Northwest Michigan Council of Governments

Highlights

Michigan Works! Helps Elk Rapids Chamber With Business Expo and Job Fair

The Elk Rapids Chamber of Commerce hosted the Northern Michigan Business Expo and Job Fair and got some help with the event from Northwest Michigan Works! Watch the video to find out more.

IT Career Fair Connects Job Seekers with Employers

 

Dozens of job seekers turned out for the Northwest Michigan Works! IT Career Fair in Traverse City.

Cadillac Culvert Wins 2012 Best Small Business Award

Cadillac Culvert is one of twelve companies from around the state of Michigan that has been selected to receive the Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center’s Best Small Business Award. These companies were chosen from over 13,000 small businesses that received confidential counseling and training from MI-SBTDC in 2012.

B&P Manufacturing Selected as PTAC Contractor of the Year

Northwest PTAC selected B&P Manufacturing, an aluminum fabrication company, as its Government Contractor of the Year for 2011.

 

Adult Education Graduation 2013

The Northwest Michigan Works! and Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District's Adult Education Class of 2013 was recognized at a commencement ceremony in Traverse City. Watch the video to see some of the highlights of the ceremony.

Machining Training Graduation in Traverse City

Machining Basics Certifications were awarded to eleven students who completed a Just in Time training. The 124-hour program was developed with input from local employers and was designed to meet the immediate hiring needs of those employers..

IT Career Fair Connects Job Seekers with Employers

Dozens of job seekers turned out for the Northwest Michigan Works! IT Career Fair in Traverse City.

YouthBuild Students Learn About NMC's Technical Programs

YouthBuild Northwest students toured the Aero Park Campus of Northwestern Michigan College in Traverse City where they learned about NMC's technical programs including construction technology, automotive technology, and welding.

Poverty Simulation Shows What It's Like to Live in Poverty

The "Survive a 'Month' in Poverty" workshop in Traverse City, hosted by the Traverse Bay Poverty Reduction Initiative (PRI), and co-sponsored by Northwestern Michigan College and Michigan State University North, helped give more than 100 participants a better understanding of what it is like to live in poverty.

Poverty 101 Workshop Reaches Social Service Providers

Kelly Roy knows firsthand what it is like to live in poverty and wants to share what she knows with social service providers and others who help people in poverty.

Initiatives Seek to Reduce Poverty in NW Michigan

The Traverse Bay Poverty Reduction Initiative and the Char-Em Poverty Reduction Initiative are hard at work seeking to reduce poverty in seven northwest lower Michigan counties.

Financial Dashboard for Local Governments

Munetrix Financial Dashboard for local governments in Northwest Lower Michigan is provided by Northwest Michigan Council of Governments.

Benchmarks Northwest

Quality of life indicators and assessment tool for to assess and monitor quality of life issues in 10 counties of Northwest Lower Michigan.

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