Auburn

Three different mask styles being made by the Costume Goddesses group at Midland Center for the Arts.

A new website offers help to Bay County businesses making plans to re-open

Government and business leaders collaborated on a new website that gives Bay County businesses much of the information they need as they make plans to re-open.

Mitchell and Mallory Rivard, who grew up in Bay County, now serve the state in very different ways.
Deep roots connect Miss Michigan and a Congressional Chief of Staff to their Bay County home

Mitchell and Mallory Rivard found two different paths to grow from their Bay County childhood into statewide roles.

Dow shifted production at five plants globally, allowing them to produce more than more than 200 metric tons of sanitizer.
Local efforts to supply critical COVID-19 materials in the Great Lakes Bay Region ramp up

Efforts to supply needed materials for COVID-19 ramp up in the Great Lakes Bay Region, with over 10,000 PPE materials distributed in the past week among many milestones.

Bay Future announced it has raised $1.3 million toward its $2.5 million goal for a campaign to bring jobs to Bay County.
Bay Future sets ambitious five-year goal for economic growth across Bay County

Bay Future announced plans to raise money for a five-year plan to bring new jobs to Bay County. The plan draws on support from the public and private sector.  

From pregnancy to kindergarten, Bay-Arenac coalition promotes school readiness

A wide range of programs – including home visits, free books, free math materials, and more – exist to help young families in Bay and Arenac counties.  

Summer concert season is under way. People and music fill Wenonah Park, Veterans Memorial Park, Uptown Bay City, Downtown Bay City, and the Midland Street Entertainment District.
Teachers putting music lessons to work

Three of the four members of local band Adaboy! work as music teachers, giving them unique insight into the ways music inspires brain development and helps young people develop critical skills.  

John and Autumn Filburn strive to provide food unlike anything else served in the area.
Q&A with 5-2-oh Asian Fusion food truck

How this husband and wife duo and food industry veterans took their passion for feeding others mobile with the 5-2-oh food truck. 

Construction should be finished in about five months.
Home for the terminally ill undergoes expansion in Auburn, doubling capacity

The Toni and Trish House for the Care of the Terminally Ill, which was founded in 2008, has begun building an addition that will double its capacity from three en suite-style rooms to six.  

Students and teachers work together to come up with the best plan for gathering information about concerns at the Auburn high school.
Western High School educating about diversity

In April 2018, a clash between two Western High School students exploded into public protests with racial overtones. The protests attracted state and national media. One year later, students and teachers are working together to turn the incident into a lesson.

Q & A with Chloe Updegraff, Census Hub Coordinator for the Great Lakes Bay Region

The 2020 Census has big implications for state and local funding. We talk to the Great Lakes Bay Region Census Hub Coordinator Chloe Updegraff on the importance of the process.

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