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Love Muskegon 12-04-2013 00:00:00 Love Muskegon simply is a group of Muskegon County residents from all parts of the county and different walks of life – our common thread is we want to share our love of community with everyone. We hope you’ll join us! Read more...

New Farmer's Market One Step Closer 14-04-2013 10:38:54 New Proposed Farmer's Market Approved by City Commission Read more...

Developers and investors shown the potential that promoters say is downtown Muskegon 15-11-2012 11:23:03 When looking at downtown Muskegon, those on a development tour this past month were asked to look at the glass half full. Read more...

HighPoint Flats Project to Become A Downtown Muskegon Apartment Development With City, State Assistance 15-11-2012 10:52:58 Jon Rooks and Parkland Muskegon LLC are on course to begin construction by the end of the year on a revamped HighPoint Flats residential project in downtown Muskegon. Read more...

National Night Out 07-08-2012 14:33:50 The Muskegon Police Department and local neighborhood associations are teaming up for the 29th Annual National Night Out crime prevention event. Read more...

Virtual Assistance firm adds five jobs in 2012 02-08-2012 09:56:44 LongerDays.com took an overseas model of providing outsourced services and brought it to the U.S. Read more...

Donation Gets New GVSU Facility Closer to Completion 31-07-2012 14:56:25 An anonymous donor who provided the Community Foundation for Muskegon County with its largest gift in its history is investing in Muskegon’s “blue economy.” Read more...

The Taste of Muskegon is Here12-06-2012 14:32:01 Taste of Muskegon, the area’s largest local food festival returns for seventh  year.Read more...

Downtown Food and Drink Map 23-05-2012 12:58:38 Check Out this map of all the great places to eat and drink in Downtown Muskegon. Read more...

Fat Garden Project 16-05-2012 12:01:39 Fatty Lumpkins Sandwich Shack and The Watermark Development are teaming up to build a park in the place of a single family home. The park will provide parking as well as local artwork and flora. Read more...

Rust Belt Revival 16-05-2012 11:45:31 Maybe it hit you this past Super Bowl when you saw Clint Eastwood's rousing, Chrysler-sponsored paean to the resilience of Detroit: Motown's rebirth has become a metaphor for red, white, and blue fortitude in the face of adversity. Read more...

Mia and Grace to open up a three-hour 'pop-up' burger joint 16-05-2012 11:14:40 Local eatery Mia and Grace was one of the first restaurants in the county to introduce a "farm to table" restaurant concept. Later this month they'll be one of the first to hold a pop-up event. Read more...

Curry Kitchen Opens On Third Street Corridor 16-05-2012 10:57:35 Authentic Indian cuisine returns to Muskegon. Read more...

Muskegon groups rally to support Clipper relocation to Heritage Landing 03-03-2012 21:54:33 The S.S. Milwaukee Clipper Preservation Inc., a nonprofit group that has restored and created a museum with the historic Great Lakes passenger ferry, presented commissioners this week with a number of letters supporting the move to Heritage Landing on the downtown Muskegon Lake shoreline. Read more...

Muskegon county commissioners appear to favor Clipper move to Heritage Landing 03-03-2012 21:21:55 After hearing from the Clipper’s board of directors for an hour Tuesday on the relocation plan and its ramifications, county commissioners seem ready to direct county Administrator Bonnie Hammersley and county staff to seriously investigate the idea and offer a recommendation. Read more...

Fricano's Muskegon Lake location to open 'nostalgic' ice cream shop 03-03-2012 21:06:40 The new shop, called Fricano’s Pinchtown, will fill an unoccupied space looking out on Muskegon Lake in the bottom floor of the Hartshorn Center, 1050 W. Western. Read more...

Century Club Center returns to its historic roots with new gathering hall 03-03-2012 20:53:33 The Century Club Center is returning to its historic roots with the unanimous approval this week of the Muskegon Planning Commission for the historic building’s third level to be used as an assembly rental hall. Read more...

'Green People' crash MLive Media Group open house celebration 03-03-2012 20:42:02 After introducing themselves at a Muskegon Lakeshore Chamber of Commerce breakfast last month, the Love Muskegon Green People made another appearance Thursday evening, this time at the MLive Media Group hub in downtown Muskegon. Read more...

Amateur photographer records Muskegon's history, shares it online 03-03-2012 20:21:16 For the past few years, the 28-year-old Norton Shores resident has uploaded those images onto Flickr, a website that allows users to store, manage and share their photos. Read more...

Water Resources Institute expansion plays into Muskegon's 'blue' strategy 03-03-2012 20:12:34 The university announced Friday that it will invest $3.4 million to construct a new field research building adjacent to its Lake Michigan Center on Muskegon Lake. Construction should begin by fall. Read more...

New Muskegon music festival to have a different look and feel, organizers promise 03-03-2012 19:49:17 The new summer festival being planned for Muskegon County’s Heritage Landing can be expected to have a different feel and look than the former Summer Celebration, event promoters say. Read more...

We love Muskegon: Planning pioneers thrilled with downtown progress 03-03-2012 19:14:24 Terry MacAllister and Peter Sartorius could never have imagined how the past decade has played out in downtown Muskegon. But as the pioneer planning leaders of what has become the new downtown Muskegon business district sat this past week in the Sidock Building on Johnson Circle, they should have. Read more...

'Love Muskegon' expected to become a signature for the community 03-03-2012 18:50:57 Like the old painted bikes that showed up chained to fences and sign posts last year, another viral marketing campaign in Muskegon is just getting under way. Read more...

Century Club Center puts downtown Muskegon specialty retailers on center stage 03-03-2012 18:46:38 The Century Club Center on Western Avenue is filling up with specialty shops. Read more...

Art in the Park Returns for 50th Year 03-03-2012 17:15:39 Art in the Park returns for its 50th year in the summer of 2012. Read more...

Mia and Grace - Under the Radar Michigan 03-03-2012 16:40:37 A great video about Muskegon's own Mia & Grace Read more...

Flash mob dances in downtown Muskegon for retired Community Foundation president Pat Johnson, who has cancer 03-03-2012 16:32:40 Close to 100 people danced in a "flash mob" at 4 p.m. Wednesday to honor Community Foundation for Muskegon County President Emeritus Pat Johnson. Johnson has stage four colon cancer. Read more...

Downtown Muskegon outdoor ice rink plan progresses 03-03-2012 16:29:29 Plans for an outdoor ice skating rink in downtown Muskegon are progressing toward a Jan. 14-15 weekend opening. Read more...

Donor to bring 'color' to Hackley Park with new landscaping this spring 03-03-2012 16:25:45 In honor of her late husband — Dr. Joseph Horan, a longtime Muskegon dentist who died in July — Norma Horan has established a Hackley Park improvement fund with the Community Foundation for Muskegon County. Read more...

Preservation group proposes moving Milwaukee Clipper to Muskegon County's Heritage Landing 03-03-2012 16:08:02 The historic S.S. Milwaukee Clipper may be headed for a new home at Heritage Landing in downtown Muskegon. Read more...

Muskegon's first 'Cash Mob' designed to boost locally-owned businesses 03-03-2012 14:14:03 Muskegon's first "cash mob" took place at Continuity on Third Street. Read more...

Muskegon Community College, looking to expand, expresses interest in Muskegon Chronicle building 03-03-2012 13:28:41 As the Muskegon Community College Board of Trustees looks for opportunities to expand or renovate the college, they're casting their eye on a familiar landmark — The Muskegon Chronicle building. Read more...

Muskegon's historic LST 393 organization has change of leadership 03-03-2012 13:21:08 The nonprofit organization entrusted with the USS LST 393 is going through a change of command. Read more...

Muskegon's Shoreline Inn now part of Choice Hotel's 'Ascend Collection' 13-11-2011 13:52:18 The Shoreline Inn and Conference Center on Muskegon Lake has joined a chain of unique hotels across North America. Read more...

Downtown Muskegon's phantom bike artist finally speaks out 13-11-2011 13:45:19 The story of the colorful bikes popping up around town was first reported by Chronicle reporter Megan Hart a year ago, in October 2010. The painter's identity has remained a mystery. Read more...

Renaissance Zone changes impact developers 13-11-2011 13:37:19 Developers say it feels like fraud, the governor says it's about creating a better system long term. Read more...

State historic preservation program to train workers and rehabilitate windows of historic depot in downtown Muskegon 08-11-2011 17:06:36 A state housing rehabilitation grant will partly train local craftsmen on historic window restoration, while at the same time provide new windows for the historic Grand Trunk depot in Muskegon. Read more...

Looking Back: Effort to save Charles Hackley's home stirs echoes of lumber kings 08-11-2011 16:04:21 A look back at how the Hackley House was saved. Read more...

Russell Block Market starting development 03-11-2011 17:19:44 Gary Post is transforming the former Daniels Office Supply building on Western Avenue, near Third St., into the Russell Block Market. Post hopes to have more than one-dozen small business as tenants when the projects open sometime in the spring of next year. Read more...

Muskegon County picks site, seeks additional land for new downtown bus terminal 03-11-2011 17:14:52 A new, larger Muskegon County transit center in downtown Muskegon — a proposed project in the works for years — is nearing the home stretch. Read more...

$2M downtown retail incubator in Russell Block Building moves toward fall completion 03-11-2011 16:00:18 It's been four years now, and Gary Post's vision for creating a retail marketplace in downtown Muskegon is drawing steadily toward the end of its construction phase. Read more...

Club Envy owners happily hanging out, hanging on in downtown Muskegon 03-11-2011 14:52:25 The germination of a seed planted in downtown Muskegon has taken root, been blessed by starlight, watered by sweat and nourished by the outstretched hand of wanton lakeshore nightlife. Read more...

National Hot Rod Power Tour eyes return to Muskegon next June 03-11-2011 14:42:22 The Hot Rod Power Tour is expected to return to Muskegon for a Sunday engagement next June. Read more...

Muskegon machine shop donates time, steel to get Hackley clock tower bells ringing again 30-10-2011 16:11:27 The bells of Muskegon Public Schools' clock tower are ringing again, thanks to a little time and steel from a local machine shop. Read more...

Snurfin' U.S.A.: Statue in Muskegon to commemorate snowboard pioneer 30-10-2011 15:45:42 The downtown area will soon have a statue commemorating a Muskegon resident's substantial contribution nearly fifty years ago to what is today a multi-billion dollar industry. Read more...

Alcoa Celebration Square's children's fountain to be dedicated Thursday 21-10-2011 21:39:08 A children's fountain will be dedicated Thursday in the public space in front of the U.S. Post Office in downtown Muskegon at West Western Avenue and First Street. Read more...

Cheese Lady grants franchise to Kalamazoo businesswoman 21-10-2011 00:00:50 Kathleen Riegler, Muskegon's Cheese Lady, granted Kalamazoo native Natalie St. Louis a Cheese Lady franchise, which opened in March at Texas Corners near Kalamazoo. Read more...

Mia & Grace Restaurant Review 20-10-2011 22:52:30 If you believe that using only the freshest, highest-quality local ingredients is the best way to deliver an outstanding meal, then you will love this restaurant. Read more...

Renewable energy finance consultants open offices in Grand Valley energy center 20-10-2011 20:52:43 May 31, 2011 - A company that helps Michigan businesses and communities finance renewable energy projects is the latest tenant in the Grand Valley State University Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center on Muskegon Lake. Read more...

New York developer remains committed to Muskegon's Watermark Center, opens new banquet facility 20-10-2011 20:34:25 May 25, 2011 - Putting their plans on hold through the past recession, Watermark developers have completed the second phase of the massive redevelopment of the sprawling industrial plant at West Western Avenue and Division Street. Read more...

Muskegon movie studios developer plans to break ground this year on $60 million project 20-10-2011 16:21:56 May 25, 2011 - The once-dormant plan to develop movie studios in a portion of the former Shaw-Walker facility, slowed by the Great Recession, is being revived with a new team of film-industry insiders and an aggressive timeline. Read more...

Muskegon County voters approve museum millage; other renewals approved 02-05-2011 19:00:00 May 3, 2011 - Muskegon County voters overwhelmingly approved a 10-year renewal of a 0.325-mill countywide property tax Tuesday night that funds the operation of the Lakeshore Museum Center. Read more...