Lighthouse renovates two Pontiac buildings into 40 residential units
Lighthouse of Oakland County is rehabbing again. This time the organization has truned two old apartment buildings into affordable housing in Pontiac.
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Local salsa makers keep getting bigger
Ferndale-based salsa company growing, expanding, moving, and shaking throughout the U.S.
Oakland County ranks high in high-tech
The second most digitally advanced government in the state belongs to Oakland County. You can't be that... unless you're San Diego, who came in first place.
Holocaust Memorial Center plans to expand in Farmington Hills
The Holocaust Memorial Center is looking to expand. The planned addition will add a 18,000-square-foot wing that will house a museum geared toward children.
Money flowing into OU’s tech growth fund
Oakland University is looking to get a boost of funding to boost companies in the technology sector in the region. An Arbor-based venture capital firm wants to raise $30 million for a technology growth fund that will be based out of the school to assist growing companies.
County wide ‘green’ initiative proposed for Oakland County
Oakland County wants to take their communities that are already designated "Cool Cities" by the Sierra Club and push them a step further by encompassing the entire county as "Cool." Officials are looking to do this through new "green" building standards.
Same-sex family in Ypsi featured on ’30 days’ television show
Super Size Me was Morgan Spurlock's first major joint. It catapulted him into the spot light in a few different ways. He ate only McDonalds for a month, gained 30 pounds, and his liver got all jacked up. He's back with a new-er show called "30 Days." Somewhat of a spin-off of his first major work. In the show, a person immerses themselves in a lifestyle they aren't familiar or comfortable with. So, Spurlock brought the show to Ypsi and immersed someone into a same-sex family raising children.
Ferndale’s New Neighbors
Once upon a time Ferndale was a dying inner ring suburb. Then the gay community moved in. Now it's one of Metro Detroit's fastest developing cities, drawing a hip, young and diverse population to its walkable neighborhoods. How did longtime residents react? They not only embraced the change, they voted in Michigan's first openly gay mayor.
Detroit lands national LGBT conference
While not necessarily known as a gay mecca, Southeast Michigan has some good things going for it in that community. Good enough, in fact, to draw the national GLBT conference to downtown Detroit this weekend.
Affordable housing projects in downtown Ann Arbor need opinions
To house the poor, or not to house the poor? That is the question citizens of Ann Arbor will grapple with Tuesday at a public meeting about creating 100 affordable housing units in downtown.
Local salsa makers keep getting bigger
Ferndale-based salsa company growing, expanding, moving, and shaking throughout the U.S.
Oakland County ranks high in high-tech
The second most digitally advanced government in the state belongs to Oakland County. You can't be that... unless you're San Diego, who came in first place.
Holocaust Memorial Center plans to expand in Farmington Hills
The Holocaust Memorial Center is looking to expand. The planned addition will add a 18,000-square-foot wing that will house a museum geared toward children.
Money flowing into OU’s tech growth fund
Oakland University is looking to get a boost of funding to boost companies in the technology sector in the region. An Arbor-based venture capital firm wants to raise $30 million for a technology growth fund that will be based out of the school to assist growing companies.
County wide ‘green’ initiative proposed for Oakland County
Oakland County wants to take their communities that are already designated "Cool Cities" by the Sierra Club and push them a step further by encompassing the entire county as "Cool." Officials are looking to do this through new "green" building standards.
Same-sex family in Ypsi featured on ’30 days’ television show
Super Size Me was Morgan Spurlock's first major joint. It catapulted him into the spot light in a few different ways. He ate only McDonalds for a month, gained 30 pounds, and his liver got all jacked up. He's back with a new-er show called "30 Days." Somewhat of a spin-off of his first major work. In the show, a person immerses themselves in a lifestyle they aren't familiar or comfortable with. So, Spurlock brought the show to Ypsi and immersed someone into a same-sex family raising children.
Ferndale’s New Neighbors
Once upon a time Ferndale was a dying inner ring suburb. Then the gay community moved in. Now it's one of Metro Detroit's fastest developing cities, drawing a hip, young and diverse population to its walkable neighborhoods. How did longtime residents react? They not only embraced the change, they voted in Michigan's first openly gay mayor.
Detroit lands national LGBT conference
While not necessarily known as a gay mecca, Southeast Michigan has some good things going for it in that community. Good enough, in fact, to draw the national GLBT conference to downtown Detroit this weekend.
Affordable housing projects in downtown Ann Arbor need opinions
To house the poor, or not to house the poor? That is the question citizens of Ann Arbor will grapple with Tuesday at a public meeting about creating 100 affordable housing units in downtown.
