MAC Agenda

MAC’s 2008 agenda includes projects that together provide recreational, quality of life, and economic opportunities and help make the area more attractive to the workers our businesses need to be competitive in the global economy.  Current efforts include: 

• Collaborating with the Detroit Free Press to plan and host the second annual Shining Light Regional Cooperation Awards to honor individuals making important contributions to regional cooperation, progress, and understanding in Southeast Michigan. 

• Assisting communities and organizations that are planning, developing, and implementing projects and efforts that increase and market regional outdoor recreational opportunities, attract talented employees to the area, and build new business opportunities for Southeast Michigan through MAC’s Discover Our Wild Side initiative.

• Planning and executing the return of a major bass fishing tournament to the Detroit River to highlight the great fishing available on the region’s waterways and promote the transformation of the Detroit River on local, national, and international levels.

• Helping efforts of those implementing portions of the award-winning Detroit Heritage River Water Trail, the first planned water trail for Southeast Michigan, by supporting funding applications and assisting in communicating events and activities promoting kayaking and canoeing on the region’s rivers.

• Working with communities and businesses, under MAC’s Greater Detroit American Heritage River Initiative, to plan and execute a variety of Detroit River related projects that have environmental, recreational, and economic benefits for the region. 

• Managing the first stage of the creation of a fishing pier and boat dock at the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge Gateway, a multi-phase project that will provide accessible fishing to one of the largest walleye fisheries in North America and stand as a major nature tourism opportunity for our region.