Economic Development

Midland Rotary and Nonviolent Peaceforce sponsor Celebration of Peace

Midland Rotary and Nonviolent Peaceforce sponsored a Peace Pole on International Peace Day, reinforcing Midland’s status as a City of Peace.

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Fresh paint and new lighting makes it easier to use all parts of the Boys & Girls Clubs facility on the Middlegrounds Island.
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Great Lakes Bay Region gets a fresh look

The Boys & Girls Clubs Great Lakes Bay Region has served young people in the Bay City area for 67 years. Recently, the club made improvements to its Bay City facility on Lafayette Avenue.

Love Thy Neighbor: Meet Wally Mayton

Meet Wally Mayton as he talks about Midland's Neighboring Week with Max Loves Midland.

Start of football season brings extra excitement to Midland

It’s a new football season. For local programs such as Northwood University, Dow High school and Midland High School that means plenty of excitement for local fans.

Lead offers tools for personal and professional growth

Lead is committed to its mission to "Empower people with practical tools to become their most confident self."

Candle Dipping at Fall Fest
Travel back in time with homestead farm activities at Chippewa Nature Center’s Fall Harvest Fest

Chippewa Nature Center hosts its Fall Harvest Festival, featuring interactive demonstrations of autumn traditions like cider making and blacksmithing, connecting visitors to 1800s farm life and nature.

Student art celebrating diversity to adorn 8,000 Midland School Chromebooks

Midland Public Schools and Midland County Inclusion Alliance select artwork by Alice Kim and Elise Collier for Chromebook stickers, celebrating the "Better Together" theme of diversity and inclusion district-wide.

Lawfully Theatrical: Meet Patrick Schefsky

Meet Patrick Schefsky as he shares his journey from Midland and back.

Grace A. Dow Memorial Library recognizes National Library Card Sign-Up Month through the end of Sept

It's still not too late to celebrate National Library Card Sign-Up Month at the Grace A. Dow Memorial Library!

Elizabeth Agius
Michigan organizations, universities, and agencies growing the public health workforce

Michigan, as well as the rest of the world, is going through a health care workforce shortage. The Michigan Health Council’s (MHC) Michigan Health Care Workforce Index projects that nearly all 36 health care occupations will experience workforce shortages between now and 2033.

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