Community Development

Great Lakes States Receive USDA Forest Service Funding

The Forest Service has awarded $6.28 million in grants to support restoration projects on nonfederal lands in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio and Wisconsin. In all, 38 projects... Read More

Salvaging History in the Great Lakes

Tracking shipwrecks honors those lost in the lakes The summer calm that comes to the Great Lakes provides the ideal conditions for tracking down the remains of the many ships... Read More

The Beauty of Grain Silos: Art project at Toledo port to be the biggest mural in the U.S.

Twenty-eight grain storage silos at the port in Toledo, Ohio are being transformed into the largest mural in the United States. Visible from Interstate 75, downtown Toledo and the Maumee... Read More

In Short: News from October–December 2021

Duluth Makes Way for More Containers Investments in intermodal connections and procedures to ensure homeland security compliance have increased the Port of Duluth’s Clure Public Marine Terminal capacity to handle... Read More

Here’s How They Do It at Cleveland: Setting Up the Port Authority

The following is an excerpt from a story first published in Great Lakes/Seaway Review, Vol. 6 No. 4, Summer 1977. At Cleveland, they like to say the port is over... Read More

In Short: News from July–September 2021

Senate Passes Historic Infrastructure Package On August 10, the U.S. Senate enacted an infrastructure investment package totaling nearly $1.2 trillion. H.R. 3684, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, was negotiated... Read More