| Water-Powered Mills of the Rochester Area
 The real estate professional’s mantra that “location is everything” was as true in Rochester’s pioneer days as it is today. Long before the James
Graham party led white settlers to today’s Oakland County, its hospitable lakes and streams and the excellent fishing they offered drew native people to the area. Water also attracted the Grahams and those who followed them. It was an essential element to sustain life, and it would power the
new community’s first economic engine – the mill.
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| The Women’s Fund Helps Women in Need |
 The Women’s Fund of the Greater Rochester Area Closes 2017 by
Giving to Three Local Organizations The Women’s Fund, whose goal is to help improve the lives of women in need by helping them become financially independent, awarded grants to three local organizations in November. Career Dress, who promotes the economic independence of low to […] |
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| Rochester Women Support Literacy Programs for Detroit Students |
 100 Women Who Care donates $26,500 to Soar Detroit Recent reading results for
Detroit Public Schools (2013) show that only 14 percent of third-graders read at grade level; 27 percent of Detroit fourth-graders tested at or above basic reading levels. Soar Detroit, a nonprofit literacy program, is working to boost those stats. With focused one-on-one […] |
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| Students Study Tropical Field Ecology in Ecuador |
 Oakland University (OU) Students Study Tropical
Field Ecology in Ecuador Abigail Foster, a Brighton native and self-professed homebody, recently broadened her horizons when she took part in a tropical field ecology class more than 3,000 miles away from home. She and nine other Oakland University students spent part of their holiday recess immersed in the […] |
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