Areas of Concern

Detroit nonprofits take a ‘family’ approach to help entrepreneurs get financially savvy

With a focus on the city’s often-overlooked neighborhoods, a nonprofit collaboration is taking a personal approach to providing training, resources, and support for Detroit’s entrepreneurs, witnessing the ripple effect that investment creates. 

Roughly 13,000 area youth participated in Detroit PAL activities before the COVID-19 outbreak.
Voices of Youth: Detroit PAL teens share surprising thoughts on life during COVID-19, BLM protests

Three Detroit PAL teens tell us how they feel about social distancing, preparing for college during a pandemic, and George Floyd's tragic death.

Robert Laitinen: Behind-the-scenes on restoring the Little Rapids in the St. Marys River

Chippewa County Road Commission superintendent Robert Laitinen calls the project to restore fast-flowing water in the St. Mary's River at Sugar Island the "highlight" of his career. Here's why.

Local businessman Dennis Kirksey talks about his path to environmental advocate

Growing up, Dennis Kirksey never wondered why Muskegon Lake was polluted. Now he chairs the organization that's working to clean it up. Here's how he got involved.

Cleaning up the past for a brighter, ‘bluer’ economic future in Michigan

Michigan's 'blue economy' presents plenty of opportunities for Michigan's economic future. But first, the state must clean up the sins of its economic past.

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