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Fix MI State Campaign Takes Aim at Infrastructure Issues

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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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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.”.

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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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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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Tuesday Buzz: Two Athletic Takes on Leadership Transitions

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Also: how the Detroit Pistons let go of a legend the right way. SocialFish features the video-chat-enabled Wizeo app , which could help your cause raise a little money. If a retired icon wants to swim another lap, let ‘em—but let ‘em hit the pool at their own pace. A Dismissal With Respect.

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Tuesday Buzz: The Cereal Problem

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Also: Maybe a video could help calm the nerves of your first-timers. If you’re heading to Detroit for ASAE’s 2015 Annual Meeting and Exposition , this clip may help you prepare for the conference. Customer experience is everything, even when it comes to a box of cereal. Perhaps that’s something you should fix. (Oh,

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