The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is awarding $2.1 million to 37 organizations in 17 states and Puerto Rico to help protect and restore urban waters, improve water quality, and support community revitalization and other local priorities. The funding is through EPA’s Urban Waters program, which supports communities in their efforts to access, improve and benefit from their urban waters and the surrounding land. Urban waters include canals, rivers, lakes, wetlands, aquifers, estuaries, bays and oceans in urbanized areas.More

S&P Data LLC is locating in Troy with support from the Michigan Strategic Fund, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced. The expansion is expected to generate nearly $4.4 million in new private investment and add up to 420 new jobs.
“S&P Data’s investment means Michigan residents will find good job opportunities that could well have gone to other states,” said Gov. Rick Snyder. “Michigan is America’s comeback state and this expansion is another demonstration that we have changed Michigan in ways that now means more and better jobs and greater prosperity.”More

Google and the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) have teamed up to map natural gas leaks under city streets, already revealing interactive maps showing leaks beneath the streets of Boston, Indianapolis and New York City’s Staten Island.More

When automotive giants such as General Motors declared bankruptcy during the recession, Monroe Environmental lost 70 percent of its business and president Gary Pashaian had to decide whether to close the business or continue.More

It’s 1985 and a young engineer at Ford Motor Co. is working at his desk, doing a job that has him focused on a new field that will ultimately transform the way cars, trucks and just about every other industrial product make their way from the mind of the designer to America’s roads.More

Automation Alley, Michigan’s largest technology business association, has reached a significant milestone with its Technical Talent Development Program (TTDP). More

The largest and longest running annual pub crawl in Michigan happens again on the last Friday in July in Ferndale. One of the most popular and anticipated nights each summer, the Annual Ferndale Pub Crawl is a walking downtown tour that raises money for local not-for-profit organizations, and has done so every year since 1996. Registration for the event runs from 6:30 pm to 9 pm at the newly opened “Twist” nightclub (formerly Boogie Fever) on Woodward in downtown Ferndale. Participants must be at least 21 years of age; motorized vehicles are prohibited.More

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 is issuing a proposal to protect one of the world’s most valuable salmon fisheries, in Bristol Bay, Alaska, from the risks posed by large-scale mining at the Pebble deposit. More

There is still time left for students to enroll at Henry Ford College (HFC) for the fall 2014 semester and take advantage of unique guarantees designed to ensure your success. The fall term begins Aug. 28, 2014.More

Hard-rocking multihyphenate Andrew WK will be performing one very special show at The Crofoot Ballroom in
Pontiac, Michigan to benefit a local charity, Suits For Soldiers. Andrew W.K. is the KING OF PARTYING!
Infamous for his bloody nose, famous for his high-life attitude, beloved for his songs like, “PARTY HARD”, “WE
WANT FUN”, and “YOU WILL REMEMBER TONIGHT”. Andrew’s true will is to use all forms of entertainment to
create feelings of pure joy, fun, freedom, and possibility.More