Category Archives: Community & Nonprofit Organizations

$1 Million Accelerate Michigan Contest!

June 8, 2011 – 7:37 am

Speed by IreJustin Applications are now open for the 2011 Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition. The Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition will award more than $1 million in cash winnings, plus in-kind awards of services, staffing and software to top entrepreneurial businesses and also includes a competition for college students with an idea for an innovative business. [...]

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Tree cities bloom in Michigan

May 18, 2011 – 11:07 am

Great Lakes Echo is a project of the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University. The site uses Creative Commons reporting to to help the news community cover the environment of the Great Lakes watershed. Absolute Michigan supports the mission of Great Lakes Echo and regularly features articles they produce. by Sara Qamar [...]

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Michigan gets a Dark Sky Park

May 9, 2011 – 9:13 am

The International Dark-Sky Association will announce today that the Emmet County’s Headlands has been awarded the prestigious International Dark Sky Park designation. The Freep reports that the 600-acre park just west of Mackinaw City is only the sixth International Dark Sky Park in the nation, which means that with minimal light pollution, it offers an [...]

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Saving the Great Lakes Forever conference this weekend!

April 28, 2011 – 11:22 am

People from around the entire Great Lake Basin will be gathering for the 2011 Conference “Saving the Great Lakes Forever” which kicks off on Friday, May 6, at 6:50 p.m. at the historic State Theater in downtown Traverse City. Sequence 7408-09 by StacyN – MichiganMoments Hosted by the Flow for Water Coalition, the Great Lakes [...]

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Future Midwest Conference this week in Detroit

April 26, 2011 – 10:11 am

Painting A Picture Of Optimism by DetroitDerek Photography Later this week (April 27-29) the 3rd annual  Future Midwest Conference kicks off in Detroit. It’s the largest digital business conference in the Midwest and  seeks to accelerate business and cultural transformation by uniting community passions with emerging technologies. In 2011, they’ve selected Eastern Market in Detroit [...]

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ArtPrize Artist registration opens … and a great video!

April 18, 2011 – 7:12 am

ArtPrize – Vision by David Spriggs by Canon Screwdriver (gary syrba) ArtPrize (Sep 21 – Oct 9, 2011) is a radically different art competition that gives away huge cash prizes, $250,000 to the winner and nearly a half a million dollars total and it’s all decided by a public vote! Venue registration has closed and [...]

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TEDx Traverse City – May 17, 2011

April 5, 2011 – 9:38 am

via Leelanau.com… FIM Group and Northwestern Michigan College have collaborated to present the inaugural TEDx TraverseCity on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Milliken Auditorium at Northwestern Michigan College. Tickets go on sale TODAY (Tuesday, April 5) at 10 AM through the website at www.tedxtraversecity.com. They will probably go [...]

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Grand Rapids LaughFest ~ March 10-20, 2011

March 7, 2011 – 8:11 am

The first-ever Grand Rapids LaughFest kicks off this Thursday (March 10) in Grand Rapids. The city-wide festival runs March 10-20, 2011 and is presented by Gilda’s Club Grand Rapids, an independent branch of Gilda’s Club Worldwide. The organization was founded in honor of comedienne Gilda Radner with the goal of helping men, women and children [...]

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ArtPrize 2011 ~ September 21 through October 9, 2011

February 16, 2011 – 8:42 am

Cavalry by pairadocs ArtPrize, the radically open, radically cool art competition that awards the world’s largest art prize has issued their call for ArtPrize 2011 artists. The wildly successful event will return to Grand Rapids September 21 through October 9, 2011. ArtPrize has no formal jury, curator or judge, allowing the public to choose the [...]

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Michigan Radio: The Cost of Creativity

February 1, 2011 – 10:38 am

Michigan Radio has a great radio documentary titled The Cost of Creativity that I really hope you get a chance to check out. They note  that while Michigan was funding arts & culture at a level of $26 million dollars a year through a combination of state taxes and federal money a decade ago, it’s [...]

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