Visitors can experience a recently renovated Bay City State Park, with new and improved parking lots, sidewalks, pedestrian signs, bus zones, electric vehicle parking spots, and an upgraded visitor center.
Nearly half of Bay County families are making less money than it costs to live here. Nicole Luczak from the United Way of Bay County recently explained how quickly working families can find themselves unable to make ends meet.
Members of the Youth Advisory Committee – a program of the Bay Area Community Foundation – have identified adolescent mental health and first aid awareness as priority areas for funding. For 30 years, YAC has helped teens fund programs to help their peers.
Smallmouth and largemouth bass aren’t the only things national fishing tournaments are reeling into the Great Lakes Bay Region. Bay City, Midland, and Saginaw also saw hundreds of people and nearly a million dollars come into the area from direct spending of participants and tourists from these annual events.
Explore the region with a new perspective with the help of the Public Art Passport. The passport guides visitors and residents to where they can find local art. It also shares the stories behind the pieces.
After considering the needs of the community, the United Way of Bay County has announced its partners for its next funding cycle. The two-year cycle begins now and ends in 2026.
Newsweek named Dr. Nicolas J. Mouawad as one of the top 200 vascular surgeons in the nation. That’s good news for the community.
The Bay Area Women's Center is celebrating a $75,000 grant from Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation in Midland. The money is for operations.
Michigan Sugar invests $109 million in a plant that extracts more sugar from beets and secures the future for farmers in the region.
Dr. Mark C. Komorowski, a Bay City-based Plastic Surgeon, advocates across the state for physicians, patients, and communities in his new role as President of the Michigan State Medical Society.
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