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Fix MI State Campaign Takes Aim at Infrastructure Issues

Associations Now

Over the past seven months, the association, which represents more than 600 companies in the construction industry, has built up a massive public awareness initiative set to consume up to 20 percent of its annual budget, according to an article in Crain’s Detroit Business. Out of sight, out of mind.”.

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A Quiet Art Conservation Association Gets a Little Less Quiet

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Over the years, the organization has helped to preserve objects as important as a mural inside the lounge car of a Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad train and as novel as the “meat dress” worn by Lady Gaga to the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards. ICA works in a particularly notable place in Cleveland, in a facility near downtown on Detroit Avenue.

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Sytner Elite Technician Challenge to return to NAEC Stoneleigh in 2019

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The final challenge saw competitors complete a further theoretical test before taking part in a practical test where they must find and identify diagnostic failures on a vehicle and then record a personal video presentation of their findings.

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Press Photographers Group Ups the Ante on Advocacy

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The response by the National Press Photographers Association to the arrest of a Detroit Free Press journalist highlights how the organization has adjusted its advocacy efforts in an increasingly mobile world. Unfortunately, that’s really a sign of our times, and something that I have had to deal with for a few years now.”.

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Wednesday Buzz: The Outdated-Browser Blues

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Also: a sneak peek at what #ASAE15 attendees should expect from Detroit. ” During the Closing General Session on Tuesday at the ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition , Nashville attendees got their first taste of the 2015 conference in Detroit with decorative food sourced from the Mitten. Might be time to upgrade.

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Remo

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Remo, which was founded in 2019 as a video-first networking and engagement platform has since hosted over 66,000 events with almost 3 million active participants. Communications specialists and PR companies use Remo for both large and small meetings, brand launches, discussions, conferences, product announcements and launches.

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Clown Group Looks to Change Public Perception on Clowning

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Later, Christensen told the Detroit Free Press that clowns “are professional performers who visit children in hospital wards … they go to senior homes and they perform for veterans. A number of our members aren’t sure what to do,” Christensen told the Detroit Free Press. They’re not clowns.”. Most of them take it up as a hobby.”.