Blog Post
Healthy Kids, Healthy Community: The YMCA
Posted May 16, 2016
The Y is one of southeast Michigan’s longest serving nonprofit agencies, providing programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. Most of our capital assets are located in communities throughout Wayne, Macomb and Oakland counties, including the Macomb Family YMCA in downtown Mount Clemens.
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Blog Post
WaterTowns: Placemaking in Macomb County
Posted May 16, 2016
WaterTowns is the Clinton River Watershed Council’s community-based placemaking initiative designed to help towns and cities in the watershed leverage the assets of the Clinton River, its tributaries and Lake St. Clair for water-oriented community development. The key initiatives of the program are developing and promoting the Clinton River and Lake St. Clair paddling trails, community planning and civic engagement. Through the WaterTowns program, CRWC works to engage communities through art, history, ecology, recreation and education by hosting paddling events, stewardship opportunities and educational forums.
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Communities,
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Blog Post
Food Businesses Growing in Macomb
Posted May 16, 2016
You can practically taste the excitement brewing in Macomb County as innovators and entrepreneurs launch and expand food and ag-related businesses.
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Blog Post
Come with Me, Through the DIA
Posted May 11, 2016
Great emphasis is placed on the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) marvelous collection of art. But not enough emphasis is placed on the building itself and how to best view the art. The museum can be an intimidating and confusing place. It doesn’t have to be like that for your visit. The late architect Michael Graves created a better flow for museum visitors by creating a first and second floor corridor and redesigning the interior of the museum.
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Blog Post
Life Essentials
Posted May 11, 2016
The DIA… it’s so close and yet… when you step through its doors, the museum takes you to another world of color and expression filled with beauty and emotional power. It helps us understand why culture and art are important and compelling to each one of us as human beings. This place at Woodward and Kirby is a celebration of inspiration right here in our own backyard. It’s where you can feel what the artists felt and discover the same world you’ve always known through a different set of eyes.
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Blog Post
Nautical Coast Clean Up
Posted May 5, 2016
The Annual Nautical Coast Cleanup is a go on Sunday May 22nd. Led by the St. Clair Shores Waterfront Environmental Committee along with the Jefferson Yacht Club, this is the largest “done in a day” event in the Midwest.
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Blog Post
“I’m an Eastsider!”
Posted April 22, 2016
Now that spring is here and the birds are singing, it’s exciting to get outside in the open air and enjoy playing in the sun. Whether you say Eastside or Macomb, that’s what it’s all about. It’s getting an ice cream and hanging around Metro Beach or making a day trip to charming downtown Romeo. There are so many great places to go and see, it reminds me why I love being an Eastsider. This county that stretches north of 36 Mile, and reaches east to the beautiful shores of Lake St. Clair is full of wide open spaces and whatever your heart desires. It has so much to offer with so much going on, just go in any direction and you’ll see.
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Meet Advancing Macomb Board Member: Marie Hocker!
Posted March 31, 2016
Board member featured this issue is Marie Hocker, Local Afairs Manager for Ford Motor Company. Marie shares with us what she loves about Macomb, Ford’s legacy in the county and the significant investments of the Ford Motor Company in Macomb.
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Advancing Macomb,
Leader Profiles
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Blog Post
Technical Education Growth
Posted March 30, 2016
Shannon Williams is the new head of Career Technical Education (CTE) programming at the Macomb Intermediate School District. That means that Shannon has a bird’s eye view of how districts throughout the county are serving technical education. CTE is the combination of schools, institutions, and educational programs that specialize in the skilled trades, applied sciences, modern technologies, and career preparation. These schools and institutions have been the backbone of making Macomb County a successful center for manufacturing. Additionally, CTE has been identified as a key needed area of investment to keep our area a global leader in manufacturing and production technology.
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A Closer Look at Manufacturing in Macomb County: PTI Engineered Plastics, Inc.
Posted March 14, 2016
PTI Engineered Plastics, located in Macomb, Michigan, is a custom injection molder and manufacturer of plastic components and assemblies that services the medical, automotive, defense/aerospace, consumer products and electronics industries.
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Economy,
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