Awenate Cobbina reflects on the art of the transition
Awenate Cobbina reflects on the art of the transition
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Awenate Cobbina is CEO of Bedrock Group LP and executive committee chair of the Michigan Economic Development Corp.
BEDROCK GROUP LP and MEDC:
Awenate Cobbina,
executive committee chair of the
Michigan Economic Development Corp., has become a master of smooth transitions. Throughout his career, 41-year-old Cobbina has bounced between government, business and sports where politics have always been at play. After nearly five years as special assistant to President Barack Obama, Cobbina was recruited by the Detroit Pistons to assist with the team s move back to its namesake city after four decades. When Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was elected in November 2018, he served as deputy director of her transition. Last year, the White House came calling again for help with a more tumultuous transfer of power. Cobbina worked for a year as director of operations for President J
The Henry Ford Detroit Pistons Performance Center transforms into a vaccine clinic
By Veronica Meadows and Fox 2 Staff
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The Henry Ford Detroit Pistons Performance Center transforms into a vaccine clinic.
Music, dancing, and giveaways were all happening outside of The Henry Ford Detroit Pistons Performance Center Saturday after being transformed into a vaccine clinic for the day.
DETROIT, Mich. - The Henry Ford Detroit Pistons Performance Center transformed its facilities into a vaccine clinic on Saturday to help push to get Michigan residents vaccine shots.
Erika Swilley, the Vice President of community and social responsibility for the Detroit Pistons, received her second vaccine dose at the event.
Detroit to give $50 debit cards to Good Neighbors to help boost lagging COVID-19 vaccination rate
Nic Antaya for Crain s Detroit Business
Registered nurse Jeffrey Suhre prepares a COVID-19 vaccine for Melody Armstrong, 65, of Detroit during the COVID vaccinations for age-eligible Detroiters and essential workers at TCF Center in Detroit on Jan. 13.
Detroit, with a still-lagging COVID-19 vaccination rate, is taking its Good Neighbor strategy up a notch.
The city, starting Monday, is offering $50 MasterCard debit gift cards to anyone who drives a Detroiter to their vaccination appointment at TCF Center s drive-through site.
The Good Neighbor program started at the beginning of the city s vaccination efforts: Drive an older city resident to their appointment and you can get vaccinated yourself, even if you re a bit younger than them and not technically eligible. It expanded in February to any metro Detroit resident.
Detroit to give $50 debit cards to help boost lagging COVID vaccination rate
Detroit to give $50 debit cards to help boost lagging COVID vaccination rate
Annalise Frank, Crain s Detroit Business
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Detroit, with a still-lagging COVID-19 vaccination rate, is taking its Good Neighbor strategy up a notch.
Starting Monday, the city is offering $50 MasterCard debit gift cards to anyone who drives a Detroiter to their vaccination appointment at TCF Center s drive-through site.
The Good Neighbor program started at the beginning of the city s vaccination efforts: Drive an older city resident to their appointment and you can get vaccinated yourself, even if you re a bit younger than them and not technically eligible. It expanded in February to any metro Detroit resident.
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