Stabenow Given Award by National Parks Conservation Association (mentions MotorCities)
SooLeader.com | 4.11.2024
Exploring MotorCities National Heritage Area (interview with Bob Sadler at the Pure Michigan Governor's Conference on Tourism)
My Michigan TV | 4.10.2024
Six of the Most Popular Classic Chevrolets Ever (and What They're Worth Today) (cites a past Story of the Week)
SlashGear.com | 4.10.2024
Everything Chevy Fans Should Know about the Series C Classic Six (link to a past Story of the Week)
SlashGear.com | 3.6.2024
Remembering the 1932 Ford Hunger March: Detroit Park Honors Labor & Environmental History (link to our Fort Street Park page)
Skanner News | 3.1.2024
MotorCities National Heritage Area (brief article about our mission w/link to website)
dBusiness | 2.6.2024
MotorCities Awards Over $80,000 in Grants to 11 Projects around Michigan
Visit Detroit | 2.5.2024
7 Awesome Michigan National Parks, Lakeshores and NPS to Explore This Year
Awesome Mitten | 1.29.2024
Automotive Hall of Fame awarded for exhibit series
Dearborn Press & Guide | 11.21.2023
Recently awarded grant helps students see the stars from a new perspective (mentions MotorCities as another grantee)
Second Wave Media | 11.16.2023
MotorCities National Heritage Area Hosting 25th Anniversary Gala Tonight
dBusiness | 11.8.2023
Travel Michigan Radio Show (segment with Bob Sadler and Dave Lorenz starts at 29:25)
News/Talk 760 WJR | 10.29.2023
MotorCities National Heritage Area Marks 25 Years
Grosse Pointe News | 10.18.2023
Nonprofit Demonstrates How Auto Industry Drives Past, Present
Grosse Pointe Times/C & G Newspapers | 10.10.2023
Michigan's Dave Lorenz Named State Tourism Director of the Year (mention of MotorCities)
USTravel.org | 8.21.2023
National Parks in Michigan Offer Fee-Free Entry Friday (mention of MotorCities)
Detroit News | 8.4.2023
Explore Three Michigan National Parks for FREE on August 4, 2023 (mention of MotorCities)
AwesomeMitten.com | 7.6.2023
Michiganders Encouraged to Take a Mitten State Road Trip (Plugs Shawn Pomaville-Size appearance on Michigan Opportunity Podcast)
SooLeader.com | 6.18.2023
MotorCities Announces Its Tour Operator Partners for 2023
VisitDetroit.com | 5.9.2023
MICHAuto's Paul Corbett Recently Named to MotorCities National Heritage Area Partnership Board of Directors
MICHAuto.org | 5.9.2023
MotorCities Announces Tour Operator Partners for 2023
dBusiness | 5.9.2023
Pure Michigan Live: A Return to Summer - Ann Arbor (interview with Bob Sadler by Dave Lorenz and Tom Daldin at the 51:20 mark)
Pure Michigan/Under the Radar | 5.8.2023
MotorCities National Heritage Area Unveils News Officers, Board of Directors
dBusiness | 5.3.2023
Antique Car Tour to Cruise Detroit's Riverfront Starting April 6
WXYZ-TV | 4.1.2023
Antique Car Tour Coming to Detroit: What to Know
Detroit Free Press | 3.30.2023
Travel Michigan Radio Show (segment with Dave Lorenz and Bob Sadler starts at 18:15)
News/Talk 760 WJR | 3.12.2023
The Ford Shelby GR-1 Was an Incredible Retro Concept Car, and It's About to Make a Comeback (References a past Story of the Week)
Slashgear.com | 2.1.2023
Landmark Legislation to Ensure Long-Term Stability for National Heritage Areas Signed into Law
FordHouse.org | 1.12.2023
Legislation to Ensure Long-term Stability for National Heritage Areas Signed into Law
dBusiness | 1.12.2023
Dingell Celebrates Preservation of MotorCities in National Heritage Area Act
Dearborn Press & Guide | 12.31.2022
The Michigan Opportunity Podcast (interview with Shawn Pomaville-Size)
Michigan Economic Development Corporation | 12.21.2022
Lucy Ann Lance Show (interview with Shawn Pomaville-Size on Michigan Auto Heritage Day)
WLBY-AM Ann Arbor | 11.30.2022
9th Annual Michigan Auto Heritage Day in Pontiac Gives Sneak Preview of New Museum
WDIV-TV Local 4 | 11.30.2022
Governor, Legislature Declare Wednesday, November 30 as the 9th Annual Michigan Auto Heritage Day
Michigan Business Network | 11.30.2022
Michigan Auto Heritage Day: November 30, 2022
Michigan.gov | 11.30.2022
Here's How the Junior Ranger Program is Impacting Kids
WDIV-TV Local 4 | 8.2.2022
MotorCities Is Now Seeking Applications for 2022-23 Challenge and Mini Grants
Dearborn Press & Guide | 7.21.2022
Grosse Pointe Academy Students Test-Driving MotorCities' New Junior Ranger Program
Grosse Pointe Times (C & G Newspapers) | 7.13.2022
MotorCities Opens Applications for 2022-23 Challenge and Mini Grant Programs
WSYM-TV Fox 47 Lansing | 7.8.2022
8 U.S. National Heritage Areas Worth Visiting
AARP.com | 7.7.2022
Academy Helps Launch MotorCities Junior Ranger Program
Grosse Pointe News | 6/29.2022
Lucy Ann Lance Show (MotorCities Board Member Dave Lorenz and Staffer Bob Sadler interview)
WLBY-AM Ann Arbor | 6.23.2022
Antique Touring Co. Offers Unique Peek at History
Grosse Pointe News | 6.23.2022
MotorCities Announces Its Tour Operator Partners for 2022
dBusiness | 6.6.2022
MotorCities Appoints Two New Members to Its Board of Directors
dBusiness | 6.2.2022
Lansing's R.E. Olds Transportation Museum Home to New Pollinator Garden (reference to MotorCities Pollinator Pledge)
WKAR | 5.21.2022
Taylor among New Members Named to MotorCities National Heritage Board of Directors
Davison Index | 5.19.2022
MotorCities at Home Virtual Zoom Programs Continue with Albert Kahn's Legacy May 25 (scroll down to find story)
dBusiness | 5.19.2022
Popular MotorCities at Home Virtual Zoom Programs Continue with Albert Kahn's Legacy
Dearborn Press & Guide | 5.19.2022
MotorCities Launches New Cruise Club
dBusiness | 5.18.2022
Senate Committee Approves Legislation Key to the Future of National Heritage Areas
Dearborn Press & Guide | 5.10.2022
Michigan Celebrates National Travel and Tourism Week
WEYI-TV NBC25 | 5.2.2022
"Uncover and Rediscover" Detroit at Hometown Tourist Day
MLive.com | 4.29.2022
State of Michigan and National Park Service Announce Innovation Partnership
State of Michigan, Office of the Governor | 4.19.2022
Local Sites Honored
Grosse Pointe Times | 1.27.2022
MotorCities Now Accepting Applications for Phase Two 2021-22 Challenge Grants
Dearborn Press & Guide | 1.24.2022
Governor Whitmer Makes Appointments to Boards and Commissions (mentions Brian Yopp's appointment to the Travel Commission)
State of Michigan | 12.6.2021
Metro Detroit Projects Sweep MotorCities' 8th Annual Awards of Excellence at Michigan Auto Heritage Day in Lansing
Dearborn Press & Guide | 11.23.2021
Pollinator Garden a Teaching Tool at St. Philip (mention of MotorCities Pollinator Pledge program)
Trenton Trib | 11.17.2021
Debbie Dingell to Be Honored with Milestone Award at Michigan Auto Heritage Day
Dearborn Press & Guide | 11.15.2021
Destination Michigan: Why Its Lake Shores are the Perfect Waterfront Destination (mention of MotorCities)
TheTravel.com | 10.22.2021
Oakland County Dam Becomes First Named After African American (mention of MotorCities)
Oakland Press | 10.1.2021
Nominations for MotorCities' Annual Awards of Excellence Now Open
Dearborn Press & Guide | 9.20.2021
MotorCities National Heritage Area Hosting Road Tour in Region
Dearborn Press & Guide | 8.31.2021
Dingell Bill Seeks to Preserve MotorCities National Heritage Area
Patch.com | 8.18.2021
It's Your Community: Episode 42 (Shawn Pomaville-Size guests - need to scroll down to Episode #42)
NewsTalk 760 WJR | 8.8.2021
Metro Detroiters Urged to Take the "Pollinator Pledge" to Help the Environment
WDIV-TV Local 4 | 6.25.2021
MotorCities Hosts Pollinator Pledge Day
WWJ Newsradio 950 | 6.23.2021
MotorCities Relaunches Website Detailing the African American Experience
dBusiness | 6.18.2021
Take a Michigan Auto History Road Trip with MotorCities National Heritage Area
WJIM 1240 AM | 6.15.2021
MotorCities Highway Signs & Their Impact
WWJ Newsradio 950 | 5.24.2021
Shawn Pomaville-Size Interview with Ronnie Dahl re: MotorCities & Highway Signs (Starts around 49:00 mark)
Oakland County MegaCast | 5.24.2021
MotorCities Highway Sign & 2021 Tourism Outlook Press Conference from the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant
Motown Digital | 5.24.2021
Downtown Dearborn Embraces Historic Preservation Month (Mention of MotorCities wayside signs)
Dearborn Press & Guide | 5.14.2021
MotorCities National Heritage Area Elects New Officers and Board Members
dBusiness | 5.12.2021
Great Lakes Way project aims to unify greenways and water trails along Michigan's southeast coast
Model D | 5.6.2021
Carolyn Carter Joins MotorCities National Heritage Area Board
dBusiness | 4.16.2021
A Great Lakes Way Stretching from southern Lake Huron through western Lake Erie
Great Lakes Now/Detroit Public TV | 4.5.2021
Travel Michigan Radio Show (Shawn Pomaville-Size segment)
News/Talk 760 WJR | 3.21.2021
MotorCities National Heritage Area Offers Tours of Ford Historic Sites
FordAuthority.com | 2.26.2021
Going Retro? Michigan Bill Would Allow Classic License Plates for $100 Fee (Shawn Pomaville-Size quoted)
ClickOnDetroit.com | 2.12.2021
Retro License Plates Could Make a Comeback in Michigan (Shawn Pomaville-Size quoted)
MLive | 2.2.2021
Plan Introduced to Bring Back Retro Blue Michigan License Plates (Shawn Pomaville-Size quoted)
WWJ Newsradio 950 | 2.2.2021
Fort Street Bridge Interpretive Park Opens
WWJ Newsradio 950 | 10.22.2020
Fort Street Bridge Park Opens in southwest Detroit
WXYZ-TV Channel 7 | 10.22.2020
It's Your Community (Shawn Pomaville-Size guests - need to scroll down to the October 4 date)
News/Talk 760 WJR | 10.4.2020
Happenings at Haven Hill
Spinal Column Newsweekly | 8.12.2020
Travel Michigan Radio Show (Bob Sadler guests in the final segment at 29:00)
News/Talk 760 WJR | 7.19.2020
Auto Heritage Nonprofit Accepting Grant Applications (scroll all the way down)
DBusiness.com | 7.16.2020
Bob Sadler Talks About the Automobile Heritage Hunt (MP3 sound file)
WWJ Newsradio 950 | 7.13.2020
The Chevy Impala Isn't Completely Dead Yet (Includes a link to our 2019 Story of the Week on the Impala)
MotorBiscuit.com | 7.1.2020
Shake Up Your Daily Steps with These Hiking & Walking Spots (See West Bllomfield Entry)
HourDetroit.com | 5.22.2020
MotorCities At Home Series: Billy Durant, Founder of General Motors
TheAutoChannel.com | 5.18.2020
New "MotorCities At Home" Virtual Zoom Programs Debut Friday
TheAutoChannel.com | 5.14.2020
Pokorski Elected to MotorCities Board of Directors
Macomb Daily | 5.5.2020
Arsenal of Democracy Website Adds Auto Industry's Coronavirus Efforts
Detroit Free Press | 4.18.2020
March On! Blues Collar Poetry and Music Fest
Downtown Monitor | 3.5.2020
MotorCities Announces 2020 Lunch & Learn Series
Detroit Auto Scene | 2.24.2020
March On! Music Festival in Dearborn Benefits Fort Street Bridge Interpretive Park project
Dearborn Press & Guide | 2.19.2020
New Highway Signs Highlight Michigan's Auto History
WLNS-TV Lansing | 1.29.2020
Those Big Brown Signs Along I-96 and I-69 Were 20 Years in the Making
Lansing State Journal | 1.29.2020
Henry Ford Highlighted in Documentary
Detroit Auto Scene | 1.6.2020
Travel Michigan Radio Show with Dave Lorenz (Bob Sadler guest in opening segment)
News/Talk 760 WJR | 1.5.2020
Local Organizations Approved Grant Money for Preserving Car Culture
CBSDetroit.com | 12.30.19
Film Exploring Henry Ford's Complicated Legacy Awarded Grant
Detroit News | 12.28.19
Local Organizations Get Grant Money for Preserving Car Culture
Patch.com | 12.20.19
New MotorCities Speakers Bureau
Detroit Auto Scene | 11.14.19
Cherry Hill Ford Factory Project Wins Honors
Associated Newspapers (Canton Eagle) | 11.14.19
Back to the Bricks Claims National Award for Promoting Heritage Tourism (from MotorCities)
WJRT-TV ABC12 (Flint) | 11.4.19
Back to the Bricks Receives Heritage Tourism Award (from MotorCities)
My City Magazine (Flint) | 11.7.19
The Road Trip That Wasn't: What UK Fans Lost with Football Game's Move to Lexington (Story about Ypsilanti & Eastern Michigan University)
Lexington Herald-Leader | 9.6.19
National Heritage Areas and Partners Embrace "Operation Pollination"
National Park Service NHA Blog | 8.30.19
Businesses Are Getting Involved with a Movement to Protect Pollinators
WDIV Local 4 News | 7.26.19
Grant Applications Are Now Open for MotorCities Programs
Patch.com | 7.19.19
Check Out These New Automotive History Tours Around Detroit
Patch.com | 5.30.19
New Kayak, Bike Tours Cover Detroit's Auto History
Detroit Free Press | 5.30.19
This Detroit Event is Getting Local Kids Outdoors
Patch.com | 5.22.19
Wilson Foundation Grant Spearheads Improvements to Downriver Trails
News-Herald | 5.14.19
Downriver Iron Belle Trail Projects Get $2.4 million in Grants
Detroit News | 5.14.19
Wilson Foundation Provides $1.9 million in Grants to Connect Trails in Detroit and Downriver
Curbed Detroit | 5.14.19
Wilson Foundation Finances Effort to Connect Trails in Detroit & Downriver (& Build Fort Street Bridge Park)
Crain's Detroit Business | 5.14.19
MotorCities Hosts the Alliance of National Heritage Areas
National Park Service Blog | 5.10.19
Trump Signs Public Lands Package Honoring John Dingell
Dearborn Press & Guide | 3.13.19
Congress Names Public Lands Conservation Bill After the Late John Dingell
Detroit News | 3.5.19
March On! Blues Collar Poetry & Music Fest Benefits Fort Street Interpretive Park
Dearborn Press & Guide | 2.27.19
National Heritage Area Act of 2019 Introduced in House
Congressman Paul Tonko | 2.14.19
Senate Passes Stabenow-Peters Legislation Supporting MotorCities National Heritage Area
Senator Stabenow's Website | 2.14.19
MotorCities Now Offering New Mini-Grants
Detroit Auto Scene | 2.4.19
Restoration of Durant-Dort Factory One Nets GM a Preservation Award
Hemmings Daily | 12.11.18
What Are the Top Auto Stories of the Last 20 Years?
Detroit Free Press | 11.20.18
Travel Michigan Show with Dave Lorenz: Interview with Shawn Pomaville-Size
News/Talk 760 WJR | 11.18.18
Small Talk with Mark S. Lee: Interview with Shawn Pomaville-Size
WXYT AM 1270 | 11.11.18
Frank Beckmann Show: Interview with Shawn Pomaville-Size
News/Talk 760 WJR | 10.18.18
MotorCities Receives Grants to Advance Fort Street Bridge Park
Detroit Auto Scene | 09.17.18
Dearborn Rotary Greens City With Trees, Shrubs
Dearborn Patch | 06.26.18
Tourism Professionals come to Flint to Celebrate National Travel & Tourism Week
WJRT-TV ABC 12 Flint, MI | 05.10.18
Street Beat: Michigan History
The CW50 | 03.22.18
Take warning: Janesville’s tragic GM plant closure
Lansing City Pulse | 03.22.18
Meet the latest tourist attractions: Abandoned factories
The Washington Post | 03.09.18
MotorCities National Heritage Area Awards $70,000 in Grants
Detroit Auto Scene | 02.26.18
Nonprofit awards grants to auto, labor history projects
Fox47 News | 01.30.18
Nonprofit awards grants to auto, labor history projects
The Seattle Times | 01.29.18
One-Tank Trips: Future rolls into view at auto show
The London Free Press | 01.12.18
Local Automotive Heritage Group Gets National Honor
Detroit Auto Scene | 01.08.18
People: New Appointments and Promotions
Crain's Detroit Business | 01.07.18
MotorCities National Heritage Area Wins National Park Service Award
DBUSINESS DAILY NEWS | 01.04.18
Dearborn man hired as MotorCities National Heritage Area’s communications manager
Press & Guide | 01.03.18
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More than 20 years ago, Congress and the National Park Service recognized the significance of the American automobile and the people and places that shaped its history by creating the MotorCities National Heritage Area Partnership. Throughout a region of 10,000 square miles in 16 Michigan counties with a population of more than six million people, we tell the stories of how this area put the world on wheels. These stories are our stories: the stories of a region where people grew up with the automobile; where its heritage lives in our neighborhoods to this day; and where an industry begun by a few hundred changed the world for millions. For a complete history, please click here.
Enjoy this brief video looking back on our first 20 years:
1996 American automobile industry celebrates its centennial anniversary and a coalition rallies for designation of various automotive heritage landmarks.
1997 Feasibility study conducted by Wayne Counts Parks and Rec for National Park Service Heritage Area consideration.
1998 Signing of Automobile National Heritage Area Act by President Clinton; MotorCities becomes the 28th National Heritage Area in the country
2001 The General Management Plan is submitted to the Secretary of the Interior and the boundaries of the National Heritage Area are drawn.
MIDDLE YEARS
2002-2018 Implementation of the General Management Plan and its mission ”to preserve, interpret and promote the automotive and labor heritage of Michigan by encouraging revitalization through conservation, increasing auto-related tourism, and developing and deploying educational and informational programs”.
Sub-grants totaling $1.5 million.
Number of grants awarded: 295.
Investments in programs: $1.1 million.
2013 Evaluation conducted by U of M Dearborn
2014 Inauguration of Michigan Auto Heritage Day & Awards of Excellence
2014 MotorCities National Heritage Area is reauthorized by Congress
2015 Evaluation by Weststat completed and presented to Congress
2016 Economic Impact Report concludes a $410 million impact annually and support of over 4,000 jobs by the MotorCities National Heritage Area
2018 20th Anniversary
2018 Revamped website launched
2019 First of 14 Highway Signs Installed
2019 Ground broken for Fort Street Bridge Park
2020 Fort Street Bridge Park opens to the public
2021 MotorCities launches "Many Voices, One Story" webpage as part of its DEI efforts
2022 National Heritage Area Act passed by Congress, providing reauthorization for 15 years!
2023 National Heritage Area Act signed by President Biden
On November 6, 1998, Congress and the National Park Service recognized the significance of the American automobile and the people and places that shaped its history by creating the MotorCities National Heritage Area Partnership. Throughout a region of 10,000 square miles in 16 Michigan counties with a population of more than six million people, we tell the stories of how this area put the world on wheels. These stories are our stories: the stories of a region where people grew up with the automobile; where its heritage lives in our neighborhoods to this day; and where an industry begun by a few hundred changed the world for millions. For a complete history, please click here.
1996 American automobile industry celebrates its centennial anniversary and a coalition rallies for designation of various automotive heritage landmarks.
1997 Feasibility study conducted by Wayne Counts Parks and Rec for National Park Service Heritage Area consideration.
1998 Signing of Automobile National Heritage Area Act by President Clinton; MotorCities becomes the 28th National Heritage Area in the country
2001 The General Management Plan is submitted to the Secretary of the Interior and the boundaries of the National Heritage Area are drawn.
MIDDLE YEARS
2002-2018 Implementation of the General Management Plan and its mission ”to preserve, interpret and promote the automotive and labor heritage of Michigan by encouraging revitalization through conservation, increasing auto-related tourism, and developing and deploying educational and informational programs”.
Sub-grants totaling $1.5 million.
Number of grants awarded: 295.
Investments in programs: $1.1 million.
2013 Evaluation conducted by U of M Dearborn
2014 Inauguration of Michigan Auto Heritage Day & Awards of Excellence
2014 MotorCities National Heritage Area is reauthorized by Congress
2015 Evaluation by Weststat completed and presented to Congress
2016 Economic Impact Report concludes a $410 million impact annually and support of over 4,000 jobs by the MotorCities National Heritage Area
2018 20th Anniversary
2018 Revamped website launchedRECENT YEARS
2019 First of 14 Highway Signs Installed
2019 Ground broken for Fort Street Bridge Park
2020 Fort Street Bridge Park opens to the public
2021 MotorCities launches "Many Voices, One Story" webpage as part of its DEI efforts
2022 National Heritage Area Act passed by Congress, providing reauthorization for 15 years!
2023 National Heritage Area Act signed by President Biden; MotorCities celebrates 25 years!