Rural Innovation Exchange

Feature Story Barbara Bull, owner of Cherry Point Farm & Market, works along a strip of lavender plants on her farm.

Lavender farms on the rise across Michigan


Feature Story laptopimage

Mapping a better future for broadband in Michigan


Partner Content nationalruralhealthday

Celebrate National Rural Health Day on Nov. 16


Feature Story mercyvehicles

Easing the EMS staffing shortage in the U.P. and Michigan


Partner Content womensleadershipgroup

Narrowing the gender gap in municipal leadership


Feature Story ironwoodminersmural

Ironwood and other rural towns embrace placemaking


Longform An up-close look at a bus charging connection.

Electric school buses poised to roll into the U.P.


Longform The interior of the former Delft Theater, now Delft Bistro.

Now showing ... former theaters repurposed


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Feature Story The facade of the Tahqua-Land Theatre in Newberry.

Newberry's historic Tahqua-Land Theatre reopens after standstill


Feature Story View of the Sturgeon River Gorge from the top of Silver Mountain.

Almost heaven: Silver Mountain


Feature Story ironwoodminersmural

Blending art and history in the Upper Peninsula


Feature Story Passengers board a trolley to take a tour of Muskegon.

Michigan ports welcome new era in Great Lakes cruising