Coverage of transit solutions, including public transportation, bikes, buses, light rail, commuter trains, and ferries, especially those intended to reduce congestion, improve air quality, and provide efficient movement across a metropolitan area.
Issue Media Group is excited to announce the relaunch of its online, community-informed, digital publication in the Upper Peninsula. UPword will focus on innovation, talent, entrepreneurship, social innovation, and community development, while featuring U.P.-based talent.
“I was fortunate enough to win a giant project for the Oregon Supreme Court House in Salem, Oregon. It's a 32-foot-by-32-foot artwork comprised of over 2,000 pieces. And I'm building that right now in the new space,” says April Wagner, owner of Epiphany Studios.
Metro Detroit SHINES in the summer, and we know how to do it well. Here are eight ways to get out and embrace the season before it comes to an end.
“Investing in southeast Michigan’s quality of life is crucial to building our reputation as a world-class place to live and work,” says Community Foundation President Ric DeVore.
As our cities look to improve placemaking projects, Hazel Park's bright and beautiful murals (from bicycles to bunnies) are getting a chance to shine.
A major mural, urban gardens, and a community newsletter were among the five projects recently awarded along 8 Mile Road in a bid to connect communities on both sides of the iconic marker.
"Every time I ride to places like Hines Drive or some of the other suburbs, there's sections of it where there is significant cycling infrastructure," says cyclist Andrew Smith, who has never had a driver's license for a motor vehicle. "But there are also significant gaps that as a cyclist make me feel like that's the border of my world."
Nowfal Akash is proud of what he and his team have done with the John R. Road location for the new Hot Box Social cannabis lounge in Hazel Park: "It's part of the community now, it feels like it's been there forever." Biba Adams dives into the foodie scene there, from Frame movie pairings to city policy changes, to find out how it's evolving.
Oakland County's two new resolutions have been called "potentially transformational" in achieving housing equity. Can they make a difference? “If we segregate this so the rich live here and the poor live there, it’s a recipe for disaster,” says Commissioner Dave Woodward “And history will bear that out.”
Issue Media Group is excited to announce the company’s latest online media project – Rural Innovation eXchange (RIX). RIX will focus on the innovation, talent, entrepreneurship, social innovation and community development taking place in rural Michigan and feature the work of rural talent and content creators.
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