The restoration and cleanup that began in anticipation of Super Bowl XL coming to Detroit in 2006 has continued. This is what was hoped for by bringing an event such as the Super Bowl to town.
Billions of dollars are currently being spent to restore the numerous architectural and artistic gems around the city. [...]

Included in this travel video: The Henry Ford, Greenfield Village, City Theatre, Fox Theatre, Detroit Institute of Arts, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, and the Motown Historical Museum.

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The majority of Michigan State Parks have short 3-5 mile biking trails, but there are a couple nice long trails scattered across the state.
The 34.5-mile Kal-Haven Trail State Park is enjoyed by almost 100,000 visitors each year. The trail is built upon the abandoned railroad bed of the Kalamazoo and South Haven [...]

Here are some of the hot topics in headlines across Michigan today, April 24, 2007.
Will a decline in the honeybee population affect Michigan’s fruit production?
Great Lakes invasive species reducing food for native fish population
Conservation group looks to ban ocean vessels on the Great Lakes
Michigan Senate finds another $300 million to cut from the budget

State lawmakers are looking to cut $500,000 from the budget by cutting back on car washes. The current amount is $700,000 and lawmakers are looking to reduce that to a mere $200,000 for car washes.
Hmm, if they can find a half million here and another million there - maybe they can cut [...]

I’m a lower peninsula gardener and I sometimes rush things a bit to see how early I can get stuff growing in the garden. I would fail miserably if I was growing a garden in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
The Ironwood Daily Globe has an article about how residents of the U.P. cope with the much [...]

All 14 teachers in the Republic-Michigamme school system were given pink slips on Wednesday. The school will be back in session this fall according to school superintendent, Vicki Holsworth. The move was made in light of the rumblings in Lansing of possible cuts to school funding.
There are 150 students in the entire K-12 [...]

If you want ideas for stuff to do for Earth Day (or any day for that matter) check out my Squidoo lens entitled Why Recycle? In addition to attempting an answer as to why we should (or why should we?) recycle there are ideas and plans for recycling products by making them into something [...]

Stryker Corp. just announced a 65% surge in first Quarter earnings. Net income rose to $243.5 million for the three month period of January through March.
At the end of the day Wednesday, Stryker was trading at $69.10 per share which was down from the $70.06 it opened the day at.
It sure is [...]

Daniel Howes’ article on how the Detroit Tigers have a lesson for all of us has inspired me to show what Michigan and its’ leaders could learn from the Tigers.
The Tigers suffered through 12 straight losing seasons. In 2003 they even tied the record for most losses ever in a single season with 119. [...]