Traveling Ladders is one of the businesses participating in next week’s Small Business Showcase.
ALPENA – In honor of National Small Business Week, the Alpena Downtown Development Authority is hosting a new event, the Small Business Showcase. The Small Business Showcase is a week-long event meant to celebrate and recognize small businesses in downtown Alpena that starts Sunday and ends with a culminating afternoon of sales from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 8.
“When people think of downtown, they often immediately think of all the cute and welcoming storefronts and restaurants where they shop and dine, and downtown is made up of so many more small businesses that don’t fit into the category of traditional retail,” said Kingsli Kraft, marketing and outreach coordinator at the Alpena DDA. “Downtown is home to over 170 small businesses of all types photography studios, hair salons, chiropractor’s offices, nonprofits, lawyer’s offices, financial services, fitness
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Courtey Photo This photo submitted by Katie Wolf shows five mylar balloons found at Thompson’s Harbor State Park along Lake Huron. Great Lakes Great Responsibility founder Meag Schwartz says on the GLGR Facebook page, “Balloon releases have to eventually come down. Some alternatives to consider: planting a tree or floating (real) flowers on the water.”
ALPENA Today is Earth Day, but Saturday is the day the community is invited to join divers in cleaning up the Alpena area.
Dive Into Earth Day: Community Cleanup is set for 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, starting from Starlite Beach. The event will be held, rain or shine.
ALPENA, Mich. The Great Lakes Great Responsibility partnered with Great Lakes Divers last week working toward a goal of picking up one million pieces of trash along the beaches.
Founder of Great Lakes Great Responsibility Meag Schwartz said their mission is to pick up one million pieces of trash throughout the Great Lakes basin. This includes all five great lakes, their shorelines and any watersheds that contribute to the basin.
Schwartz said picking up the million pieces is a long–term goal that they’re working toward but added that her organization has an additional mission.
Schwartz said at last week’s trash pick at Rockport State Park her organization together with Great Lakes Divers collected less than 100 pieces.
ALPENA, Mich. Great Lakes Divers partnered with Great Lakes, Great Responsibility to remove trash at Rockport State Park today. The goal was to pick up one million pieces of trash in an effort to keep Rockport State Park safe and clean. Great Lakes Diver, Stephanie Gandulla, said the lakes face many issues and said her bag was filled with single use plastics.
One of the young divers, Samantha Coleman, said she enjoys the adventure and exploring of diving but she emphasized the importance of being responsible and placing your trash in the appropriate places when visiting parks and beaches.
Commercial Diver, Megan Mainville, said she does hard-hat diving and said there is no experience like this.
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Some of the divers and beach walkers suited up in Santa hats for a group photo before the dive on Tuesday. Pictured from left to right are Samantha Coleman, Paul Coleman, Dan Westergard, Stephanie Gandulla, Anna Brindley and leader dog Baylor, Juan and Mariflor Redondo, Kellie Wasikowski, and Megan Mainville.
Great Lakes Divers and Great Lakes, Great Responsibility hosted an inaugural holiday cleanup dive on Tuesday, called the Santa Splash to Pick Up Trash. Divers and beach walkers met at Rockport State Recreation Area north of Alpena for an afternoon of diving in and cleaning up.