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City of
Lincoln Park
Bill Hatley
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Recreation Master Plan;
Emergency Operating Planning;
Sponsorships;
Downtown Development;
Grant Writing |
Also write grants for: |
Lincoln Park Schools
Lincoln Park Housing Commission
Lincoln Park DDA and EDC
Lincoln Park Lions Club |
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City of Ecorse
Mayor Harold Worthy
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Recreation Master Plan;
Economic Development;
Promotion;
DDA Development;
Brownfield Planning;
Grant Writing
Community Forestry Program 
Ecorse Greenway Initiative  |
Also write grants for: |
Ecorse Rowing Club
Ecorse Housing Commission |
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City of Wyandotte |
Grant Writing;
Greenway Planning;
Waterfront Planning |
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City of Eaton Rapids
Bill LeFevere
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Developing and raising funds for a $4 million performing
arts center and building a homegrown theatre company; Downtown and
Sustainable Riverfront Development;
Arts Council Development |
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City of Ann Arbor
Mayor John Hieftje
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Planned celebration for the reopening of the Broadway
Bridge (2004 Connections Festival);
Promoting the City's Riverfront and Greenway  |
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Lowertown Business Association
(Ann Arbor)
Jim Koli
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Redevelopment Planning; Brownfield Planning; Grant
Writing; Membership Development; Fundraising; Sponsorship; Developing
TIF District and Area Transportation Plan; Developing/Raising Grant
Investment Funds for artist studios and performing arts complex. |
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Ecorse Creek
Bob Burns
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Greenway Planning;

Watershed Assessment; Phase II Public Education; federal budget request
for storm drain inserts; Natural Sediment Remediation Project; development
of the
Adopt-a-Waterway Program. |
Clean Planet
www.commongrove.com
Chris Martin |
Common
Grove provides internationally sanctioned carbon offsets to
individuals, organizations and businesses. They offer eco-conscience
retail consumers (and industrial producers of CO2) legitimate carbon
offsets in an easy and effective way to neutralize their CO2
emissions. Common Grove then invests the capital raised in carbon
reducing energy sources, supporting the work of non-profit,
environmental groups. |
Eco-Park Partners
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A partnership formed to develop Eco-Technology
Parks: 21st Century-style industrial parks, bringing together
alternative energy, new technology, and “green” or “sustainable”
products/service providers, to share resources, products, by-products,
R&D and marketing needs; and creating innovative, sustainable, clean,
health and safety-oriented, “green” business models. |
Eco-Park/EWI, LLC |
A partnership between Environmental Waste
International (EWI) in Ajax, Canada, and Eco-Park Partners, LLC in Ann
Arbor, MI, to build the first tire re-engineering facility using EWI’s
patented Reverse Polymerization Process, which breaks down 100% of a
tire into completely reusable oils, gases, carbon black, and steel. |
Zeemering Farms |
Located near Howell, Michigan, is a non-profit, 501
(c) (3) organization devoted to land conservation and the use of
horses in the therapeutic process. Activities include hosting
demonstrations in Equine Assisted Psychotherapy, and therapy sessions
with private clients. Therapy programs are currently focused on women
and their issues. Additional programs centered on treating veterans
with psychological problems and their families are being explored.
The Foundation has a for-profit arm: Zeemering Farms, which owns the
horses used in the therapy, and Happy Hollow Ranch, which hosts
conferences and ranch stays. |
Saginaw Depot Preservation
Corporation
Lee Austin |
Planning, fundraising and grantwriting for the
restoration of the Saginaw Depot with a theatre/dance studio/condos
and retail development as well as planning for the development of a 30
block residential and retail center. Successful grants include:
$670,000 Federal Appropriation, $35,000 MCACA, Cool Cities-City of
Promise, Preserve America Designation. |
Attic Theatre |
Planning, producing and implementing summer concert
series in Ann Arbor. Developed and supporting touring show: Celebrate
Great Lakes 2005. Successes: Raised $50,000 for 2005/6; $100,000
in 2006/7. |
Monroe County Council CIO
Social and Welfare Association
Bill Conner |
Gratwriting and Fundraising to provide the means to
launch the Michigan Labor History & Education Initiative, continuing
the preservation and display of artifacts, educational programs,
in-house and statewide traveling exhibits; and for the rehabilitation
and adaptive re-use of the historic Phillip Murray for the Monroe
County Labor History Museum, and its Michigan Labor History &
Education Initiative. Awards: $150,000 sponsorship from BCBS of
Michigan. |
Non-Profit Clients |
Friends of the Detroit River; Detroit Riverkeeper;
Rivervision; Detroit Audubon Society; Rouge River Gateway Partnership;
American Indian Services for Wayne-Washtenaw County; Ecorse Stream
Team; Cass Tech Alumni Association; Artists' Network; Attic Theatre;
Zeemering Foundation & Conservancy; Saginaw Historic Depot Society;
Fort St./Visger Rd. Planning Committee, Downriver
Citizens for a Safe Environment; Great Lakes Jazz; The Middle River
Initiative (Detroit); The Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge. |
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Special Projects |
- Planned and implemented regional speaking tour
of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to launch the Detroit Riverkeeper program.
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- Developed publicity campaign for Save Humbug
Marsh
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- Developed and raised sponsorship funds for summer
concert series at Ann Arbor's Riverside Park
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- Working with Rivervision on 75 Detroit River
development projects
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- Raising sponsorship, grant funds and other support
for Celebrate Great Lakes,
a storytelling musical on the history of the Great Lakes, touring
Great Lakes port cities.
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- Developing 30-block arts enclave in the City
of Saginaw’s historic Depot District.
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- Developing artists studios in five historic buildings
in Ann Arbor’s Lowertown District.
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