Since mountain biking first caught on here about 30 years ago, infrastructure and a community of enthusiasts have sprung up to support the sport across Southeast Michigan.
“This is not just four people in a room deciding the region’s priorities. This is a cross-section of people from the public, private, and non-profit sectors — and it’s all non-political. We’re just here to make St. Clair County a better place and move it forward,” says Jeff Bohm, co-chair of Blue Meets Green and District 5 County Commissioner for St. Clair County.
Springing up across Michigan, palliative care programs aim to shift the way we think about death and serious illness.
“Working in long-term care, you see older patients receive their medical marijuana cards. They might be easy to get but people wouldn’t know what to do with them,” Laura Norman says. “There’s still a huge gap between healthcare and cannabis.”
“Do not give up, keep fighting, don’t take no for an answer. Motivate yourself, do not quit,” says Noel Suarez, owner of Suarez Auto Sales.
The proposed project lays out two roughly parallel routes along Michigan's coast in St. Clair, Macomb, Wayne and Monroe counties.
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.
“My entire life, I've always been taught to equate food with love. So if you're feeding people, you're showing them love. And it's like you're giving them hope,” says Heather Fagan. “And I really hope that that's a message that can go across the board.”
A new effort is underway to establish a world-class land and water trail running along Michigan's lower eastern coast.
“We’ve only been open since 2019, so we’ll take every bit of help that we can get,” Lorinda Kain says. “They really take care of us. It means a lot.”
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