Palazzo di Bocce is so cool that Prosper had to point you to this truly unique venue. Once the setting for the world championship; this Lake Orion gem beckons your next bocce ball showdown.Click on the YouTube video to learn the finer points of bocce ...
Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson announced eight new initiatives Tuesday night at his 2011 State of the County address. He also highlighted the successes of well-established programs such as Automation Alley, Emerging Sectors, and Medical Main Street before an audience at the Marriott at Centerpoint in Pontiac. "We still have the ability to launch new programs that are basically cost neutral to you, or better yet, they actually have the potential of generating badly needed revenue without raising taxes," said Patterson.
Tim Calkins has been there. He knows what it's like to be hit by the recession, to have to close a business, to not collect a paycheck for more than a year and not know when another job will come along. He’s already lived through it. That's why he thinks he may be the man to help the thousands of unemployed white-collar workers in the state find their niche in a new economy.
The gift giving came a little early for a handful of Oakland County charities this year. Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson played Santa and passed out checks totaling $26,000 to seventeen local charities.
Here's to turkey, pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce and another great year in Oakland County. Happy Thanksgiving! Oakland County Prosper will return to your inbox December 13.
All Maury Okun really wanted to do was make great music -- the great business model was sort of a fortunate byproduct. "It wasn't because we wanted to create an interesting model, we wanted to create interesting art," says Okun. "It enables us to do more of what we wanted to do." The interesting model is the remarkable collaboration among three Oakland County arts organizations: Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings, the Eisenhower Dance Ensemble and the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival. The organizations maintain separate identities and boards of directors, but they share office space, administrative staff and technology.
A new retrospective of renowned Detroit artist Charles McGee at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center (BBAC) includes more than just pieces from the 82-year-old's body of work — it's also a proud showcase of 25 students he's taught at the center since 1999.
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