Events

Driving Tourism 2008
Michigan Lodging & Tourism Conference
April 14-15, 2008
Amway Grand Plaza
Grand Rapids, MI

"Driving Tourism 2008" ... uniting, celebrating, "greening" and growing Michigan's Tourism Industry!

The Michigan Lodging & Tourism Conference, "Driving Tourism 2008"brings together all segments of our industry to further strengthen performance for the coming year. You'll benefit from seminars on marketing and advertising in a Web 2.0 World. Discover how going "GREEN" can attract more visitiors to your destination or business as you lower operational costs. Learn how to train your staff to deliver tremendous customer service in a manner that will become a hallmark of "Pure Michigan" hospitality. There'll be an expanded trade show, seminars on how to grab and keep the attention of travel writers, and multiple opportunities to network, collaborate and further strengthen the ties that bind our industry together, all for the express purpose of "Driving Tourism 2008".

2005 Cool Cities Neighborhoods in Progress Award Designee in Detroit!!!
University Cultural Community Association

Grand Opening of Zaccaro’s Market (Crystal Lofts, mixed-use)
3100 Woodward Avenue

May 2, 2008
7:30 – 9:30 p.m.

Special Guest:  Certified Sommelier, Mari Chamberlain

Entertainment

Contribution of $20 to benefit the Judson Center through our Hearts and Hands Foundation

National Brownfields Conference
Detroit Cobo Center
Detroit, Michigan
May 5-7, 2008

Please save the date. The U.S. EPA Brownfields Program plans to cosponsor the 12th national Brownfields Conference May 5-7, 2008 at the Detroit Cobo Center, Detroit, MI.

The Brownfields 2008 Conference will see stakeholders from community, planning, real estate, finance, and policy interests from across the nation converge to focus on brownfields cleanup, redevelopment, and a broad range of land revitalization solutions. Take advantage of learning and networking opportunities including first-rate educational sessions, valuable mobile workshops, dynamic plenary speakers, excellent organizational meetings, and more.

Brownfields 2008, the Largest Real Estate Conference in the Midwest U.S. and the World's Largest Brownfield Conference will convene at COBO Center in Downtown Detroit for the first time ever on May 5-7, 2008, www.brownfields2008.org.  Intensely competitive, it has been seven years since this event has been to the Midwest U.S. (Chicago-2001) and won't return in our careers.

For more information please check the official Brownfields 2008 Conference website atwww.brownfields2008.org.

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Register Now for Brownfields 2008

 

2008 Annual Michigan Historical Preservation Conference

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Visit the Michigan Historic Preservation Network web site at: http://www.mhpn.org/

2005 Cool Cities Neighborhoods in Progress Award Designee

Saturday, May 10, 2008
12 noon to 4 pm
Hunter Park Community greenhouse
(located on Kalmazoo St. between Holmes & Clifford)

Hope you can join us to celebrate the long-awaited opening of the Hunter Park GardenHouse.  Mayor Virg Bernero, special guests, and members of our Youth Service Corps will cut the ribbon at 12:30 pm on Saturday, May 10, and conduct tours from Noon until 4 pm. We've planned lots of activities for the day, but the highlight is our greenhouse: a year-'round, state-of-the-art, computer operated, 90' X 35'  hub for growing food, flowers, and community on Lansing's Eastside. 

This event is hosted by Lansing Parks and Recreation Department and Allen Neighborhood Center, with support from many volunteers and organizations.  See you at the celebration!

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