Corner stores in poor neighborhoods get a bad rap for unhealthy food, vagrancy, and blight. High Ground Community Correspondent and South Memphis resident Ivy Arnold has a different take—corner stores as necessary and beloved institutions.
With a history of lumber, coal mining, and ironworks, a parcel of land in the heart of the Saginaw River Watershed is the region's newest park.
For hospitals in the Mid-South, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought fewer overall patients, not more. Could the lighter patient load help nurses improve their skills and increase quality of care?
The eighth in a series of essays from Memphis workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, in partnership with MLK50.
Creating and preserving Michigan's Pigeon River Country, known as "the Big Wild", has involved a long, sometimes contentious dance between conservation and the pressures of the outside world.
Farmers markets along the Lakeshore are reopening for the 2020 season. Here's a roundup of schedules for the popular outdoor markets in Holland, Zeeland, Grand Haven, and Spring Lake.
With drive-through markets, online ordering, and 2020 Flower Season, Eastern Market vendors and the partnership find ways to adapt amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
For the past 15 years, the YMCA of Greater Grand Rapids has brought its Nutrition in Action program to West Michigan schools and other organizations serving families and individuals with income challenges.
The seventh in a series of essays from Memphis workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, in partnership with MLK50.
Several 3-by-3 canvases featuring local small businesses have popped up in Bea’s Small Business Art Garden next to Bea’s Squeeze lemonade stand, which launched in 2019 on the Dequindre Cut as a pop-up to market Beatrice and Eli Wolnerman’s upcoming coworking space in Eastern Market.
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