Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Little Black Dress will be a virtual event, streaming online through Facebook Live on Friday, March 5. Guests are still encouraged to get dressed up, enjoy a cocktail and make a night of it. Dance like no one’s watching, as the old saying goes.
Over the past year at Covenant HealthCare in Saginaw, employees living with Type 2 diabetes have participated in a pilot program that develops personalized diets for them based on the unique population of microbes found in their digestive systems.
“Huron City is my interpretation, for want of a better word, of being a stranger in a strange place,” says Daniel Williams, creator of the Huron City Radio podcast. “I feel part of here but still, I don’t always know what’s going on.”
“It’s imperative to have seasoned chefs and educators serving on the commission and overseeing policy that is relevant and impactful to culinary schools and the industry,” says Chef Recinella.
When state budget cuts gutted community mental health budgets in 2014 and 2015, voters in Ottawa, Jackson, Hillsdale, and Washtenaw counties all approved millages that have significantly expanded mental health services.
“We’re especially aware of it in February, because it’s Black History Month, but Black history is American history. It’s local history. It’s not a separate thing,” says Andrew Kercher. “It deserves to be acknowledged year-round.”
Alphonso Amos works tirelessly with multiple organizations and nonprofits; and not just in our community, but others as well. Driven by passion and the desire to serve, Amos is aware that if he stops or falters, others may go without.
“Circumstances brought me here, but something about the city drew me in,” says Tyler Moldovan. He is an example of the fresh new perspectives that the younger generation is bringing to the city, says The Keel’s Mikaela Westrick.
“I think with our downtown, specifically, we are all such a good team. The other coffee shops, the other sandwich shops — we all work together. We want each other to succeed, we want everyone to support us all,” Kate Voss says. “It’s really nice. We’re pretty much all friends, we’re all in this together.”
Like many a Michigander with connections to Canada, Ashley Macpherson has made the trip so many times that she’s grown a great affinity for the Blue Water Area. So much so, in fact, that Ashley and her young family recently packed up and moved from metro Detroit to St. Clair, purchasing a home and putting their roots down in November 2019.
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