Past Events
August 2017
Automation Alley’s Tech Takeover
Trends Impacting Automation Companies Description: Southeast Michigan is home to a wide range of fast-growing automation companies that have distinctive qualities and needs related to technology integration. Industry 4.0 is changing the manufacturing landscape. Is your business ready? Join Clayton & McKervey for a Tech Takeover info session to discuss Industry 4.0 trends, address systems integration challenges and offer solutions to issues impacting the current business climate. This session is intended for manufacturing professionals working for OEMs and suppliers in…
Find out more »Tech248 August MeetUp
Agenda 2:00 PM Arrival & Networking 2:15 PM Welcome & Opening Remarks Greg Doyle, Tech248 2:20 PM “IT Apprenticeships: Growing Your Own Talent” Jennifer Llewellyn, Manager, Oakland County Workforce Development 2:30 PM “U.S. Department of Labor Overview” Marc Decoster, Apprenticeship & Training Representative, U. S. Department of Labor, Detroit 2:35 PM “Today’s IT Apprenticeship Models” Denise VanHee, Director, Oakland County Michigan Works!, Troy 2:45 PM Panel Discussion – “Apprenticeship Options and Finding Talent” Sarah Kropinski, Workforce Development Consultant, Oakland County…
Find out more »Learn more about becoming a Certified B-Corps.
The August Member-Guest event is approaching. Learn more about becoming a Certified B-Corps. Being the Change Are you an entrepreneur, or start-up business leader who’s trying to figure out the triple bottom line? Are you working for a large corporation and trying to come up with ways to make sustainability tangible and practicable? Certified B-Corps are the answer. Save Thursday, August 24th for the SMSBF Member-Guest Event. Mark your calendars for Thursday, August 24th from 8:30 to noon for SMSBF’s “Being the…
Find out more »Rivertown Detroit Association Meeting–Terrorism Protection
Rivertown Detroit Association Meeting--Thursday August 24th--Terrorism Protection Training---What To Do In The Event--Presented by the Detroit Police Department--Sgt Richard McLatcher.
Find out more »September 2017
Michigan Chicken Wing Festival 2017
The mission of the Michigan Chicken Wing Festival is to promote community interest through food and music. The event involves bringing together a diverse agenda to the community at-large to experience a wide variety of restaurants, food truck vendors, musical artists and merchants vendors from across the state and the region.
Find out more »Flint families can get nutritious food at mobile pantry in September
Flint families may get nutritious food that can limit the effects of lead exposure during mobile food pantry hours set for September at locations throughout Flint. The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan in Flint and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services are announcing the upcoming schedule for mobile food pantry stops to distribute foods rich in calcium, vitamin C and iron. Families receive shelf-stable items that include tuna, baked beans, mandarin oranges, cereal, tomatoes and more. Farm-fresh…
Find out more »Flint families can get nutritious food at mobile pantry in September
Flint families may get nutritious food that can limit the effects of lead exposure during mobile food pantry hours set for September at locations throughout Flint. The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan in Flint and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services are announcing the upcoming schedule for mobile food pantry stops to distribute foods rich in calcium, vitamin C and iron. Families receive shelf-stable items that include tuna, baked beans, mandarin oranges, cereal, tomatoes and more. Farm-fresh…
Find out more »Flint families can get nutritious food at mobile pantry in September
Flint families may get nutritious food that can limit the effects of lead exposure during mobile food pantry hours set for September at locations throughout Flint. The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan in Flint and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services are announcing the upcoming schedule for mobile food pantry stops to distribute foods rich in calcium, vitamin C and iron. Families receive shelf-stable items that include tuna, baked beans, mandarin oranges, cereal, tomatoes and more. Farm-fresh…
Find out more »Rock the Veil Fall 2017 Wedding Showcase – Royal Oak, Michigan
Thursday, September 7 6 pm – 9:30 pm Royal Oak Farmers Market 316 E. 11 Mile Road • Royal Oak, MI 48067 The Rock the Veil Wedding Showcase experience debuted three years ago as a fun departure to traditional wedding shows. Rock the Veil features a boutique selection of wedding related exhibitors and vendors, non-stop musical entertainment from a lineup of local wedding musicians and DJs and a selection of flavorful food trucks on-site offering dinner and snack options…
Find out more »Friends of the Detroit River Fall Dinner Cruise
One of the major social events of the FDR year is the Fall Dinner Cruise, which happens just after Labor Day each year. Attendees are treated to a wonderful dinner as they cruise the river and learn about river issues and projects. It is a pleasant evening, with FDR members and their friends mingling with other members and river supporters. This event helps to raise needed funds for FDR programs. The Cruise route alternates each year between upriver and downriver.…
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