The COVID-19 pandemic has posed many health challenges, but it's also made it easier than ever for Michiganders to get healthy, local food, as many farmers and farmers markets have started reaching customers online.
For St. Clair County stakeholders, a successful Bluewater View condos could mean that the luxury high-rise is a bellwether for future development in the region.
A grocery store may be something that people take for granted, but a new grocery store is an event. It’s something to make a fuss over, to celebrate.
Livingston Educational Service Agency's Healthy Habits Start Now (HHSN) program helps families understand the importance of eating more fruits and vegetables every day and the benefits of being more physically active.
For Black infants, racism's impacts begin at birth – and may be deadly. But practitioners across Michigan are coming together to address it through a proposed expansion of the state's Healthy Moms Healthy Babies program.
“Being able to meet people at co-working spaces has been extremely beneficial. That’s the idea at Foundry, to take that and apply it to artists,” says owner Carol Hall. “Maybe someone in pottery will run into a photographer that works upstairs and they can trade money or skills to benefit each other. That is the dream. The day that happens, I’ll be so excited.”
“You can’t put a price on feeling good,” says shop owner Monique Lictawa. “Showing that support, love, and encouragement or kindness means a lot to the person getting that message.”
The fate of Halloween this year, a year where COVID-19 has flipped everyday life on its head, is a question on many people’s mind. The Port Huron Parks & Rec Department has the answer.
The nonprofit Leaders Advancing and Helping Communities has spent decades providing a variety of services for Dearborn residents, most recently using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education funding to make physical activity more accessible to all.
Although the warm summer months may be behind us, it doesn’t mean that the environmental stewardship efforts of the Friends of the St. Clair River are over for the year, too. In fact, the autumn can often be an ideal time for getting outdoors and working to protect and maintain the natural world.
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