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Front and Center's report illustrated how Pure Michigan was a successful effort to rebrand the state but Eight Forty-Eight wondered about a brand for the entire Great Lakes region. Jeff Leitner and Howell J.

I understand the power of Lake Erie wind as soon we’re out past the breakwaters of Cleveland Harbor.

Whether Milwaukee was destined to be the Silicon Valley of water remained unclear, but one thing was for sure: If they want to be the world’s water hub, they will need lawyers to help them do it.

Everywhere you look politicians are trying to win the race for creating jobs. But people in our communities have already made jobs and we want your help finding them. Maybe you've made work for yourself by selling crafts online.

The four leading government and private organizations overseeing management of the Great Lakes are meeting in Detroit this week for the Great Lakes Summit. Speakers will include former Vice President Al Gore and U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson.

An airtight solution for unemployment, the top issue in the U.S. of late, remained unsolved by politicians and policymakers alike. But for the city of Milwaukee, the economic future was clear: water.

 Twenty percent of the earth’s fresh surface water is contained in the five Great Lakes. From industry to recreation, the lakes affect life in the Great Lakes region.