Economic Development

Midland Young Professionals launches their 2025 Community Crowdfund

The 2025 MYPros Community Crowdfund offers $60,000 to one Midland County business through community-driven funding, fostering economic growth and engagement among young professionals.

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Community mental health delivers care to Michigan’s schools

Michigan's CMHs play a critical role in schools, providing counseling, crisis intervention, and case management to students who might otherwise slip through the cracks.  

Fisher Company celebrates 100 years in Mt. Pleasant, Midland, Bay City communities

Fisher Companies celebrates 100 years of business, marking a century of growth, community commitment, and family legacy across Mt. Pleasant, Midland, and Bay City. 

Tonia West
Coming home: Tonia West on belonging, growth, and youth empowerment

Returning to Midland after personal and professional journeys, Tonia West embraces community growth, resilience, and transformative local engagement.

The front of Chef Sergey’s Bakery in the historic Ashman Circle
Chef Sergey’s Bakery opens in Midland’s historic Ashman Circle

A new bakery, founded by Ukrainian refugees, quickly becomes a local favorite with its fresh pastries and specialty coffee.

Great Lakes Bay Health Centers recently announced plans for a new one-stop facility in Uptown Bay City.
Bay City health care gets a boost with school-based clinic, new facility in Uptown, and vision bus

Great Lakes Bay Health Centers recently opened a School-Based Health Center at Bay City Central High School. The agency also is building a facility in Uptown Bay City while making plans to offer mobile vision services here.  

Janet Kiehl opened Prema Rose Wellness Suite inside the Bay Professional Building on Bay City's West Side
Prema Rose Wellness Suite takes a holistic approach to good health

Prema Rose Wellness in September offered services ranging from paraffin wax and detox treatments to The Harmonic Egg and Sound Bowl Massage. Everything at the center is designed to release stress and trauma.

Erin Patrice
Building community through conversations: Meet Erin Patrice

Meet Erin Patrice, founder of The Breaking Bread Village which fosters respectful conversations across differing perspectives, building empathy through inclusive dialogue, live events, and personal connections to promote shared understanding and growth.

Grant Murschel
Grant Murschel: Building community through education and entrepreneurship

Meet Grant Murschel, Director of Career and Technical Education at Midland ESA and one of three owners of Nord Social, a Scandinavian-inspired social club and bar opening in the Center City Corridor.

Photo courtesy of the Antique Toy and Firehouse Museum
Bay City’s oldest firehouse is coming back to life as a museum

The Antique Toy & Firehouse Museum is renovating the former Fire Station No. 3, located at the edge of Downtown Bay City. In the end, the building will house fire trucks and toys, classrooms for lessons in fire safety, and even offer space to two other local history organizations.  

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