Stressed. It aptly describes the hundreds of millions of American households dominated by stressors — from fear-related ones to the potential public health and economic impacts of the coronavirus to the pressures associated with new home-schooling and work-from-home routines. Businesses are not immune either. No one has calculated the cost associated with the postponement of […]
Two months ago, you may have thought PPE was some annoying internet slang. Now we all know it stands for Personal Protection Equipment, and hospital employees are at risk because of a shortage as they fight the coronavirus. Unique Fabricating Inc. in Auburn Hills quickly stepped and is now producing an average of 30,000 face […]
The CBD Confidence Survey series supported by CBD Marketing Hub, USA CBD Expo, CBD.io and the Insyght Institute, the nonprofit division of leading market research firm Target Insyght asked respondents “What primarily inspired your company’s founder to get involved in the CBD industry?” Fifty-six (56) percent of respondents reported that a personal, family member, friend […]
The City of Flint and its potential for development was on the discussion table in Detroit Sunday as talk show host Mark S. Lee and editors of TheHUBmet with Metro Community Development CEO Brian Glowiak to discuss the more than $250 million in new investments and related small-business growth in the city. Glowiak was a […]
Wayne State University’s $25 million arena for its men’s and women’s basketball teams will be ready for play in the 2021-22 basketball season. The university says the new arena will be a game changer that will place its athletic program in a stronger position within the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and positively impacting the […]
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) just announced that it will issue March and April food assistance benefits early to reduce the gap between benefits payments that resulted from the partial federal government shutdown. “Food assistance recipients can expect to receive next month’s benefits on March 3, 4 or 5,” according to […]
The need to read is still one of the most important skills literacy advocates hope to cultivate in Detroit’s youth. Research shows challenges in literacy have been directly linked to greater risks of unemployment, imprisonment and other challenges. To support a mission of boosting local literacy rates, the Association for Women in Communications (AWC) Detroit Chapter and […]
When staring at humanity’s darkest hours, it is easy to become so blinded by disgust that we forget to honor the beauty that was lost to it. On March 20, the Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus will fix that when it hosts the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO), which will play music from Jewish composers […]
Ten years ago Shamayim (Mama Shu) Harris lost her two-year-old son, Jakobi, when he was killed by a hit-and-run driver on Rhode Island Ave. in Highland Park. She decided the best way to create a memorial to Jakobi was to help turn some of that city’s most blighted blocks into an eco-village. She started out […]
Detroit residents looking to get out of the cold can go to three warming centers, the City of Detroit’s11 recreation centers and 18 Detroit Public Library branches. Three warming centers are open through March 31 to provide relief to the homeless when year-round shelters are at capacity. Cass Community Social Services, 1534 Webb, has 40 […]