Every school bus that stays on the road represents more money for the classroom at Inland Lakes Schools. The district’s mechanic is onboard. Plus, three more looks at life Up North too complicated to fit on a postcard.
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Each day, Michigan is made a better place to live through the efforts — large and small — of private citizens and public servants. Bridge will feature those inspiring stories.
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Lansing bank president breaks barriers, restores profits
Paula Cunningham helped revive Lansing’s Capitol National Bank after the Great Recession, while changing perceptions about what a banking leader should look like.
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Bank president looking out for next generation
Paula Cunningham has impressed Lansing leaders with her quiet efforts to mentor African-American children in the community.
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Wayne State scholar gains national standing as a respectful voice for LGBT rights
While the debate over gay rights and same-sex marriage has gotten strident at times, John Corvino rarely raises his voice.
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Rare book collector Ed Surovell started with little, now traces ‘footprints of mankind’
(Ed Surovell – courtesy photo/Bridge Magazine) Edward Surovell made his mark selling houses — thousands of them across southeast Michigan with trademark blue lawn signs. But his passion is books. One-of-a-kind-books. Michigan books published in the 1800s. The affable 73-year-old Ann Arbor real estate broker has acquired nearly 15,000 of them, making him one of […]
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A multi-talented horse spreads joy across Michigan
Clifford the wonder horse Clifford is quite accomplished. He’s an abstract painter, a dancer and the subject of a published biography, and goes on statewide tours to spread the message of empathy. He also has four hooves and a tail. Clifford , also known as “Clifford of Drummond Island,” is the Morgan horse owned, trained […]
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Warehouse lofts in Grand Rapids fill fast due to affordable housing program
FOUND A HOME: Leigh Ann Cobb poses outside her new home, Baker Lofts in Grand Rapids, which she only was able to afford via a program that offers housing developers a tax credit to invest in affordable housing. (Bridge photo/Lance Wynn) For years, the massive century-old brick furniture warehouse stood vacant in Grand Rapids as […]
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Pipefitter’s daughter from Downriver becomes potent advocate for Michigan prisoners
WITH NEARLY 10 MILLION PEOPLE … : Each day, countless Michigan residents go about their routine business – but in the process do some far from routine things. Bridge will regularly feature some of their stories and the impact they are having on our state. (Bridge illustration/A.J. Jones) It began as a favor to a […]
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MSU prof preps state's spirits to follow craft beer's success
IT’S A REALLY HARD CLASS: MSU professor Kris Berglund stands amid some of the work product of the Artisan Distilling Program at the university. Berglund predicts that Michigan-made liquor will soon have similar economic impacts to craft brewing in the state (Bridge photo/Nancy Derringer) Kris Berglund’s business cards identify him as a distinguished professor of […]
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Class in Upper Peninsula school sparks students’ interest in powering the world
MARQUETTE — Doug Elliott’s class at Ishpeming’s Westwood High School goes way beyond the focus of many a shop class: making wooden birdhouses, shelves and such. Elliott’s students get into computer numerical control and sensors. Entitled “Survival in an Electrical World,” the class covers the basics and far more. An advanced class, for example, gets […]