The Canton Community Foundation has been awarded an $8,000 grant from the Michigan College Access Network to get the new Western Wayne Local College Access Network and create an association of corporate, educational and nonprofit leaders to develop programming to increase college access for local students.
Joan Noricks, Canton Community Foundation president said it is to create an educated and skilled workforce in Michigan to give the state a competitive economic edge.
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When Hannah Davis traveled to China to teach English, she noticed how Chinese workers and farmers were often sporting olive green army-style shoes. Those shoes served as her inspiration to create her own social enterprise, Bangs Shoes.