Dearborn Heights, Mich. – Dearborn Heights Montessori Center (DHMC) will host the fourth annual “Taste of the Town” fundraiser event from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 24, 2011. Attendees will be able to sample a wide variety of delicious food items from local restaurants and have an opportunity to win valuable prizes donated by area businesses. Rain … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2011
Homecoming Festival Offers High-Profile Marketing Opportunities; Tax Deductible Sponsorship Options
DEARBORN, Mich. – Every year 150,000 visitors make Dearborn’s Homecoming festival a key part of their summer fun. The 32nd annual festival and all its great features – two nights of fireworks and three days of entertainment, family activities, carnival rides, and wonderful food – presents a great opportunity for businesses and community organizations to … [Read more...]
Mayor O’Reilly Appoints New Recreation and City Beautiful Commissioners
DEARBORN, Mich. – Mayor John B. O’Reilly, Jr. appointed two new members to the Recreation and City Beautiful commissions in February. Helena Thornton was appointed to the Recreation Commission, and Maureen McIlrath-Noland was appointed to the City Beautiful Commission. Both terms will end in on June 30, 2014. Thornton, a long-term Dearborn resident and … [Read more...]
Parents Share How Dearborn Heights Montessori Center Serves Family Needs
Dearborn Heights, Mich. – At Dearborn Heights Montessori Center (DHMC), several families have two or more children who are enrolled in the school’s toddler through middle school programs. The convenience of driving only one school route each day appears to be the logical and easy answer until you talk with the parents who readily share a variety of … [Read more...]
Dearborn SOUP Announces Winner of First Mini-Grant
DEARBORN, Michigan - Dearborn SOUP, a gathering of the community for dinner, music and networking—bestowed its first mini-grant on Detroit Youth Energy Squad (D-YES), Sunday, March 6, 2011. SOUP is a monthly dinner that funds micro-grants for creative projects. This event, modeled after Detroit SOUP, is designed to support local entrepreneurs whose ideas … [Read more...]
It’s All in How You Aim
A mass-marketing approach designed to increase a client base by advertising products to the greatest number of people has been a longtime tradition for advertisers. We have all been the recipient of this mass marketing approach. All we have to do is look to our mailbox to find advertisers soliciting us but who really do not know us from Adam or Eve. We seem … [Read more...]
Curbside Yard Waste Collection Begins March 14
DEARBORN, Michigan - Dearborn’s expanded curbside yard waste program is set to kick off again on March 14 and last through mid-December. Beginning the week of March 14, residents can put yard waste in properly marked containers at the curb on their trash collection day, weather permitting. The mid-March start up allows residents to get a jump on … [Read more...]
Gov. Snyder Signs Pure Michigan Funding
DEARBORN, Michigan - Governor Rick Snyder stopped in Dearborn on Thursday afternoon and gave the state's tourism industry a significant boost as he signed legislation that increases funding for the popular and productive Pure Michigan campaign. Snyder asked the Legislature to make adequate funding for this promotion a priority during his Jan. 19 State of … [Read more...]
Fuego Mexican Grill – Spicy Dearborn Flavor
DEARBORN, Michigan - Fuego Mexican Grill is a new edition to the Dearborn community having been in business for eight months now. They are inconspicuously placed within a strip mall on Schaefer Road near the Warren intersection but parking was ample and the exterior and interior décor is simply beautiful with clean lines and bold colors. The service was … [Read more...]
Dearborn Youth Symphony Performs on March 6th
DEARBORN, Michigan - The Dearborn Youth Symphony (DYS) will present its second concert of the 2010-2011 Season on Sunday, March 6 at 4:00 p.m. in the Michael A. Guido Theater of the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center (The Center). The DYS was formed in 1975 to provide young musicians with symphonic ensemble experience and to foster interest in … [Read more...]