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Walcott Mill Metropark Madness!
Posted July 1, 2016
Wolcott Mill was officially born in 1847. A Ray Township miller named Arad Freeman constructed a grain and feed mill on the banks of the north branch of the Clinton River in northern Macomb County. In 1989, the mill re-opened as part of the 2,625-acre Wolcott Mill Metropark. The park consists of four independent sites that provide unforgettable experiences in a peaceful, rustic setting.
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Blog Post
Macomb Community College apprenticeship program offers new option for recruiting, retaining and developing skilled employees
Posted June 6, 2016
Employers looking for effective ways to recruit, retain and develop talent have an important new option available. Macomb Community College’s Michigan Apprenticeship Program Plus (MAP+) program prepares high-school students and others with the in-demand skills employers are looking for in formats designed to meet the needs of individual companies.
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Blog Post
Farming New Economics
Posted June 2, 2016
Food plays a bigger and bigger role in our lives. It’s delicious at your table and it’s a delicious part of a growing sector in our economy. Melissa Anders talked about the established and growing food businesses in her last article with Advancing Macomb. This week we are taking a peek at Agritourism in Macomb County.
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Blog Post
Meet Barbara Rossmann
Posted May 17, 2016
Advancing Macomb Board member featured this issue is Vice Chair, Barbara Rossmann, president and CEO of Henry Ford Macomb Hospitals. Rossmann’s commitment to the southeast Michigan region extends beyond her work through Henry Ford Macomb Hospitals. She serves as a board member for the Sterling Heights Regional Chamber, the Alliance for Advancing Nonprofit Healthcare, the Michigan chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives; the Macomb Health Plan; the Families Against Narcotics Advisory Board; the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine Statewide Campus System; the 5/3 Bank Eastern Division Board of Directors, as vice chair of the Southeast Michigan Red Cross board, and a member of the Michigan Hospital Association’s Legislative Policy Panel.
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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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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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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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