Mike Galbraith

Feb 15, 2024 | modeldmedia.com | Mike Galbraith

What’s happening: City officials celebrated the opening of eight “Certified Tech Hubs” in several Detroit neighborhoods earlier this month, a result of city-led efforts to bridge the digital divide and connect more underserved Detroiters to high-speed internet. The City of Detroit Certified Tech Hub initiative is led by the Office of Digital Equity & Inclusion.

Feb 14, 2024 | secondwavemedia.com | Mike Galbraith

They call it the Friendly City. When Hazel Park commissioned a redesign of the city logo that would debut at the tail end of 2020, the city’s official slogan “The Friendly City” was placed in a more prominent position as compared to the logo that preceded it. Where it was almost a part of the artwork itself beforehand, this new logo proudly declared how the city preferred to present itself by putting its tagline front and center.

Feb 14, 2024 | secondwavemedia.com | Mike Galbraith

What’s happening: It was just last week when we shared the news of Sterling Heights debuting its Visioning 2040 strategic plan, a strategy for achieving sustainable growth, economic development, and community wellbeing over the next 10 to 15 years. Yet a city planning department’s job is never done: On Valentine’s Day, Wednesday, Feb.

Feb 14, 2024 | secondwavemedia.com | Mike Galbraith

What’s happening: Construction crews are hard at work in Colonial Michilimackinac this February, a historic site that has hosted workers hammering nails into boards for more than 300 years now. Crews are constructing the first new building at Colonial Michilimackinac since 2013, an addition to the Southwest Rowhouse that will host a new exhibit upon the building’s opening later this May.

Feb 14, 2024 | secondwavemedia.com | Mike Galbraith

What’s happening: A Fowlerville coffee shop was recently selected as an extension campus for Michigan Career and Technical Institute (MCTI), the state agency that provides career development training for Michiganders with disabilities. The nonprofit cafe and coffee shop Torch 180 was selected alongside Kalamazoo’s Northside Association for Community Development as two new extension campuses for MCTI earlier this month.