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According to BusinessWeek, "Marchionne ... projected that Chrysler will break even in 2010 and will make $5 billion in operating profit in </atom:summary><link>http://www.villagesquare-mi.com/2009/11/chrysler-ceo-sergio-marchionne-star.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Scott A.)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4hqO2b6Yy0U/SvLxylfGqJI/AAAAAAAAAQU/u_HxwOTMiAk/s72-c/sergio.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965069076737743031.post-8702348165767184230</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:41:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-03T12:00:40.432-05:00</atom:updated><title>Francesca's Collections to Join Tenant Roster at the Village of Rochester Hills</title><atom:summary type="text">The Village of Rochester Hills is pleased to announce the addition of Francesca's Collections to the tenant roster.Since opening its first store in 1999, Francesca's Collections has become one of the fastest growing women's fashion retailers in the country.  The store at the Village, which will the company's first store in Michigan, will provide shoppers with an eclectic, carefully chosen </atom:summary><link>http://www.villagesquare-mi.com/2009/11/francescas-collections-to-join-tenant.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Scott A.)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4hqO2b6Yy0U/SvBhsBTNo5I/AAAAAAAAAQM/2YfbHCTbM4U/s72-c/francescas_logo.gif" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965069076737743031.post-2457932501661080653</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-13T16:45:00.084-04:00</atom:updated><title>The Village Pumpkin Patch to Benefit Habitat for Humanity</title><atom:summary type="text">The Village of Rochester Hills will host its annual Pumpkin Patch on Saturday, October 24th from 12pm to 4pm. This year, proceeds from pumpkin sales will benefit Habitat for Humanity of Oakland County’s Youth United program. Guests can purchase a pumpkin from the patch in Festival Park, and have it carved by professional pumpkin artists free of charge. Guests can also create their own work of art</atom:summary><link>http://www.villagesquare-mi.com/2009/10/village-pumpkin-patch-to-benefit.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jessica)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Y8qdrmPW8XE/StTlpMRUNuI/AAAAAAAAACU/pUKtjE8lO-4/s72-c/youth+united+logo-1.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965069076737743031.post-4024769821437512787</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-13T11:03:32.869-04:00</atom:updated><title>The Oakland Press reports on the "Building the Civic 'Net" philanthropic initiative</title><atom:summary type="text">The Oakland Press published a terrific article today about the "Building the Civic 'Net" (BCN) philanthropic intiative.  The initiative, sponsored by the Village of Rochester Hills, helps local groups and individuals in northern Oakland County with social media projects in the public interest.  You can learn more about the four recent grant recipients, as well as the program, by reading this </atom:summary><link>http://www.villagesquare-mi.com/2009/08/oakland-press-published-terrific.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Scott A.)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4hqO2b6Yy0U/SoQm8m4-gGI/AAAAAAAAAP0/erRN8bEU0-k/s72-c/CivicNet+4.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965069076737743031.post-327912205755291791</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:48:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-03T17:11:52.743-04:00</atom:updated><title>Whole Foods Market celebrates its 1-year anniversary at the Village!</title><atom:summary type="text">Whole Foods Market has been open at the Village of Rochester Hills for a whole year already! They’ll be hosting celebration events all week long throughout the store including tons of delicious treats, samples &amp; information.Check out the schedule:     Complimentary Continental Breakfast!Monday - Wednesday, August 3 – 5  9 am - 10 am  - FREE!Swing by the Whole Lifestyle Center and start your day </atom:summary><link>http://www.villagesquare-mi.com/2009/08/whole-foods-market-celebrates-its-1.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jessica)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Y8qdrmPW8XE/SndQinEeuJI/AAAAAAAAABc/DQvXqIX85lc/s72-c/P1010271-edit.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965069076737743031.post-4580404053518334304</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-03T15:23:16.805-04:00</atom:updated><title>Banana Republic Food Drive</title><atom:summary type="text">SPECIAL OFFER:On Friday, August 7th only, bring in 5 cans of food or make a donation to Gleaners Community Food Bank of $5 or more and receive 25% off your entire full-price purchase* in the store. Banana Republic at The Village of Rochester Hills Mall244 N. Adams RoadRochester Hills, MI 48309(248) 375-5745Corner of Walton &amp; Adams Roads in Rochester Hills*This offer good only on August 7, 2009 at</atom:summary><link>http://www.villagesquare-mi.com/2009/08/banana-republic-food-drive.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Scott A.)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4hqO2b6Yy0U/Snc5GoQq0nI/AAAAAAAAAPs/cbZbNdXBC_0/s72-c/logo_gcfb.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965069076737743031.post-191394652911477433</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-28T15:23:12.308-04:00</atom:updated><title>Meadow Brook Hall Fundraiser</title><atom:summary type="text">Meadow Brook Hall recently announced that for a limited time, they'll have the opportunity to receive a 50 % match on contributions to support their general operations.  The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan has announced an innovative challenge to help raise these badly needed funds for arts and cultural organizations in our region.  In partnership with the Cultural Alliance of </atom:summary><link>http://www.villagesquare-mi.com/2009/07/meadow-brook-hall-fundraiser.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jessica)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Y8qdrmPW8XE/Sm9MP6rvZEI/AAAAAAAAABE/KeZ_Fi03Rzg/s72-c/MBH_photo.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965069076737743031.post-6038452084410656808</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:43:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-21T08:45:08.179-04:00</atom:updated><title>Update on Rochester Hills' RecycleBank Program</title><atom:summary type="text">Rochester Hills' Mayor Barnett reports on RecycleBank at the US Conference of Mayors in Washington DC. </atom:summary><link>http://www.villagesquare-mi.com/2009/07/update-on-rochester-hills-recyclebank.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Scott A.)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965069076737743031.post-920263497308679782</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:36:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-13T17:37:11.210-04:00</atom:updated><title>The Village Welcomes Aeropostale</title><atom:summary type="text">Today we're announcing the grand opening of Aeropostale at the Village of Rochester Hills.  It is a privilege to welcome such a well-established, fashionable retailer to the project, especially at a time when many companies are putting growth plans on hold. Located next to Moosejaw, Aeropostale provides a selection of high quality, active-oriented, fashion merchandise at value prices for teen’s </atom:summary><link>http://www.villagesquare-mi.com/2009/07/village-welcomes-aeropostale_13.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Scott A.)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4hqO2b6Yy0U/SludEwzMExI/AAAAAAAAAPc/2TjGfwHKN1I/s72-c/aeropostale.gif" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965069076737743031.post-7785820919624621755</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-14T10:04:38.671-04:00</atom:updated><title>Michigan's Story is America's Story</title><atom:summary type="text">Michigan’s Story is America’s story; especially since the U.S. government invested so heavily with tax-payer money to save Detroit’s global leadership in advanced manufacturing. This is particularly so for Northern Oakland County. As President Obama said after Northern Oakland County-based Chrysler Corporation recently emerged from bankruptcy; “Only a month ago, this great American company’s very</atom:summary><link>http://www.villagesquare-mi.com/2009/07/michigans-story-is-americas-story_13.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Scott A.)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4hqO2b6Yy0U/SlYzeQPqQnI/AAAAAAAAAO0/EMdvau2xPYM/s72-c/MI+America.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965069076737743031.post-12824736862188774</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-17T14:06:25.295-04:00</atom:updated><title>Concours d'Elegance Preview at the Village</title><atom:summary type="text">The Village of Rochester Hills is partnering with the Meadow Brook Concours d’Elegance to host a free preview of rare and historic automobiles on Sunday, July 19 from 12:00 – 4:00pm (weather permitting). The Meadow Brook Concours d’Elegance brings together some of the world’s finest classic and vintage cars on the grounds of Meadow Brook Hall every year on the first weekend in August.Up to twenty</atom:summary><link>http://www.villagesquare-mi.com/2009/07/concours-delegance-preview-at-village.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Scott A.)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4hqO2b6Yy0U/SmC9EY1nPEI/AAAAAAAAAPk/Zj_IEEyy5Ck/s72-c/DSC_4659.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/villagesquare-mi/BcEv?a=PsqSiVhrbGU:caQuaKzkmHo:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/villagesquare-mi/BcEv?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/villagesquare-mi/BcEv?a=PsqSiVhrbGU:caQuaKzkmHo:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/villagesquare-mi/BcEv?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965069076737743031.post-253158366379332810</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-09T09:31:52.942-04:00</atom:updated><title>The City of Rochester Hills:  Public Meetings Regarding Crooks Interchange at M-59</title><atom:summary type="text">Two public information meetings have been planned regarding work to be done to the Crooks Interchange at M-59.  The meetings are scheduled for Wednesday, July 22; one from 2-4 p.m. and one from 6-8 p.m., in the Rochester Hills City Hall Auditorium off of Avon (1000 Rochester Hills Drive) between Crooks and Livernois.  MDOT and members of City Staff will be in attendance to present information.If </atom:summary><link>http://www.villagesquare-mi.com/2009/07/city-of-rochester-hills-public-meetings.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Scott A.)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4hqO2b6Yy0U/SlXxJxZqx5I/AAAAAAAAAOs/GBPagDf90mc/s72-c/CityHallFall2%5B1%5D.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965069076737743031.post-4088766070168190780</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-06T16:40:00.501-04:00</atom:updated><title>Village Kid's Days Are Back</title><atom:summary type="text"> &lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;  Free activities you can do with your kids all summer long...  &lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;   &lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;  The Village of Rochester Hills’ will host free children’s activities again this summer. Every Tuesday, children ages 10 and under can create unique crafts from 11:00am to 12:30pm in Fountain Park. On Wednesdays, grab a blanket and your favorite cuddly pal and head to </atom:summary><link>http://www.villagesquare-mi.com/2009/07/village-kids-days-are-back.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jessica)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Y8qdrmPW8XE/SlJaMIQdp7I/AAAAAAAAAAM/_6HGOHjXH_U/s72-c/Dogs-1.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/villagesquare-mi/BcEv?a=7OTpcROpYDM:Pep0XzRenNw:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/villagesquare-mi/BcEv?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/villagesquare-mi/BcEv?a=7OTpcROpYDM:Pep0XzRenNw:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/villagesquare-mi/BcEv?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965069076737743031.post-3267653718785839017</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-02T14:42:28.577-04:00</atom:updated><title>Meadow Brook Hall Young Writers Camp</title><atom:summary type="text">The Meadow Brook Writing Project's first week-long camp for young writers at Meadow Brook Hall is now complete.  Two more sessions for children between 3rd and 6th grades are set for July 6 - 10 and July 20 - 24.  With the help of their grant from Building the Civic 'Net, project leaders have so far produced two videos available here for your viewing pleasure.  This first video gives an overview </atom:summary><link>http://www.villagesquare-mi.com/2009/07/meadow-brook-hall-young-writers-camp.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Scott A.)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4hqO2b6Yy0U/Skz_euH9mvI/AAAAAAAAAOc/0W9UfE1dsgI/s72-c/3562581861_b248dcd609_m.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/villagesquare-mi/BcEv?a=Xsvbp99Hv1Y:Minw8GAASAY:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/villagesquare-mi/BcEv?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/villagesquare-mi/BcEv?a=Xsvbp99Hv1Y:Minw8GAASAY:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/villagesquare-mi/BcEv?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965069076737743031.post-4931369806855974637</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-11T14:47:35.492-04:00</atom:updated><title>Building the Civic 'Net Grantees</title><atom:summary type="text">On June 9th the "Building the Civic 'Net" philanthropic initiative, sponsored by the the Village of Rochester Hills, awarded four grants.  The program grants can be grouped into two categories:  Entrepreneurship and Education.  This video will give you an overview of the program as well as an introduction to the work of the four grantees.  Read below for more in depth information on the grantees,</atom:summary><link>http://www.villagesquare-mi.com/2009/06/building-civic-net-grantees.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Scott A.)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/villagesquare-mi/BcEv?a=uidfTRRrGEg:hHT2uOzIMu8:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/villagesquare-mi/BcEv?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/villagesquare-mi/BcEv?a=uidfTRRrGEg:hHT2uOzIMu8:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/villagesquare-mi/BcEv?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965069076737743031.post-5957196055907715256</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-09T14:55:45.468-04:00</atom:updated><title>Building the Civic 'Net grantee:  The City of Rochester Hills Entrepreneur's Network</title><atom:summary type="text">The Village Square blog and the Village of Rochester Hills are proud sponsors of the "Building the Civic 'Net" philanthropic initiative [Learn more about Building the Civic 'Net by clicking the link].  Below we've included a profile of one of our four current grantees:In recognition of the need to be more responsive to the local business community, the City of Rochester Hills Planning and </atom:summary><link>http://www.villagesquare-mi.com/2009/06/building-civic-net-grantee-city-of.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Scott A.)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4hqO2b6Yy0U/Sh_kZakJ-3I/AAAAAAAAAKU/1RIyjm2Tp8A/s72-c/CityHallFall2%5B1%5D.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/villagesquare-mi/BcEv?a=W_hkZGBMpNE:_hFWf_Ou4aQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/villagesquare-mi/BcEv?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/villagesquare-mi/BcEv?a=W_hkZGBMpNE:_hFWf_Ou4aQ:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/villagesquare-mi/BcEv?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965069076737743031.post-3005095673686456676</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-09T14:23:47.878-04:00</atom:updated><title>Building the Civic 'Net grantee:  DetroitStartUps.com</title><atom:summary type="text">The Village Square blog and the Village of Rochester Hills are proud sponsors of the "Building the Civic 'Net" philanthropic initiative [Learn more about Building the Civic 'Net by clicking the link].  Below we've included a profile of one of our four current grantees:Detroitstartups.com was started to help shine a spotlight on all the great people starting their own companies and getting </atom:summary><link>http://www.villagesquare-mi.com/2009/06/building-civic-net-grantee.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Scott A.)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4hqO2b6Yy0U/Sh_ft_MnPWI/AAAAAAAAAKM/Q3CzSJi46Oo/s72-c/Detroitstartups.gif" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/villagesquare-mi/BcEv?a=kv8Q3gkuRuo:E8AfEec68N0:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/villagesquare-mi/BcEv?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/villagesquare-mi/BcEv?a=kv8Q3gkuRuo:E8AfEec68N0:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/villagesquare-mi/BcEv?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965069076737743031.post-3730481377614039439</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-09T14:24:54.914-04:00</atom:updated><title>Building the Civic ‘Net grantee:  The Meadow Brook Writing Project Summer Camp for Kids</title><atom:summary type="text">The Village Square blog and the Village of Rochester Hills are proud sponsors of the "Building the Civic 'Net" philanthropic initiative [Learn more about Building the Civic 'Net by clicking the link].  Below we've included a profile of one of our four current grantees:As part of its youth and community programs activities, the local National Writing Project site, OU's Meadow Brook Writing Project</atom:summary><link>http://www.villagesquare-mi.com/2009/06/building-civic-net-grantee-meadow-brook.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Scott A.)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4hqO2b6Yy0U/Sh8B4lWk0iI/AAAAAAAAAKE/XF3kXJPGBew/s72-c/3562581861_b248dcd609_m.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/villagesquare-mi/BcEv?a=m4qnA6dAbnU:NZC97gTHcKk:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/villagesquare-mi/BcEv?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/villagesquare-mi/BcEv?a=m4qnA6dAbnU:NZC97gTHcKk:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/villagesquare-mi/BcEv?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965069076737743031.post-3117123091026187157</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-09T14:26:45.340-04:00</atom:updated><title>Building the Civic 'Net grantee:  MySamson.Net</title><atom:summary type="text">The Village Square blog and the Village of Rochester Hills are proud sponsors of the "Building the Civic 'Net" philanthropic initiative [Learn more about Building the Civic 'Net by clicking the link].  Below we've included a profile of one of our four current grantees:MySamson.net, the Science, Art and Math Social Online Network, is leading the revolution that is taking place in online education.</atom:summary><link>http://www.villagesquare-mi.com/2009/06/building-civic-net-grantee-mysamsonnet.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Scott A.)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4hqO2b6Yy0U/Sh6q96kvBfI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/b51oqWPtwWA/s72-c/pic.bmp" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/villagesquare-mi/BcEv?a=0SrA21yiioA:P_kT2UFUBlM:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/villagesquare-mi/BcEv?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/villagesquare-mi/BcEv?a=0SrA21yiioA:P_kT2UFUBlM:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/villagesquare-mi/BcEv?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965069076737743031.post-7957204653196840153</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 16:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-01T09:00:43.602-04:00</atom:updated><title>Images from Meadow Brook Hall</title><atom:summary type="text">From time to time we at Village Square will shoot images of a site in Northern Oakland County to share with our audience.  Meadow Brook Hall is the first site that we chose.  Please enjoy these images taken around Meadow Brook Hall in Rochester Hills on May 17th, 2009.  You can also participate in our photographic program by joining the Village Square flickr group.  </atom:summary><link>http://www.villagesquare-mi.com/2009/05/images-from-meadow-brook-hall.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Scott A.)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4hqO2b6Yy0U/SiFkUFOEkGI/AAAAAAAAAME/cMyYlFebWwM/s72-c/meadowbrook+hall.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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