: Connecting Our Brand
Posted February 27, 2017
Trending upward on the shoulders of a re-energized automotive industry, Southeast Michigan has plotted a fresh move forward. What does this forward movement mean to each of the communities and are we truly connected as a region? How do all of our individual strengths come together for an even stronger combined unit? Macomb County is a proud member of the Detroit Region and has stepped up its game as a critical piece of the region’s economic ecosystem. Reinvigorating its own identity, Macomb has made itself more competitive with a greater focus on manufacturing capabilities, enhanced quality of life and making sure that our institutions are educating the workforce of today and tomorrow. This has been instrumental in a much-welcomed upsurge in economic, social, and environmental activities in Southeast Michigan.
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Revitalizing MacArthur Park in Mount Clemens
Posted January 31, 2017
The Clinton River Watershed Council (CRWC), in partnership with the City of Mount Clemens and Macomb County, announce the kickoff of a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds to install a universally accessible kayak and canoe launch at MacArthur Park located downtown Mount Clemens.
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Roseville Rising: How an older suburb is rebuilding its historic center
Posted November 17, 2016
Between the collision shops, machine supply outlets, used auto sales and vacant lots at Utica Road and Gratiot in Roseville, a bit of history lingers beneath the surface. You can see it in the bright yellow awning of the 68-year-old Chester Boot Shop, the green-and-cream 1927 Art Deco Roseville Theater, and the quaint tea room at Just Delicious Scones.
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Downtown Mount Clemens’ economy ‘bubbling up’ next to the Clinton River
Posted October 27, 2016
On New Year’s Eve 2015, WJR Radio asked Michelle Weiss to share her feelings on what 2016 had in store for Mount Clemens.
“I said it was going to be a great year … I felt it in my bones,” said Weiss, marketing and events coordinator for the Mount Clemens Downtown Development Authority (DDA).
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A Seed Now Firmly Rooted
Posted August 26, 2016
Since its inception in 2013, The Little Mustard Seed Café and Shoppe has been serving farm-to-table meals. The menu at the café is varied, but with one goal: to provide customers with the freshest, most delicious, organic and gluten-free meals and beverages – and, perhaps, for an unexpected reason.
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