Moo. Michigan’s dairy cows produce more than 11.2 billion pounds of milk annually, making our dairy industry the nation’s 6th largest. “Michigan’s dairy industry is one of the largest agricultural industries in our state with an annual economic impact of $15.7 billion,” says Governor Gretchen Whitmer. “Ninety-seven percent of Michigan’s dairy farms are family owned, many […]
It’s been a full year since an innovative community-policing program called Project Green Light kicked off in Detroit. Residents, city officials, law enforcement and business owners all sing its praises, and rightly so. Near the enrolled businesses, crime has plummeted by nearly one half and patrons feel safer. This has not meant an end to […]
A look at what was missing in Brightmoor helped inspire the vision of what’ s to come. “The first time I went into the area my impression was, ‘ Wow, this is pretty empty,’” recalls Errol Service, a longtime McDonald’s franchisee and Detroit Regional Chamber board member. Blight and vacancies have been a long-time challenge […]
Errol Service understands humble beginnings, hard work and high achievement. That’ s why the restaurateur says he’s working hard to help rebuild Detroit, one community project at a time. Service started his McDonald’s career by mopping floors and cleaning toilets. He was promoted to dropping fries and flipping burgers. During the process, he managed to […]
Many customers overlooked the new kid who’d just started his first job at a Miami McDonald’s. It was 1984 and 16-year-old Marcos Quesada hadn’t even learned to speak English. Fortunately, his grandfather, a farmer, and his mother, a nurse aide, taught him a few values that extended beyond communication barriers. Quesada spoke the languages of […]