🌱 How will a $567M plant expansion reshape jobs in Norton Shores?
Norton Shores, Michigan Patch AM: a 4 min readWhat's up Norton Shores! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How will a $567M plant expansion reshape jobs in Norton Shores?
- Norton Shores senior wins $5,000 scholarship for bold education equity plan
- What big regional stories also spotlight Norton Shores’ growing coffee operations?
Also on today's calendar: Yard sale and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Partly sunny and beautiful, with a high of 76 and low of 56 degrees.
- Thursday: Partly sunny and warm, temps: high: 80, low: 62.
- Friday: A t-storm; breezy in the a.m., with a high of 78 and low of 60 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Gov. Whitmer, local leaders break ground on $567M expansion for La Colombe Norton Shores plant (wzzm13.com) — A major $567 million expansion of Chobani’s La Colombe plant in Norton Shores is moving forward, with officials expecting 337 new jobs and more local milk processed close to home. State and federal leaders joined the groundbreaking, highlighting long-term careers, benefits for area farmers, and new opportunities for local contractors and small businesses tied to the coffee and latte operation. 
2. LAFCU Awards $20,000 In Scholarships Through Annual Essay Contest (corpmagazine.com) — A Norton Shores student from Western Michigan Christian High School, Drew Coleman, has earned a $5,000 LAFCU scholarship for an essay on increasing diversity among educators, and chose the HBCU Club of Muskegon to receive an additional donation. Three other Michigan seniors also won scholarships for projects tackling issues like food insecurity and greenwashing, with all winners required to attend in-state colleges.
3. Focus West Michigan 6-2-26 Rx Kids expands to Muskegon (wgvunews.org) — Norton Shores gets a brief spotlight as Chobani’s local coffee operations expansion is noted in a wider West Michigan news roundup. The segment also touches on Muskegon’s Rx Kids enrollment, West Nile detection, river restoration work, labor strikes, and state budget talks, offering quick regional context that still includes a key Norton Shores economic development mention.
4. Whitmer issues Pride Month proclamation to owner of Grand Rapids juice bar (mlive.com) — A major $567 million expansion at La Colombe Coffee Roasters in Norton Shores is expected to bring 337 new manufacturing jobs to Muskegon County, directly boosting the local economy. During the same trip, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer also highlighted LGBTQ+ Pride Month at a Grand Rapids juice bar and visited North Muskegon Public Schools to help students with a healthy smoothie program.
📸 Around Norton Shores
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Free Horror Movie Night - The Picture of Dorian... →
Cafe Tamaki, 1222 Peck St, Muskegon
9:00 pm
Wednesday June 3
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Other local events
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Grand City Water Ski Show! FREE! →
Ross Park, 82 Randall Rd, Norton Shores
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Yard sale →
1886 Belmont Dr, Norton Shores
10:00 am -
The White pARTy →
Earthwise, 1141 3rd St, Muskegon
4:00 pm -
Saturday School - Tentative
Mona Shores Middle School Muskegon, MI 49441
8:00 am -
Muskegon Pride Festival →
Hackley Park, 350 W Webster Ave, Muskegon
10:30 am -
MHM Free Community Days – Trucking →
Muskegon Heritage Museum of Business & Industry, 561 W Western Ave, Muskegon
11:00 am -
DDA Meeting
City of Roosevelt Park 900 Oak Ridge Rd, Muskegon, MI 49441
12:00 pm -
After School Choir Craigs Cruisers
Lincoln Park Elementary Craig's Cruisers - Muskegon, 1551 E Pontaluna Rd, Norton Shores\
4:50 pm
Thursday June 4
Friday June 5
Saturday June 6
Monday June 8
📣 Norton Shores Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Self-Esteem →
West Michigan Works!, 316 Morris Ave, Muskegon
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Lighthouse Story Time →
Muskegon South Pierhead Lighthouse, 1431 Beach St, Muskegon
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Food Truck Rally →
Muskegon Farmers Market, 242 W Western Ave, Muskegon
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80s & 90s Muskegon Music Trivia at Unruly Brewing →
Unruly Brewing Company, 360 W Western Ave First Floor, Muskegon
7:00 pm
Wednesday June 3
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- PFAS are a group of widely used and potentially harmful chemicals used in products that repel oil, water, stains and grease.
Reduce your exposure to PFAS when and wherever possible. Learn how at Michigan.gov/PFAS. (Nextdoor ) - SCRAP mini refrigerator for pickup
I have an old broken mini refrigerator. I want to get rid of it but not sure where I can take it. Too small for Consumers to pick it up. (Nextdoor Windflower Bay)
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-- The Patch AM Team
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