The inaugural Central to the Arts Festival is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 1.

University of Memphis readies inaugural arts festival celebrating community’s creative spirit

"This festival is a wonderful opportunity for our community to come together and celebrate the arts," says Dr. Ryan Fisher, interim dean of the College of Communication and Fine Arts.

Ship shape: Shiphouse Vodka drives into stores

Shiphouse Vodka is available for purchase at local liquor stores.

Owner Morgan Wadding
Designing Sandusky: Morgan Wadding brings her style to downtown

Morgan Wadding brings her sense of style to downtown Sandusky with her interior design business.

(left to right) Matt Gatti, NOAH Project’s street outreach manager; a family of two whom the outreach team helped house; and the project’s lead street outreach worker, Paige Henson
NOAH Project connects to people who are homeless with street outreach

The NOAH Project engages people who are homeless, helps them meet their basic needs, and builds relationships with them. The project takes a “housing first” approach, recognizing that the stability of housing allows people to work toward other life goals.  

Match game: Shores & Islands Ohio again offering grant program to help businesses, organizations

For the second straight year, the organization promoting tourism in Erie and Ottawa counties is offering its Destination Development Grant Program.

Mark Fogg and the Cleveland Indians' Bob Feller.
Guarding the team: WLEC celebrates 75 years of broadcasting Cleveland baseball

“I think about 75 years and to me, that’s the legacy of radio, but also the entire history of this radio station is tied to the Indians franchise, and now the Guardians. The partnership literally started within months of the station coming on air.”

Voices of Youth: Defining and refining our community

For the second cohort of Voices of Youth, we sat down with nearly a dozen Detroit teenagers who shared with us their thoughts on what community is and what (as "solutions-oriented journalists") they would like the world to understand about the city where they learn and love. 

Check-in area of St. Clair Community Mental Health in Port Huron.
Michigan community mental health agencies recognize families’ role in treatment

Michigan's CMHs rely on families to help recovery and ensure that people function at their highest level.

For the Kingdom is located at 4100 Raleigh Millington Rd. in Memphis.
This Memphis nonprofit just received a financial assist from the NBA Foundation

“Our primary focus is to develop these young people at their core internally so they can achieve success externally," says Summerjoy Scott, Leader of LEAD Academy, a career development initiative from For the Kingdom in Memphis' Raleigh community.

Dr. Kimberlydawn Wisdom, founder of the Women-Inspired Neighborhood Network: Detroit.
Detroit initiatives combat high Black infant mortality rate with dignity and compassion

Black infant mortality rates in Michigan are consistently two and sometimes even three times higher than in white communities.

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