Community Development

Innovation News Supportive Hands in Neighborhood Enhancement team members (clockwise from upper left) Eric Martin, Willie Percy, Leroy Harris, and Dominique Gardette. Team members are paid to do cleanup work in Ypsilanti Township.
Feature Story Phil McPherson, director of program integrity at LifeCircles PACE, talks with a client.
Feature Story I Am Academy has expanded its staff.
Feature Story Katie Moore, activation manager for Downtown Grand Rapids Inc.

Programmers help communities nurture the power of public art


Feature Story Deer at Port Huron State Game Area.

Changing colors signal hunting season in the Blue Water Area


Partner Content Natacha Hayden

Natacha Hayden to join the Community Foundation


Feature Story Anti-gun Violence
Feature Story Robert Shegog
Feature Story Community Peace Project
Feature Story Students prepping in the kitchen at the Great Lakes Culinary Institute.

Culinary school plants seeds of Farm to Table


Feature Story Commerce Pointe Gallery
Feature Story Vernon LaLone, founder and managing director of Wave Lumina, pitches at a recent TCNewTech pitch event, hosted by 20Fathoms.

Startup incubator expands its reach across northwest Michigan


Development News "Today's global challenges demand unprecedented collaboration and innovation," says Alejandro Adem, president of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada.
Development News “These projects will benefit communities and wildlife that depend on a healthy Great Lakes ecosystem,” says U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Midwest Regional Director Will Meeks.
Longform Of the Land
Feature Story Houghton city officials and beautification committee members pose with the trophy from the Michigan Municipal League.
Feature Story Sanford residents lined up to enjoy half-off cones at Salt Springs

Sanford celebrates Neighboring Week at Salt Spring


Development News The Sterling Heights Skate Park opened in November of 2017 — the first cornerstone amenity that was completed on the Recreating Recreation timeline.
Development News The Edgar Poe-inspired festival debuted in 2020 and has since become an annual tradition in downtown Farmington each October.