What major metropolitan area in Southeast Michigan, consisting of the city of Detroit and its surrounding area is the headquarters of a publisher of popular reference works?
Metro Detroit
Metro Detroit
The Detroit metropolitan area, often referred to as Metro Detroit, is a major metropolitan area in Southeast Michigan, consisting of the city of Detroit and its surrounding area.
 There are several definitions of the area, including the official statistical areas designated by the Office of Management and Budget, a federal agency of the United States.
 Metro Detroit is known for its automotive heritage, arts, entertainment, popular music, and sports.
 The area includes a variety of natural landscapes, , and beaches, with a recreational coastline linking the Great Lakes.
 It is one of the nation's largest metropolitan economies, with seventeen Fortune 500 companies.
Visible Ink Press
Visible Ink Press is a publisher of popular reference works.
 Its headquarters are in Canton Charter Township, Michigan in Metro Detroit.
 It was formed in 1989.
 The Handy Answer Book Series is published by Visible Ink, as were the MusicHound Essential Album Guides.
1997 Southeast Michigan tornado outbreak
The Southeast Michigan Tornado Outbreak occurred on July 2, 1997, in the built-up area of Detroit, Michigan.
 There were 13 tornadoes in total, 3 dragged through neighborhoods and downtown, hitting northern Detroit between I-96 and Eight Mile Road, Hamtramck and Highland Park.
 The storms killed 7, caused local flooding, and destroyed houses.
 5 of the fatalities were recorded in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, due to straight-line winds of up to 100 mph that blew a gazebo full of people into Lake St. Clair.
 One tornado formed east of the Detroit River, in Essex County, Ontario, near Windsor, Ontario and caused damage in Windsor and Essex County.
 The strongest tornado was listed as an F3. Dammam metropolitan area
The Dammam metropolitan area, or Greater Dammam, is the metropolitan area associated with the city of Dammam and its suburbs.
 It is closely linked to the city through social, economic, and cultural ties.
 The largest metropolitan area in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, it is formed by three main neighboring cities: Dammam, Dhahran, and Khobar, sometimes referred to as the "Triplet Cities".
 It has an estimated population of 4,140,000 as of 2012.
 Greater Dammam also includes many other smaller cities such as: Al Qatif, Safwa and Ras Tanura.
 As a major metropolitan area, it is known for its fishing and pearl diving heritage, oil industry, arts, entertainment, popular music and sports legacies.
 The area includes a variety of natural landscapes, parks, and beaches with a recreational coastline to the Persian Gulf. Paul Fargis
Paul McKenna Fargis (born 1939) is an American publisher, editor and author.
 In 1978, he founded The Stonesong Press, Inc., a company that developed book projects from the initial concept through final manuscript, printer-ready materials or printed and bound books delivered to a participating publisher.
 Stonesong was the first company to cooperatively develop major popular reference books with well-known institutions and brand names, including Harvard University Medical School, The Library of Congress, The American Pharmaceutical Association, Lands End, ESPN, The American Film Institute, National Geographic and others.
 Several of the Stonesong reference titles won Notable Book Awards and Best Reference recognition from the American Library Association and others.
 Mr. Fargis edited and produced more than a dozen reference works with The New York Public Library, the best known being four editions of The New York Public Library Desk Reference. Detroit Region Aerotropolis
The Detroit Region Aerotropolis (also referred to as the DRA, Detroit Aerotropolis or Michigan Aerotropolis) is a seven community, two county public-private economic development partnership focused on driving corporate expansion and new investments around Detroit Metropolitan Airport and Willow Run Airport in Southeast Michigan.
 The Detroit Region Aerotropolis promotes greenfield expansion in Southeast Michigan, offering development-ready land centered in an expansive network of transportation infrastructure including two airports, three major interstates, and five Class-A rail lines. Higher Ground (support group)
Higher Ground is a 501(c)3 non-profit based in Royal Oak, Michigan providing a support group for people living with HIV/AIDS in Metro Detroit and Southeast Michigan.
 The organization was founded by 2002 by Rick Henning, who received a "Spirit of Detroit Award" from the Detroit City Council in 2007, in part for his work on Higher Ground. Milwaukee metropolitan area
The Milwaukee metropolitan area (also known as Metro Milwaukee or Greater Milwaukee) is a major metropolitan area located in Southeastern Wisconsin, consisting of the city of Milwaukee and the surrounding area.
 There are several definitions of the area, including the Milwaukee–Waukesha–West Allis metropolitan area and the Milwaukee–Racine–Waukesha combined statistical area.
 It is the largest metropolitan area in Wisconsin, and the 39th largest metropolitan area in the United States. Richard T. Cole
A counselor and advisor specializing in organizational-public relationships, Richard Thomas Cole Ph.D. (born 1948) retired (in January 2014) as full professor and immediate past chairperson of the Department of Advertising and Public Relations at Michigan State University.
 Cole serves on the advisory board for Huntington National Bank Inc. in Southeast Michigan.
 The former Press Secretary and Chief of Staff to Michigan Governor James J. Blanchard, and Majority Executive Secretary in the Michigan State Senate, Cole rejoined the MSU faculty in 2006 after an absence of 15 years during which time he served as an officer on two major Michigan-based health care corporations -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan (under CEO Richard Whitmer) as Senior Vice President and at Detroit Medical Center (DMC).
 At DMC, Cole served as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer under then CEO, now Detroit mayor, Michael Duggan.
 Cole was recently commissioned by Sage's Encyclopedia of Health Communication (2014) to write the section on "Abuse: Child and Spousal." Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments
TMACOG is the Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments, a voluntary organization of dues-paying members.
 TMACOG members include governmental and non-governmental organizations in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan: cities, counties, villages, and townships, as well as schools and colleges, park districts, businesses, and other groups concerned with quality of life in the region.
 TMACOG is BOTH a Regional Council and a Metropolitan Planning Organization.