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Sarah Rigg

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Mobility-era automotive success builds on Detroit region’s manufacturing strengths

As Detroit celebrates a century of automotive manufacturing, it stands poised to address future mobility with an established talent and manufacturing infrastructure. We consider what lies ahead.

Dr. Maureen Connolly.
Michigan’s homeless face major barriers to healthcare. Here’s how care providers are trying to help.

Many healthcare organizations across Michigan are finding creative ways to provide accessible healthcare to Michigan's most vulnerable residents, the homeless.

Garry Bulluck is deputy chief of mobility innovation for the City of Detroit
The southeast Michigan planners and designers working to make transit accessible for all

If planned properly, mobility can create economic opportunity for disadvantaged populations. Here's how. 

Bruce Retterath demonstrates use of a telepsychiatry system.
How telemedicine brings healthcare into vulnerable patients’ homes

Programs that allow patients to confer with medical staff via phone or videoconferencing have the potential to create more equitable access to health care, but they're underutilized for a variety of reasons.

Garry Bulluck is deputy chief of mobility innovation for the City of Detroit
Carefully-planned mobility makes transportation accessible for all

Mobility innovation can create economic opportunity for disadvantaged populations if users' needs are a priority during the planning phase. We look at the critical importance transportation has on social and economic equity in the age of advanced mobility.

Manufacturing Day highlights vibrancy of Michigan’s advanced industry

Michigan’s rich manufacturing history has created an ecosystem that is ripe for producing the technical innovation integral to advanced mobility. This fall, Manufacturing Day will showcase the region’s dense cluster of advanced manufacturing assets.

Lee Township resident Judy Wirtz confers with community health worker Jerry Burton.
How community health workers bridge the gap between at-risk communities and healthcare providers

Distrust, misunderstanding, and disconnection often exist between at-risk communities and the healthcare system. Community health workers use deep knowledge of their communities to mitigate those issues.

Shaunte Oliver received support services from Strong Beginnings while she was pregnant with her daughter Alona.
Untangling the complex issue of health equity in Michigan

Michiganders may experience dramatic differences in their quality of health due to a host of social factors. We took a look at some of those factors, and what's being done to address them.

How can Pontiac’s tech economy grow? Sustain the momentum, entrepreneurs say

Enthusiastic. Scrappy. Upcoming. Those were just a few of the words used to describe Pontiac and its tech economy.

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