Great Lakes Shore II by Phoenix828979
Andy Guy is the Great Lakes Guy. On his blog, he is tracking the trends transforming the Rust Belt into the Blue Belt. He has called Gov. Granholm for Michigan's failure to develop a green energy strategy and praised Marquette, MI for starting a transformation for its downtown waterfront.
The Great [...]
By cody
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I really hope you get a chance to check out yesterday's Michigan Surfing feature. Quite a few cool videos and another shining example (based on reader comments) that Michigan is often more than people believe it to be.
Shhh. Proposed Grayling Amusement Park a Secret?
The MLUI has done some digging on Grayling's proposed Main Street America [...]
By farlane
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The chime.tv web site provides a very well thought out and high-powered* interface for viewing internet video. They also allow you to create a channel, so we created the Absolute Michigan channel on chime.tv.
The first video we're featuring on the channel is Scuba Diving a St. Clair River wreck. The video is from Marine [...]
By farlane
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NOTE: We'll have details on the 2008 Michigan Energy Fair here next year! You should also check out this report on the 2007 Michigan Energy Fair (with video) from the Michigan Land Use Institute.
The annual Michigan Energy Fair will be held June 22-24, 2007 at the Manistee County Fairgrounds in Onekama. Billed as "one of [...]
By cody
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Michigan Radio's Jack Lessenberry interviews Thomas Anderson, vice-president and the senior director of Automation Alley about how the Southeast Michigan based organization is working to help businesses in the City of Detroit and Genesee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, Washtenaw and Wayne counties meet a changing business environment. In a manner common to Jack's [...]
By farlane
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Been a while since I got the old 5 out of the bag.
Great Lakes Blogger Dave Dempsey gets a stand-up double with this stunning satellite view of the Great Lakes, of which NASA says:
At the very top of the image is a round white patch - this is Lake Nipigon, which is still frozen over. [...]
By farlane
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The High by DA2Brian
From the Silver Lining Department: GROW Detroit called out this Detroit Free Press article (Michigan does good job of preparing kids for college, survey finds) saying that Michigan was cited as one of the three states (along with Kentucky and Indiana) most closely aligning state curriculum with college expectations (view Michigan's [...]
by sparky05
part of a set of GRAM photos
The New York Times had an excellent article (From Michigan, a Clean-Running Museum) on the new Grand Rapids Art Museum. When Peter Wege pledged $20 million to relocate the GRAM, he required that the new building be "green." The museum is slated to open in October and [...]
Quixote by Lantern Waste Studios
Right now, only 3% of Michigan's electricity comes from renewable resources. Michigan Public Service Commission Chairman J. Peter Lark says that raising the Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) is a good first move:
"A required RPS is a win-win proposition. It will encourage the creation of in-state jobs, reduce pollution and dependence on [...]
U-M North Campus Computer Science
Building by meanmustard1982
Phil Power writes that he recently had dinner with a group of bright, enthusiastic young people, all about to graduate from college and excited about their future ... and all planning to leave Michigan. He suggests that finding, attracting, nurturing and retaining talent is the single most important thing [...]
