The youth employment and mentorship program is currently working to provide 100 young adults (aged 16-24) in Washtenaw County with paid, on-the-job training opportunities this June 13-Aug. 19.
The Engage@EMU Resource Guide for Washtenaw and Wayne Counties offers a list of local supportive resources in ebook format and organized by categories.
The Friends of the Rutherford Pool received an mParks Community Service award for 2020, and a renovation of the pool's bathhouse recently received an mParks Facility Design Award for the 2021-2022 season.
A growing number of local leaders are examining racism's influence on our community's development, and seeking to counteract those effects moving forward.
We talked with three peer support specialists, who use their own past experiences with mental health and substance abuse issues to help others going through similar ordeals in the present.
The Minneapolis-based nonprofit will host a public virtual open house on Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. to hear more about the local art community's priorities and direct needs.
Poet and playwright Muriel Rukeyser has been discovered, overlooked, and rediscovered multiple times over the years – and Ypsilanti is home to a living archive of her work.
The Writers Room will eventually be a physical space, but the pilot program is being offered as a series of three monthly virtual meetings in February, March, and April.
Lincoln Avenue Capital wants to build 306 affordable housing units near the corner of Clark and LeForge Roads, with 150 units dedicated to seniors. Unit prices will range from 40-60% of the area median income.
Sixteen local entrepreneurs are participating in the first session of EMU's Executive Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Venture Challenge program, which launched in early January.
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