Doug Coombe visited Bay City recently to capture images for Route Bay City.
In the coming months, you'll see his work illustrating stories about our community. In this week's Route, we're giving you a glimpse of some of what he saw when he spent a day here.
Coombe, whose home base is in Ann Arbor and Detroit, shoots for the music industry as well as publications. He's the photographer for
Concentrate Media and the Urban Innovation Exchange Detroit.
He's also worked for Rolling Stone, Spin, NME, Mojo, Wax Poetics, The Wire, Sub Pop Records, Ghostly Records, and Michigan Radio.
To see more of his work, watch Route Bay City or visit his
website.
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Kathy Roberts, a graduate of Central Michigan University, moved to Bay City in 1987 to start a career in the newspaper industry. She was a reporter and editor at the Bay City Times for 15 years before leaving to work at the Bay Area Chamber of Commerce, Covenant HealthCare, and Ohno Design. In 2019, she returned to her storytelling roots as the Managing Editor of Route Bay City. When she’s not editing or writing stories, you can find her reading books, knitting, or visiting the bars of Bay County. You can reach Kathy at
editor@RouteBayCity.com