Coverage of those starting up businesses and community resources to help them thrive.
The thousands of extra visitors that Founders Fest brings to the city presents an opportunity for the locally-owned and small businesses of downtown Farmington, and so in this, our Founders Fest preview, we pair each festival attraction with a local business that syncs well with one another.
"We are proud that our years of innovation, research, development and investment have led to this solution for U.S. Soldiers," says Gordon Stein, General Dynamics Land Systems vice president and general manager for U.S. operations.
From the Joe Louis Greenway to the Michigan Air Line Trail, metro Detroit has many parks and greenways to offer to residents of every county. Check out this list of four trails to visit this season, all with new or upcoming updates.
“We have strong roots in defense manufacturing here in the Sterling Innovation District, and we want to build upon that legacy by growing our talent pipeline to help emerging technologies thrive and continue to innovate,” says Sterling Heights Mayor Michael Taylor.
"We're looking to just kind of do what we're doing inside and bring that outside,” says Mike Pierce, co-owner of Eastern Palace Club. “The beach vibes will be resonating throughout the neighborhood.”
“Sterling Heights is known as a welcoming, business-friendly community. It’s a reputation and culture we’ve worked long and hard to build,” Sterling Heights Mayor Michael Taylor says in a statement.
Contributing photographer Steve Koss spends an evening in downtown Farmington, capturing the fashion, friends, food and cocktails shared amongst those attending this season’s Ladies Night Out.
This season’s Ladies Night Out event is scheduled from 5 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, April 20, in downtown Farmington.
"The City leadership, volunteers and stakeholders, and the entire business community in the City have rallied together with a focus on making Farmington the best that it can be," Kevin Christiansen, City of Farmington Planning and Building Department Director, said in a statement.
With more than 550 interns placed, the Michigan STEM Forward program is connecting Michigan’s young talent with companies in key industries across the state. Many of the interns are students at one of the three state research-intensive universities that make up the University Research Corridor (URC), an alliance of Michigan State University, the University of Michigan and Wayne State University dedicated to strengthening Michigan’s economy.
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