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Erica Hobbs

Erica Hobbs is a writer based in Detroit with a passion for arts and culture and travel. She has reported for numerous news outlets including the Detroit News, Fodors, Business Insider, Reuters, WDET and AnnArbor.com (now the Ann Arbor News), among others.

Erica Hobbs's Latest Articles

Upper Peninsula concert series expands to Southeastern Michigan  

The series dates back to 1968, presenting music inspired by stories and exploring how music and art carry history and impact our present and future.

The new Commongrounds building on Eighth Street in Traverse City.
Commongrounds uses co-op model to serve missing needs of the community

Traverse City's Commongrounds is a mixed-use building, offering affordable housing, co-working space, a coffee shop, child education center, and performance venue. It's the first real estate cooperative in northern Michigan.

Downtown Ironwood
Visitor perspectives help move MI communities forward

Michigan State University Extension’s First Impressions Tourism Assessment (FIT) program works with small Michigan communities to offer objective “first impressions” of their towns. Ironwood has been among them. The goal is to make these towns or cities more welcoming to visitors, tourists and potential new residents.  

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