LATEST CLIENT NEWS:
July 2026: Congratulations to the City of Sterling Heights for obtaining a $2.2 million FY2026 BUILD grant for the North Van Dyke Avenue Corridor Improvement Project.
Feb 2026: Congratulations to the Feline Conservation Foundation for getting its bipartisan Protecting Local Zoos Act introduced in the House by Reps. Gosar and Soto and for testifying at a House Natural Resources Subcommittee Legislative Hearing on the bill on Feb 4, 2026.
Feb 2026: Congratulations to the Port of Detroit (Michigan) for obtaining $1.613 million for the Detroit Windsor Tunnel Project in the FY2026 Transportation/HUD Appropriations Act.
Feb 2026: Congratulations to the City of Sterling Heights (Michigan) for obtaining $1 million for the Red Run Park Bridge Project in the FY2026 Transportation/HUD Appropriations Act.
Feb 2026: Congratulations to the Port of Cleveland (Ohio) for obtaining $1.2 million for the Irishtown Bend Project in the FY2026 Transportation/HUD Appropriations Act.
Feb 2026: Congratulations to Macomb County (Michigan) for obtaining $8.750 million for the Mound Road Project in the FY2026 Transportation/HUD Appropriations Act.
This Week's Trivia Question:
The Thomas Jefferson Memorial, located on D.C.'s Tidal Basin, features a massive bronze statue of Jefferson. Because of metal rationing during World War II, what material was the statue originally made of when the memorial opened in 1943: (1) wood; (2) plaster; or (3) terra cotta?
Answer:
Due to strict wartime restrictions on bronze and copper, a full-scale plaster statue was painted to look like bronze for the dedication. It was finally replaced with the real bronze version in 1947 after the war ended.