BRIGHTON, Mich. – It’s precisely every week since 19 kids and two academics have been shot and killed at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, TX.
The mass capturing has extra faculties their safety measures. Some native districts are turning to Michigan-based The Lockdown Firm, which installs an revolutionary lockdown and alert system.
“It’s our life work,” stated The Lockdown Firm CEO Brennan Woodruff. “It’s making one thing optimistic out of one thing that was actually horrible for our household.”
Her father, Rob Couturier, owns the corporate. He invented the barricading machine for his or her firm’s SmartBoot system.
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Couturier stated Woodruff was attacked whereas operating years in the past, and her attacker barricaded himself in a room. Couturier couldn’t get in as a result of the person held his ft on the backside of the door, and that’s the place he obtained the thought.
As soon as initiated, Couturier’s ‘boot’ can face up to 16,000 kilos of pressure.
The household didn’t assume to take the invention to market till information broke that 20 kids and 6 workers members have been shot and killed at Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty in Connecticut.
“We noticed these faces of those stunning kids and the academics that misplaced their lives and simply thought we’ve to do one thing, you realize, we’ve to attempt,” Woodruff stated.
Practically a decade later, they’ve a system that’s put in in faculties, companies, and church buildings throughout Michigan and Ohio.
The SmartBoot system is code compliant and, as soon as initiated, will ship an alarm by way of a facility and also can connect with emergency dispatch.
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Within the seven days after the Uvalde, TX capturing, The Lockdown Firm stated greater than a dozen faculties have reached out to get extra info or give the inexperienced mild to maneuver ahead with companies.
Woodruff stated each set up is private and significant work; they guarantee all their workers, even crews on-site, know that.
“Sure, it is likely to be building, and it would change into mundane, however that is actually essential,” Woodruff stated. “The work you’re doing day by day is essential and will save any person’s life.”
Faculty districts in Melvindale, Allen Park, Flat Rock, and Taylor are on board to put in SmartBoot.
The Lockout Firm additionally offers coaching and drills to the colleges with their companies. For extra info on The Lockdown Firm, click on right here.
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI — West Michigan’s Millennium Park is the region’s largest urban park, offering hiking, biking, fishing, swimming and kayaking among other outdoor activities.
The park, located at 1415 Maynard Ave. SW in Walker, is open to the public from 7 a.m. to sunset May to October.
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LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Some Democrats are nervous after President Biden’s showing at Thursday night’s debate and there’s talk about trying to replace him on the ballot.
Democrats say they wanted to see strength from President Biden, but Biden appeared to struggle with his delivery, appearing to have a raspy voice and stumbling over some of his words. After this performance, even members of his own party worry that—at his age—he might not be up to the task of leading the country for another term.
6 News spoke with one of the nation’s top Democrats, Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow, who attributed his “slow start” to battling a sore throat.
She says that Biden should not be replaced because his policies are what Michigan needs.
“I think that what he was talking about resonates with people in Michigan, lowering prescription drug costs, more jobs, making sure that we’re tackling the climate crisis which is hitting us right over the head in terms of all of this severe weather,” said Stabenow. “It’s very very serious and it’s not gonna get better if we don’t have a clean energy strategy—he gets up every day caring about Michigan and unfortunately, the other guy gets up caring about himself.”
Republicans, however, were critical of Biden’s performance.
Pete Hoekstra, Chairman of the Michigan Republican Party, gave a statement to our media partners WXYZ:
President Biden provided no defense for what’s happening to people every day. Inflation, what’s happening on the border, the disaster that we find ourselves in overseas.
Chairman Hoekstra’s statement to WXYZ, June 28, 2023
Both Michigan and national polls have shown the two candidates closely matched. This is the first of two scheduled debates before the election in November.
The next debate is set to Tuesday, Sept. 10, at 9 p.m., hosted by ABC.
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) – The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) is celebrating the tenth anniversary of its placemaking grant.
The Public Spaces, Community Places Grant was used to fund projects like the Marquette Skate Plaza.
Skate Plaza Committee Member Nheena Weyer Ittner said this was one of the first projects that used the program’s funding.
“It was a learning experience for them, huge learning experience for the skate plaza,” Ittner said. “We ended up being successful after a hectic, scary, exhilarating month-long campaign.”
MEDC Senior Community Development Manager Lindsey Clark explained the grant uses crowdfunding to generate public attention and interest in placemaking projects.
“We really focus on gathering that support from the community through crowdfunding for the projects,” Clark said. “Then the MEDC is able to come in and help match that local support to bring the projects to life.”
The grant used to match crowdfunding up to $50,000. Over the years, Clark explained the grant’s cap has been raised to $75,000 to incentivize inclusive projects.
“If your project incorporates that ADA and universal design to the project,” Clark said. “We are really trying to focus on bringing projects that are available for all types of folks to enjoy in the community.”
The Marquette Skate Plaza was crowdfunded with $10,000 and then was matched by the MEDC.
Ittner said grants like this encourage involvement from the community.
“When you have that matching fund kind of dangled in front of you, it just makes people more willing to give,” Ittner said. “Because they know that if we get to a particular goal the MEDC will make their dollar double.”
Marquette is one of the last stops for the MEDC’s Public Spaces, Community Places Grant Tour. Representatives will be heading downstate on Saturday.
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