Pages in the Park: Metro-area libraries team up to bring reading outdoors
Following COVID-19, local libraries joined forces to bring reading to kids outdoors. The program was so popular it became its own summer series, featuring local parks.
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‘A city of yes,’ Oak Park celebrates progress with plans for new hub, Juneteenth events
A new social hub, Juneteenth events, and a new fire truck were all revealed at Oak Park's State of the City address. “It is ever more important that we come together as a community to play and celebrate," says Mayor McClellan. "We need to focus on what unites us, not what divides us. That’s what public spaces do for us.”
Oak Park’s Mother Hive helps keep the city sweet
What started as a love for hexagons while studying architecture led Jessica Brady to bees. Now the founder of Mother Hive, an Oak Park small business that specializes in baked goods, Brady's uses honey from her backyard apiary to sweeten her recipes.
Oak Park to showcase new public library redesign this weekend
Oak Park is finishing a library redesign after community input, and will hold a public open day on April 7.
Michigan nonprofits cite need for change in board diversity
The charge for nonprofit board diversity has waned, but its importance is as strong as ever say Southeast Michigan nonprofit leaders.
Can NFTs provide artists with financial stability?
Artist Emily Swift's first NFT experiment, 33 prints listed at $1,400 each, sold out within 45 minutes. Detroit duo Dorota and Steve Coy sold their first NFT, “First Contact,” for $100,000 last year. But can non-fungible tokens be an answer to the instability artists often face? It's complicated.
Detroit’s minority contractors, developers combat high supply costs to avoid getting priced out
The rising cost of building materials is pressuring minority developers and contractors in Detroit to become more resourceful than ever. Here's how they're responding to the situation.
