For almost three decades, the downtown Christmas Celebration has been a community tradition for Mt. Pleasant families. Join in the holiday spirit Dec. 2 and 3 with live music, holiday shopping, fun runs, sleigh rides, Santa visits, a lighted parade and more festive activities!
Middle Michigan Development Corporation hosted its first Downtown Pitch event at the Broadway Theatre in Mt. Pleasant on Wednesday, Nov. 9. Over 60 community members attended, showing support for downtown businesses and downtown vibrancy while casting their votes for the People’s Choice Award. See who took home the $10,000 prize!
The Mt. Pleasant Area Community Foundation announced over $186,000 in competitive grants to organizations making an impact in Isabella County during their Annual Breakfast Nov. 3. Discover the awardees and how they’ll make a difference in the community with the awarded funds in this story.
Area teachers learned about supporting children, trauma-informed instruction, and educator self-care at the Nov. 8 Regional Professional Development Day held at Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort Entertainment Hall. Read the story here.
New York Times best-selling author Veronica Roth, well known for the “Divergent” series, spoke to an auditorium full of students, faculty, and community members about the role technology plays in our world and in personal creativity. Read the story here.
New app launched by the Mt. Pleasant Area Convention and Visitors Bureau aims to help visitors and locals connect to attractions. Read the story here.
Issue Media Group welcomes Courtney Jerome as the new Managing Editor of Epicenter, after Kathy Roberts (Managing Editor of Route Bay City) has done an instrumental job as Interim following Jennifer Veitengruber’s recent return to freelance writing for our publications. Meet Courtney with this “Letter from the Editor.”
While CMU celebrates homecoming this weekend, that's not the only game in town. Step off campus and you can pick your own sunflowers, explore a hemp farm, discover mushrooms, and more.
As Pickleball popularity picks up across the nation, Mt. Pleasant boasts a strong pickleball following right at Island Park, where new and experienced participants can be found six days a week.
After several years away from the Mt. Pleasant area, small business owner and Epicenter contributor Courtney Jerome and her husband had a big decision to make: where to live. With remote careers allowing them to be choosy, the Jeromes ultimately said yes to the many perks of living in Mt. Pleasant.
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