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20 Reasons to feel hopeful about Michigan’s food in 2012

Any one of these will make you feel good about what we have going related to our food system, “healthy, green, fair, and affordable”.

(via AnnArbor.com)

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Posted at 11:20 AM 25 January 2012

College Students May Hold the Key to Redesigning Education

Since they are the most recent products of the K-12 system that isn’t working, their ideas to redesign it are worth listening to. (via @GOOD Stuff)

(by rEDesignMyEdu)

Tagged with giving back, education, michigan,

Posted at 9:42 AM 17 December 2011

briankellyphoto:

#ArtPrize officially opens TONIGHT but I’ve been on the ground for days with my crew digging up some great stuff all around Grand Rapids. Here’s a preview!

Tagged with ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Arts, Culture, festivals, Canon, 5DMKll, art, artist, cityscapes, time-lapse, timelapse,

Posted at 10:29 PM 21 September 2011

I just recently figured out that the line

“Kathy”, I said, as we boarded a greyhound in Pittsburgh…

refers to them getting on a bus and not putting a dog in a kennel.

Go figure.

(Source: fuckyeahsaginaw, via greatlakesstate)

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Posted at 9:20 AM 09 September 2011

Delta Living: Michigan →

I remember meeting girls from Georgia who said, “Y’all talk like you’re from England.”

emintheworld:

Today someone told me they could tell I was from Michigan. It was probably one of the biggest compliments I could get. He said my mannerisms, they way I talked and acted.

As I’ve moved away, I’ve become more and more proud of where I come from. Michigan’s economy is changing, but a lot of people…

(via greatlakesstate)

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Posted at 9:20 AM 01 September 2011

These are awesome. Not sure if the Yoopers will feel the same, you know how they hate being left out of the whole mitten thing.

greatlakesstate:

“Don’t bite the hand that feeds” postcards. Available on Etsy.

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Posted at 9:20 AM 01 August 2011

Can’t have summer in Michigan without the “Mighty Mac”!

nationalgeographicscans:

Photographer on Mackinac Bridge, 1959

(via greatlakesstate)

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Posted at 11:27 PM 14 July 2011

Michigan Native Garrett Borns

Finding inspiration for music and lyrics from within and around the world, singer/songwriter Garrett Borns performs his eclectic fusion of sound, story and wordplay. He is a gifted 19-year-old singer/songwriter from West Michigan, studying classical piano and music theory at Grand Rapids Community College.

His first album will be released later this summer.

http://www.garrettborns.com

From the May 12, 2011 TEDxGrandRapids Event -Garrett Borns “Time Flies” (by TEDxTalks)

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Posted at 7:41 AM 08 June 2011

Michigan Radio agrees →

inanoffwhiteroom:

The recent increase in local music collectives is pretty sweet. This NPR feature explores the topic, with input from Lansing-based Bigger Brush Media.

(Source: recordloungelocal, via greatlakesstate)

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Posted at 10:49 PM 02 June 2011