Category: Auto Shows and Events

  • Gibraltar Trade Center in Mount Clemens Gets New Look After 33 Years

    Gibraltar Trade Center in Mount Clemens Gets New Look After 33 Years

    The Gibraltar Man, along I-94 in Mount Clemens, has received a makeover by Pleasantrees, owner of the Gibraltar Trade Center. // Photo courtesy of Pleasantrees Mount Clemens-based cannabis provider Pleasantrees announced it is breaking ground at the site of its Gibraltar Trade Center, transforming it into an events space and cannabis retail store. After 33…

  • Colleyville Fall Auto & Bike Show to be held on Veteran’s Day

    Colleyville Fall Auto & Bike Show to be held on Veteran’s Day

    By Cody Thorn Editor Cody joined Community Impact in August 2022. He covers local and county government; and businesses in Grapevine, Colleyville, Southlake, Westlake, Trophy Club, Keller, Roanoke and Fort Worth. Prior to CI, Cody worked for various Missouri newspapers in Kansas City, St. Joseph, Maryville, Neosho and Joplin. When he is not writing, Cody…

  • Celebrate National Apprenticeship Week 2023: Building a Skilled Workforce for the Future

    Celebrate National Apprenticeship Week 2023: Building a Skilled Workforce for the Future

    Historic federal investments in infrastructure, clean energy, and advanced manufacturing are expected to generate nearly three million jobs each year over the next decade. Achieving the promise of such investments will require a diverse, skilled, and ready workforce to build America’s next-generation infrastructure and economy. Yet, as NLC’s report, Hard to Fill Infrastructure Jobs: A Challenge to Building our…

  • Generative AI Already Taking White Collar Jobs and Wages in Online Freelancing World

    An anonymous reader shares a report: In an ingenious study published this summer, US researchers showed that within a few months of the launch of ChatGPT, copywriters and graphic designers on major online freelancing platforms saw a significant drop in the number of jobs they got, and even steeper declines in earnings. This suggested not…

  • 8 Things To Do This Weekend: Dreamgirls, CT Auto Show & Honor Our Veterans 5K

    8 Things To Do This Weekend: Dreamgirls, CT Auto Show & Honor Our Veterans 5K

    (WTNH) – Looking for weekend fun? We have eight ideas for you! All weekend, see Come From Away at The Shubert. The moving musical, which has been called breathtaking, is based on actual events that took place on 9/11 and the days that followed. Through December 30th, see the musical Dreamgirls at The Goodspeed. This…

  • Tesla shares drop 5% after HSBC calls it a ‘very expensive auto company’

    Tesla shares drop 5% after HSBC calls it a ‘very expensive auto company’

    Tesla shares declined by about 5% on Thursday to close at $209.98 after HSBC initiated coverage of the EV maker with a “reduce” rating and a price target of $146 per share. HSBC analysts called Tesla CEO Elon Musk a “charismatic CEO with a cult-like following” who “feeds into the innovator narrative,” but questioned whether…

  • Mount Clemens’ Historic Gibraltar Trade Center Gets a New Look After 33 Years

    Mount Clemens’ Historic Gibraltar Trade Center Gets a New Look After 33 Years

    Pleasantrees Officially Breaks Ground on 9,000 Square Foot Retail Establishment, Debuts a Fresh Look for the Gibraltar Man MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. , Nov. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Pleasantrees today announces they are breaking ground at the site of the historic Gibraltar Trade Center, transforming it into a dynamic events space and cannabis retail store. After…

  • Renovations, the City causes Duke Energy Center to lose big events in Downtown

    Renovations, the City causes Duke Energy Center to lose big events in Downtown

    CINCINNATI (WXIX) – In just about eight months, the Duke Energy Convention Center will undergo renovations that will last nearly two years. But will these renovations be worth the cost? Major events like the annual Holiday Market, the Home and Garden Show, the Boat Show and the Auto Show will no longer be held at…

  • Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame: Jeff Zachary, King of the Steadicam

    Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame: Jeff Zachary, King of the Steadicam

    Story Highlights It isn’t very often that a child who finds themselves in front of the camera becomes enraptured by what is going on behind the camera, but that is what happened to Sports Broadcasting Hall of Famer Jeff Zachary who, as a child, appeared in Armour hot dog commercials. “I was more intrigued by…

  • Monthly Economic Review: November 2023

    The last few holiday shopping seasons have been filled with unmatched peculiarities for consumers and retailers alike. In 2020, despite the challenges the country faced with the COVID-19 pandemic, retail sales for November and December surged 9.1% year over year, clearly shaped by Americans staying home and moving to online shopping. Retail supply chain bottlenecks…