Entries by Al Warr

Uptown Bay City project transforming skyline, attracting residents and visitors alike

By Meg McLeod, WNEM BAY CITY, MI (WNEM) – Where once was an overgrown industrial complex now sets a multimillion-dollar development on Bay City’s storied waterfront. Dow Corning and Chemical Bank were some of the first to move in alongside the Saginaw River’s Uptown Bay City development, but Shaheen Development Marketing Coordinator Stuart Kelly said those are just […]

Developer, baseball team among Great Lakes Bay chamber summit honorees

By Mark Tower, MLive SAGINAW, MI — Four honorees were presented with awards Monday, Oct. 27, during the Great Lakes Bay Regional Chamber Summit. About 500 business professionals gathered at Horizons Conference Center in Saginaw Monday for the event and luncheon. The first such annual summit was held in 2012 when the chambers in Saginaw, Bay City […]

Movin’ on Uptown: Bay City, businesses welcome Dow Corning Corp. employees

By Heather Jordan, MLive BAY CITY, MI — Dow Corning Corp. employees arrived for their first day of work at Uptown Bay City on Monday morning and were greeted with a warm welcome — in the form of signs hanging all over town. A banner reading “Welcome Dow Corning” was positioned in front of the orange, blue and […]

Treasure Found

Written by Laurie Hileman December Issue, 2010 As a young girl, Julie Nunn went to Saginaw’s Temple Theatre to see My Fair Lady on her very first daddy-daughter date. She remembers wearing little white gloves, holding her father’s hand, crossing Washington Avenue, and seeing the marquee ablaze in lights. “It was magical,” says Nunn. For […]