Blogs

Cobo Hall Expansion

True or False. Oakland County supports Cobo Hall. True. Since 1986 more than $375 million in hotel and liquor taxes have been collected from the Detroit/Tri-County area and sent to Cobo Hall. Most of this money, $279 million, came from hotel taxes. Of...

Posted to Myth Buster: Is it Fact or Fiction? by egov on 05-28-2008

Filed under: Cobo Hall

The Brooksie Way Half Marathon & 5K Journal

Calling all Training Group Leaders and Program Participants! Tell us how it's going in the training process. Go to the Brooksieway site for the latest information on this years event. Listen to a Podcast about the Training Program.

Posted to The Brooksie Way Blog by egov on 05-28-2008

Filed under: Brooksie Way Training Program

Tough Times in Michigan?

Tough Times in Michigan? Tell me about it! Phil Bertolini Phil Bertolini Deputy County Executive Chief Information Officer Are there tough times in Michigan? Are people wondering if they have a future and what that future will hold? I recently had an...

Posted to Executive Office Blog by exec on 06-09-2009

'Assembly Line' Concert

AJ's Cafe in Ferndale, hot on the heals of their 2007 Guinness record for their 50-hour "Danny Boy" marathon, will attempt to do the longest concert by multiple artists, a 240 hour feat currently planned for March 20-30 . The music marathon...

Posted to Around the Town by Chris Stinson on 03-01-2009

Filed under: Music, Ferndale, Concert

Dossin Great Lakes Museum

The Dossin Great Lakes Museum on Belle Isle, you can stand on the bridge of a Great Lakes freighter, Touch the anchor of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Look through a periscope and see many exhibits on life in the Great Lakes surrounding Michigan. One of my memories...

Posted to Around the Town by Chris Stinson on 03-26-2009

Filed under: Detroit, Museum, ships and boats, belle isle, history

State of the County 2009 (Audio)

Part One (31:00) Click here to play this audio clip Part Two (28:37) Click here to play this audio clip

Posted to Executive Office Blog by exec on 02-03-2009

Regionalism

True or False? Automation Alley is ONLY an Oakland County organization. False. Automation Alley is truly a regional initiative that was founded by L. Brooks Patterson in 1999. It was his vision that the Alley would become a regional organization serving...