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If small business is key to economic growth, what about really small business?
As the election season begins, it almost seems politicians are obligated to tout small business as one way to stave off further economic collapse and bring back the American Dream for all of those whom...
View ArticleYour Story: If you love Michigan, give stuff away for free
A lot of people like where they live, but there are also people like Kedron Rhodes-who love, love, love, where they live.The 34 year-old professional designer lives outside of Grand Rapids.He just...
View ArticleThe tradition of hunting in Michigan
Grant Fry of Lake Orion sent us a story as part of our culture project on the importance of hunting in his family.Today is the first day mentored hunting licenses are available in Michigan for children...
View ArticleYour Story: A devoted husband and his wife's 30-year battle with cancer
As part of the Environment Report's week-long series, Cancer and Environment: Searching for Answers, we'll be highlighting some powerful stories of hope and loss in the words of those touched by cancer...
View ArticleYour Story: A young girl's battle with cancer comes full circle
As part of the Environment Report's week-long series, Cancer and Environment: Searching for Answers, we'll be highlighting some powerful stories of hope and loss in the words of those touched by cancer...
View ArticleYour Story: A wife shares how she and her husband lived life to the fullest...
As part of the Environment Report's week-long series, Cancer and Environment: Searching for Answers, we'll be highlighting some powerful stories of hope and loss in the words of those touched by cancer...
View ArticleMichigan Cancer Stories: People share how cancer has impacted their life
All week long The Environment Report has been airing stories exploring the link between cancer and the environment we live in.The series, Cancer and Environment: Searching for Answers, will run through...
View ArticleYour Story: A son fondly remembers times spent in the Michigan woods with his...
As part of the Environment Report's week-long series, Cancer and Environment: Searching for Answers, we'll be highlighting some powerful stories of hope and loss in the words of those touched by cancer...
View ArticleYour Story: One woman's experience with cancer while pregnant
As part of the Environment Report's week-long series, Cancer and Environment: Searching for Answers, we'll be highlighting some powerful stories of hope and loss in the words of those touched by cancer...
View ArticleYour Story: A retraining success, but not in the industry you’d expect
Jennifer Knightstep was a researcher in the media archives at General Motors until she was laid off in 2008. Her first reaction was fear.“I panicked for a few minutes, and then I tried to think of what...
View ArticleIt's tax season, let's talk about money and your future
Michigan Radio and Changing Gears are collecting stories about how people are planning ahead in a tough economy, and we’d like your help. What’s on your mind as you plan for what comes next?
View ArticleChanging expectations: The new ways Midwesterners are planning ahead
Changing Gears is partnering with Michigan Radio to collect stories about how people are planning ahead in light of the recession. You can read more stories about how Midwesterners' expectations are...
View ArticleChanging Expectations: Considering every variable is difficult, if not...
Michigan Radio is partnering with Changing Gears to share stories about how people are planning ahead and how their expectations have changed in light of the recession. You can read those stories...
View ArticleChanging Expectations: A second income is essential, but what about a third?
Changing Gears is partnering with Michigan Radio to collect stories about how people are planning ahead in light of the recession. Josh Eikenberry writes:Because I got through college, I’ll probably be...
View ArticleVeterans' disability claims in limbo at Michigan VA office (share your story)
We've written before about the "unfinished business" of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan... caring for thousands of vets who are coming home after multiple tours with symptoms of PTSD or other...
View ArticleRemembering the old Cass Tech High School in Detroit (with video)
When a hand full of Cass Technical High School graduates from the class of '78 failed to call their fellow classmate for a field trip to the old school, Tony Lockard turned to social media.Lockard...
View ArticlePreserving Jewish community in Detroit
Detroit’s shrinking population is well-documented, as are the many incentives offered to people to move back into the city center. These efforts are a mix of hyping what Detroit can become and offering...
View ArticleYour housing stories, in six words
Changing Gears is kicking off a new feature. Inspired by Smith Magazine, and possibly Ernest Hemingway, we're asking people to share stories of what the economic transformation of the industrial...
View ArticleYour Story: Why a serial entrepreneur keeps trying
Brendan Doms has launched more than a dozen ventures. Most of these are tech websites designed to do something new and useful. By his own admission, none of the start-ups have been particularly...
View ArticleBecome a source for Michigan Radio
Michigan Radio is becoming a part of the Public Insight Network. Just what is the Public Insight Network?Well, it's our way to give you a microphone and get your voice heard.
View ArticleYour Story: Detroit and its "wise people"
Changing Gears is wrapping up its first week as part of the Public Insight Network. Through PIN, everyone can sign up to become a source for our coverage. It’s kind of like a citizen news wire.To put...
View ArticleYour Story: a small business owner thinking about leaving the state
Gary Stock calls himself a member of the “creative class.”He is a longtime resident of Kalamazoo, Mich.
View ArticleYour Story: images of Detroit
For the past few days, we asked people whether they thought Detroit's image was on the rebound. We heard about the best and worst in the city.
View ArticleYour Story: Felicia Ferrone, Midwest designer
Designer Felicia Ferrone worked as an architect for six years in Milan, Italy before returning home to Chicago a year and a half ago. She now runs her own design practice and wishes Chicago had more of...
View ArticleYour Story: Highs and lows of working in the family business
Family bonding can be a reward for working in a family business. But there is also plenty Amber Turner worries about.The restaurant industry took a beating in the economic downturn. Although some Wall...
View ArticleYour Story: Gambling on a career as an artist, and now as a teacher
Making money as an artist can be tough, but Jerry Berta made a good living selling his clay pieces for decades.He and his wife Madeline Kaczmarczyk, also an artist, weathered the Midwestern recession...
View ArticleYour Story: Seeing the oil along the Kalamazoo River
It happened a year ago. An oil pipeline owned by Enbridge Energy spilled more than 840,000 gallons of tar-sands oil into Talmadge Creek which flows into the Kalamazoo River.People were evacuated, the...
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