Community Development

Partner Content SCCCMH's 2025 Creative Arts High School Contest's Best in Show: Be Kind to Your Mind by Ella Vokes (10th grade) at Yale High School.

The Power of Creativity: How engaging in the arts promotes mental wellness


Feature Story K-6 youth at the Voices of Youth listening session.

Voices of Youth with the YMCA: Giving local kids a chance to be heard


Feature Story Josh Chapman, President and CEO of the Blue Water YMCA.
Partner Content Passengers loading on a COA bus in Port Huron.

Blue Water Area Transit partners with the Council on Aging


Feature Story Tires and Treads Community Project
Feature Story Kevin Dutcher (left), father of Noah Dutcher (right) in front of an Apache self-propelled sprayer.

Small business hubs elevate startups and entrepreneurs


Feature Story LifeWays staff

Community mental health delivers care to Michigan's schools


Feature Story Keeping warm by the fire, attendees roast smore's.

Taste the burn at Chilly Fest 2025


Feature Story Lori Weatherly (left) teaches an embroidery class at the Make Saint Clair makerspace.

New St. Clair makerspace fuels creativity, fosters community


Feature Story The Free Wheelin' statue at Palmer Park in St. Clair, MI welcomes a rose-stained dawn.

In Photos: Explore the Winter Wonderland of the Blue Water Area


Feature Story Pivot Roasters coffee beans tumble in a drum roaster.

Pivot Roasters: A Blue Water Area business with global roots