LANSING, Michigan, July 3 -- The Michigan Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release on July 2, 2024: * * * $50,000 goal to win matching grant through MEDC's Public Spaces Community Places initiative * * * The Village of Honor will transform an underused field at A.B. Maley Park into an active play space through the anticipated success of a crowdfunding campaign. The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), the Maley Park Playground Committee, and the Village of Ho  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 2 -- The Alliance for the Great Lakes posted the following news release on July 1, 2024: Today, a coalition of environmental, conservation, and advocacy groups celebrated the announcement that Illinois Governor Pritzker, Michigan Governor Whitmer and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corps) signed a historic Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) to begin construction on the Brandon Road Project to keep invasive carp out of the Great Lakes. The thousands of businesses  more

PORTAGE, Indiana, July 3 -- The Ports of Indiana issued the following news release: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has approved a proposal from Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor to establish the first international sea cargo container terminal on Lake Michigan. This would create the only all-water container route for ocean vessels to serve the greater Chicago metropolitan area via the Great Lakes. The Burns Harbor terminal is located in northwest Indiana, inside the Greater Chicago Metro  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, July 2 -- The National Wildlife Federation issued the following news release: In a significant step toward preserving the Great Lakes, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has signed the Project Partnership Agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, greenlighting the crucial Brandon Road Lock and Dam project. This agreement is pivotal in preventing invasive carp from entering Lake Michigan and threatening the Great Lakes ecosystem. "Signing the Brandon Road Project agre  more