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cbleck@miningjournal.net MARQUETTE — Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Director Gary McDowell on Thursday unveiled the 2021 Food and Agriculture Housing Task Force report aimed at alleviating the challenges and impediments to having ample housing for the state’s food and agriculture business sector. “COVID-19 has shone a bright light on the challenges for providing agriculture housing and the critical role our food and ag workers play in preserving our supply chain,...

Lincoln Avenue resurfacing approved Staff Report MOUNT GILEAD — Morrow County will use its 2020 Community Development Program funding to complete one street improvement project, according to the Morrow County Commissioners. The county will resurface approximately 7,100 square feet of Lincoln Avenue from Town Street to HPM Street, replace eight existing drainage inlets and add four drainage inlets with new storm sewers between Delaware Street and HPM Street. It also will replace 1,170 linear f...

Community Business Bureau announces new grant opportunity At a time when not-for-profit organisations of all shapes and sizes across the nation are considering how to become more resilient, the Community Business Bureau (CBB) has reinforced its commitment to the sector by announcing funded business model resilience consulting support as part of its successful Community Business Grants program. The opportunity is expected to be welcome news for the nation’s not-for-profit organisations, who co...

Buyout nets coastal Alaska villages first direct ownership of Bering Sea crab quota Grant Robinson © Provided by Anchorage KTUU-TV Crab pots stacked in Adak, Alaska. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Fishing rights and vessel ownership are transferring from a Seattle-based fishing company to two Alaskan regional economic development organizations and 30 communities. Popular Searches The seller is Mariner Companies, owned by pioneering Bering Sea crabbers Kevin Kaldestad and Gordon K...

VF Corp leans in to the circular economy and regenerative ag Deonna Anderson Wed, 12/16/2020 – 09:58 With about 20 brands such as The North Face, Vans and Timberland under its umbrella — including its recent acquisition of popular streetwear brand Supreme — VF Corporation is big. The company had approximately 48,000 employees at the end of its 2020 fiscal year, which ended on March 28, according to its most recent annual report , and revenue during that year was $10.5 billion.  With tha...

Why is India Still the World’s Dirtiest and Most Polluted Country? 104 years later, after Gandhi, it has all worsened The influential magazine “The Economist” recently carried a story about India’s environment “ “Why is India one of the most polluted countries on Earth” The “Economic Times” followed this with a story headlined “India alarmingly filthy even by standards of poor countries”. Nobody living here can deny it. Most of our lakes and rivers are severely poisoned w...

Special live coverage here in the city of baltimore. im brooke baldwin. its so important i share this next voice with you because this is why were here. these are the stories we need to be telling. a young man, aged 24 he says he doesnt want to be another freddie gray but growing up in west baltimore, many of his friends have met a similar fate. he told me that they have been killed on the streets after selling drugs, like cocaine and heroin. he decided to turn his life around and now he works a...

Completely grants students would get each year by eliminating grants for summer school. the administration says it would be able to keep the maximum completely grant at $5,550. the department of education stipulates that 9.6 million students will be seeking completely grants by next year. theres been an increase over the years. also on the chopping block, cuts amounting to $650 million to scale back a community service grant program and cut a community development program. now among other things...