Tag Archives: Michigan Boating Industries Association

The Recreational Boating Industries Educational Foundation (RBIEF) more than doubled the amount of funds distributed this year compared to years past, as qualified applicants express keen interest in careers in the marine industry. The Foundation awarded $18,500 in scholarship funds to 10 students.   The RBIEF scholarship fund was developed in 1986 by the Michigan Boating Industries Association (MBIA) with ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says more than $4 million in grant funding will be awarded to 23 communities throughout the state to boost recreational boating. The funding is made possible through the DNR Parks and Recreation Division’s waterways grant program, which began in 1949 with the goal of expanding the harbor system along the Great Lakes and boating ...

The Michigan Boating Industries Association (MBIA) has announced its 2020 recipients for the MBIA Hall of Fame, Ray L. Underwood Lifetime Achievement Award, and Lighthouse Awards. Pete Beauregard, Jr. of Colony Marine Sales and Service in St. Clair Shores and Pontiac, MI has been inducted into the Michigan Boating Industries Association Hall of Fame for the year 2020. Beauregard will be honored ...

The Michigan Boating Industries Association has announced the cancellation of the 63rd annual Detroit Boat Show, which was scheduled to run January 16 – 24, 2021, at The TCF Center, (formerly Cobo Center), in Detroit. A statement from Nicki Polan, Show Manager and Executive Director, was posted on the organization’s website. “In response to limiting the spread of the COVID-19 and many ...

The Michigan Boating Industries Association, along with environmental groups, boating associations, and property owners are urging boaters to raise their voice in opposition of the proposed Icebreaker wind power turbines in Lake Erie. Nicki Polan, executive director of MBIA says: “MBIA is not opposed to alternative sources of energy. But, regarding wind farms in our Great Lakes, we find far ...

The latest effort by the Michigan Boating Industries Association to bring about marine workforce and career path awareness includes the commissioning of a video visualizing the appealing setting in which many in the marine industry work – on the water. “Like many industries, we’re facing a severe shortage of workers in the marine industry,” said MBIA Executive Director Nicki Polan. ...

The Michigan Boating Industries Association Board appointed Patti Smith of Silver Spray Sports as chair of the MBIA Board of Directors and Andy MacLachlan of Jefferson Beach Yacht Sales as vice chair during its April Meeting. Jim Coburn of Coburn and Associates will remain the secretary/treasurer of the association. Smith, formerly vice chair, will fill the position of chair left ...

The Michigan Boating Industries Association awarded grants to members throughout Michigan who plan on promoting boating to their communities during Michigan Boating Week, June 9 through June 16. “Part of our mission as an Association is to promote boating, and our members play a critical role in doing so,” said MBIA Executive Director Nicki Polan. “We’re proud to help our ...

The Michigan Clean Marina Program has announced six Michigan marinas have been named as Certified Clean Marinas. They are: Grand Isle Marina – Grand Haven; Great Lakes Marina – Muskegon; South Haven Northside Marina – South Haven; South Haven Black River Park – South Haven; South Haven Southside Marina – South Haven; and Onekama Marine, Inc. – Onekama. These marinas ...

The Detroit Boat Show opened to an excited crowd of show-goers following a ribbon cutting celebrating the 60th anniversary of the event. The show, covering nearly 500,000 square feet of space at Cobo Center, is the largest show in years and one of the largest Detroit Boat Shows to date. “Exhibitors are reporting increased sales activity, with more leads gained ...