Environment & Sustainability

Coverage of green innovations, and climate and environment issues and developments, especially those told by local voices and that offer solutions for community concerns.

Downtown Paw Paw makes plans to reclaim its history

In looking ahead at ways to enliven their downtown, Village of Paw Paw officials are looking back, reports the Courier-Leader. Nan Taylor, Greater Michigan Field Representative for the Michigan Historic […]

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We're taking a closer look at people and organizations in cities across the country that are transforming neighborhoods and driving change in urban areas. The second in our series about good urban ideas focuses on how the best city spaces are built from the ground up rather than planned from the top down. 

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Second Wave takes a Labor Day holiday break

Southwest Michigan's Second Wave will be observing the Labor Day holiday next week and will not publish Sept. 8.

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