Today marks the annual celebration of Earth Day, inspiring “awareness of and appreciation for the Earth’s environment.” But here in Michigan, supporting events are not limited to April 22; they’re taking place all week long throughout cities across the state.
Bay County Health Department is offering free e-Waste collection through Friday. Ann Arbor and Flint Best Buy locations are rewarding gifts cards to the first 100 recyclers this Saturday. And the Indigenous Earth Day Summit runs through tomorrow at Northern Michigan University.
Learn more about Earth Day on Wikipedia. Or find a local event through the EPA’s Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge.
MOLI View gets “Fashionably Detroit” in its take on Michigan designers. Sure, “Detroit isn’t necessarily the spot that leaps to mind when one is discussing the finer points of haute couture,” but talent and passion spread across the state.
There’s Midland’s Kristine Fergusson and her nod to Marie Antoinette, Saginaw’s Viper Apparel with the style of South Beach, and the revolutionary originals from Jill Robertson of Ferndale. [ Read more ]
Joe Minock is fed up.
As the founder of Accuget.com LLC, a small Web-based business in southeast Michigan, the 26-year-old says it’s time for Michigan to stop paying so much attention to the flailing auto industry and focus its attention instead on entrepreneurs and small business owners like himself. [ Read more ]
If you’re a donut lover like me, you’ll be thrilled to know that Dunkin’ Donuts is adding more than 100 stores in Detroit, Lansing and Saginaw over the next several years.
It’s all part of an aggressive national growth strategy that involves expanding in existing markets and entering new ones throughout the country. [ Read more ]
Congratulations goes out to the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) — the state agency was recently honored by Trade & Industry Development in the magazine’s third annual Corporate Investment & Community Impact Awards. [ Read more ]
Mid Michigan Business Notebook reports of a teen job fair at Dow Diamond on March 26. Over 30 employers will descend on Midland, offering positions to people ages 16-19 in volunteer centers, construction, the service industry and more. A great way for teens to learn about the skills of today’s market, there is also an opportunity for a first summer job.
For those of all ages, the Mid-Michigan Job Fair will visit the same Dow Diamond on April 16. Registered employers include Consumers Energy, Ikon Office Solutions, Pampered Chef and Verizon Wireless. There’s a complete list available online.
If you’re starting to feel like we’ve had an unusually large amount of snow this winter, you’re right on the money. In fact, many residents of Southeast Michigan haven’t just experienced a little more snow than normal this year — they’ve experienced a lot more. [ Read more ]
According to the Michigan Entrepreneurship Education Network (MEEN), entrepreneurship programs across the state have grown rapidly over the past few years.
MEEN’s annual publication, Profiles of Michigan Education Entrepreneurship Programs 2008, found a highly dynamic picture of entrepreneurship education across the state - and one that is aligning itself better with Michigan’s current economic realities, which are moving away from auto industry jobs and toward positions with entrepreneurial enterprises. [ Read more ]
On Tuesday, Governor Granholm announced that the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) is assisting six Michigan companies with expansions and supporting a brownfield project. Altogether, the new projects are expected to create 2,225 jobs and infuse Michigan communities with $248.4 million in capital investment. [ Read more ]
Corp!, Michigan’s largest business magazine, is currently seeking nominees for its annual “Michigan’s Economic Bright Spots” issue, which shines the spotlight on Michigan companies that are flourishing despite the downturn in the economy. [ Read more ]
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