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Metromode coverage of hospitals, clinics, public health, and mental health developments and initiatives.

While it’s too early to say exactly when, co-owner Rick LeAnnais estimates a July opening.

‘A record store is a destination store’: Dearborn Music to open second shop in downtown Farmington

Dearborn Music will be opening its new location in the old Dressbarn store in Farmington this summer. While it’s too early to say exactly when, co-owner Rick LeAnnais estimates a July opening.

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This new Ferndale business was inspired by the Barbara Ward quote, “We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the Earth as its other creatures do.”
Home and body goods store, a ‘refillery and zero waste shop,’ opens in Ferndale

This new Ferndale business was inspired by the Barbara Ward quote, “We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the Earth as its other creatures do.”

Nathaniel Bergman administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a homebound resident in her home.
Michigan agencies offer in-home COVID-19 vaccinations for homebound residents

More than 21,000 of the state's estimated 110,000 homebound residents have received their shots through a state initiative in partnership with local agencies.

Social distancing in effect at the Farmington Farmers Market
Farmington farmers market ready to open 2021 season after a record-breaking 2020

“I think people are ready to experience the sights, sounds, and local color of Saturday life in a Michigan small town,” Walt Gajewski says. “The market provides an aspect of community life that people really want to get back to.”

A section of the Bay to Bridge trail in Port Huron.
Great Lakes Way project aims to unify greenways and water trails along Michigan’s southeast coast

A new effort is underway to establish a world-class land and water trail running along Michigan's lower eastern coast.  

Stephen Merriweather (left) and Sharnita Johnson . Photo by Nick hagen.
For this Detroit developer, building generational wealth fuels her dreams

For Sharnita Johnson and her brother Stephen Merriweather, renovating the property their father purchased in Detroit's Hope Village neighborhood is a mission that honors not only his legacy but provides a future for their family’s next generation.   

Dr. Patricia Deldin.
Program created by U-M professor adopts Weight Watchers model for mental health support

The Mood Lifters program brings adults together in peer-facilitated classes where they learn science-based strategies for improving their mental health.

Sterling Heights Police Chief Dale Dwojakowski says additional police officers and a social worker position proposed in the city's latest budget will "bolster community policing efforts".
Sterling Heights’ budget proposes first full-time social worker, 7 additional police officers

The latest $230 million budget proposal for Sterling Heights includes the city's first full-time social worker, and the addition of seven police officers. 

Sterling Heights Mayor Michael Taylor joined a live Zoom session to share a "day in his life" with teen residents.
Sterling Heights receives Tree City USA award, honors Arbor Day

Sterling Heights recently earned a Tree City USA Award for its celebration of Arbor Day and commitment to effective community forestry.

There are more than 100 nonprofits in the SHARE Detroit directory; the organization hopes to reach more than 250 by summer.
New online platform makes volunteering and donating to metro Detroit nonprofits easier

“Local nonprofit organizations depend on donations of time and money to operate and, yet, it’s especially challenging for donors and volunteers to connect with causes they care about and identify how to contribute to nonprofit organizations right in their own neighborhoods. SHARE Detroit changes all that,” says Janette Phillips, founding executive director of SHARE Detroit.

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