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The Suburban Collection Showplace is a convention center in Novi, Michigan. Located off Interstate 96, about 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Detroit, it is the second-largest convention center in Metro Detroit (after Huntington Place). [1] [2] It is best known as the current location of the Michigan State Fair. [3]
Captain Aaron G. Peer was born in Dundas, Ontario, in 1812, and moved to Algonac, Michigan, in 1821. In 1833, Peer and his brother built a schooner and went in to the lake transport business, locating at the tip of Michigan's thumb. Peer also began a grindstone quarry at this site, and by 1850 was selling $3000 of grindstones a year.
Because agriculture still has a major place in the Michigan economy, in 2011 supporters organized the Great Lakes Agricultural Fair, a 501 C (3) organization, in order to continue the event. Since 2013 it has been organized by the private Michigan State Fair LLC and held in the Suburban Collection Showplace in the Metro Detroit suburb of Novi.
Southfield, Michigan, comic book retailer Michael Goldman, owner of Motor City Comics, [3] staged the first Motor City Comic Con at the Dearborn Civic Center [4] in 1989. . Antecedents to the Motor City Comic Con include the seminal multi-genre convention the Detroit Triple Fan Fair which was held annually in the Detroit area from 1965 to 1978; [5] and Gary Reed's King Kon, held in the area ...
Michigan Avenue Local: Fairlane Town Center: Michigan Avenue + John Hix Road 11.4 miles (18.3 km) 90 120 120 Concurrent from Wayne Road east Select late-night trips start and end at Michigan + Schaefer 210: Westland Meijer 16.8 miles (27.0 km) 90 120 120 250: Ford Road: Dearborn Transit Center 14.4 miles (23.2 km) 60 --Interlined with 140 275
Michigan City may refer to: Michigan City, California; Michigan City, Indiana, the most populous place with this name; Michigan City, Mississippi; Michigan City, North Dakota; Michigan City station (disambiguation), stations of the name; Rawsonville, Michigan, community platted as Michigan City, now a ghost town under a lake
Franklin Street Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Michigan City, LaPorte County, Indiana.The district encompasses 73 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object in the central business district and surrounding residential section of Michigan City.