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10 Great Cities For Young Adults
Kiplinger
Here is a slideshow of 10 cities in the U.S. (including Lansing, MI) that offer exceptional opportunities for those starting out in life
Cool intern makes cool contacts
Ionia Sentinel Standard
Cool Cities Intern for Ionia, Julie Rowan, wrote a mini grant to bring recent graduates in the Ionia County Community Foundation’s Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) in contact with “Cool Connections.”
Michigan movie clips: David Arquette, Michigan fan
Detroit Free Press
David Arquette is having so much fun filming Scream 4 in southeast Michigan that he is unveiling a new T-shirt design inspired by the state for his Propr clothing brand.
The Incredible Shrinking American City
Slate
What Dan Kildee wants America to learn from the sorry tale of Flint, Michigan.
Michigan State University Entrepreneurship Network (msuENet) Launch Event
Michigan State University Entrepreneurship Network (msuENet)
Do you support entrepreneurship? Do you value collaboration? Do you want to connect with a community that also cares about entrepreneurship?
If so, Thursday, August 19th from 4-6 p.m. is your chance to meet your kind of people!
Come celebrate the launch of the the Michigan State University Entrepreneurship Network (msuENet), Michigan State University\'s first cross-campus entrepreneurship network that connects faculty, students, entrepreneurs, the community, and businesses. As part of the launch of msuENet, we will be announcing a new Certificate of Entrepreneurship program, the Hatch (a student-led and focused idea incubator), and a new university-community development collaboration.
Philips Livable Cities Award
http://www.because.philips.com/
Have you got a simple idea that could improve the health and well-being of people living in cities? Enter the Philips Livable Cities Initiative and you could receive one of three Award grants totalling €125,000 to help translate your idea into reality. See http://www.because.philips.com/ for more information.
Latest Report Shows 75 Percent of NWLB Workers Obtained, Retained a Job As a Result of Training
State of Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth
A new report completed by the Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth (DELEG) shows that 57,855 No Worker Left Behind (NWLB) participants completed training, and of those who completed training, 75 percent have either obtained or retained jobs. Additionally, 59 percent of NWLB\'s core participants - those workers who are unemployed and underemployed when they entered the NWLB program - found new jobs despite double-digit unemployment rates across the state, an11 percent increase from the last reporting period.
Marquette, Mich., a Superior destination
The Washington Post
Residents of Marquette have another reason to be proud. Not only did this city of about 21,000 make the list of a Dozen Distinctive Destinations for 2010; a list compiled by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, it also scored the
Fan Favorite award.
There`s No Such Thing as Free Parking
Slate
In the project, Nimble Cities, Slate solicited ideas for making urban transportation more efficient, safe, and pleasant. This article focuses primarily on improving urban parking.
Where are they now? Catch up on what happened to those Cool Cities grantees
The Grand Rapids Press
Update on the Cool Cities Initiative. The article includes an interview with Cool Cities Program Manager Karen Gagnon, a brief history and overview of the initiative, and several examples of cool cities projects.
