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Longform cecconferencelocations

Community leaders gather to share small town entrepreneurial ideas


Longform almamural

Alma Aspires: A small town showcases its successes


Development News Almont’s Country Smoke House is one of six Michigan small agriculture businesses to receive a $200,000 grant from the USDA.
Partner Content The Traverse City roundtable was the last stop on URC’s Hidden Health Threats tour
Feature Story Muskegon County Airport (MKG) will offer 36 nonstop, round-trip flights per week to Chicago O’Hare International Airport through Southern Airways Express starting Oct. 1. (Nenyedi/WikiMedia Commons)

More flights to Chicago coming to Muskegon County Airport


Feature Story Port Huron residents Tyler Moldovan and Alexandra Hand packing up to move to their new home.
Development News View from across the river and below the Poseyville Road Bridge

Riverfront Restoration Project underway


Longform Farmer Craig Schaaf, of Golden Rule Farm, has led farming workshops at Grow Benzie for a decade.

Grow Benzie: Rooted in community


Development News “This is an unprecedented, one-time funding wave that allows us to direct vital resources toward a decades-long backlog of repair and maintenance needs,” says DNR Director Dan Eichinger.
Development News “Pickleball is a great sport that is bringing generations together to play and improve their health and well-being,” says MEDC Executive Vice President of Economic Development Incentives Michele Wildman.
Feature Story masoncoutymural

Mason County history finds a new home in Ludington


Feature Story launched the docuseries “Muskegon What's to Come?” to highlight the stories of Muskegon residents. 

Meet the Muskegon resident behind ‘Coffee with Craig’


Feature Story Local historian Blaine Knoll (left) and Ottawa County Land Use Specialist Andrew Roszkowski install a new West Michigan Pike sign in Holland earlier this month. [Rich C. Lakeberg/Ottawa County]

New life for West Michigan Pike, region’s original highway