Author: Taylor Trapani (Taylor Trapani)

University of Michigan Leads the Charge in Cross-Sector Sustainability Collaboration
April 17, 2023April 19, 2023
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University of Michigan Leads the Charge in Cross-Sector Sustainability Collaboration

Event recording filmed and originally published by SBN Detroit. On April 5th, 2023, University of Michigan President, Dr. Santa Ono, gave compelling remarks at a SBN Detroit event about the urgent threat of climate change. Sustainability and facilitating cross-sector collaboration are among the top priorities for his administration and during his lecture he shared about...

March 22, 2023April 24, 2023
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Agricultural Conservation Efforts Combat Lake Erie’s Toxic Algae

Every year, Lake Erie’s algae bloom threatens the health and drinking water of more than 11 million people. Watch this short video featuring Anne Schechinger and Ethan Bahe from Environmental Working Group who created a model that’s being used by the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Department of Environment, Great Lakes,...

February 21, 2023February 21, 2023
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Tara Tuomaala Selected for 2023 PLACES Fellowship

Tara Tuomaala, arts program officer, was selected to be a 2023 PLACES fellow for The Funders’ Network. The cohort will visit and learn from communities across the country over the next 10 months to better understand issues of race, equity, and inclusiveness as they relate to grantmaking. PLACES fellows visit four communities in the U.S....

February 17, 2023February 17, 2023
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The Great Lakes Way®

The Great Lakes Way® will be an interconnected set of 156 miles of blueways and 160 miles of greenways stretching from southern Lake Huron through western Lake Erie. All residents and visitors of Southeast Michigan will be able to connect to and benefit from the world-class freshwater, wildlife, recreation, and heritage right in our backyard...

February 10, 2023February 10, 2023
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Advancing the Legacy of Cultural Arts in Detroit

Transformational arts funding helped the Carr Center shift from a creative placemaking strategy to a programmatic strategy. Today, their performance art, visual art, art education, and jazz education programs reach a global audience.

The New Standard
February 10, 2023February 10, 2023
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The New Standard

By Mark Stryker, Author of “Jazz from Detroit”  It’s early 2023, but I’m still thinking about the cultural highlights of 2022 in Detroit, particularly the New Standards/Jazz Without Patriarchy initiative that unfolded over three weeks in October. There were so many vibrant aspects to this ambitious project, spearheaded by the Carr Center and curated by...

Celebrating 100
February 3, 2023September 29, 2023
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Celebrating 100

To honor Fred A. Erb’s 100th Birthday and Commemorate $100M in Grants, the Foundation Will Plant 100 Trees and Make Other Improvements to the Royal Oak Arboretum By John Erb, Chair, and Leslie Erb-Liedtke, Trustee On February 11, 2023, our family will celebrate what would’ve been our father’s (Fred A. Erb) 100th birthday. There’s no...