About Us

Across the Great Lakes Bay Region, people are banding together to bring a positive change to the communities in which they live. The 360 Main Street Project is a grassroots effort to bring recognition to these progressive folks and their accomplishments, and to do so in a way that encourages the involvement of all. Our name, 360 Main Street, is metaphor for our mission, which is to present our visitors with a revolutionary, 360 degree view of the streets on which we live.

That's it in a nutshell, but we'll be updating this section soon, so stay in touch!

Our Staff

Brad A. Osmond, Founder, Publisher

Founder of 360 Main Street, Brad Osmond was born and raised in Saginaw, Michigan. Living life as an elusive web designer and software developer, he's occasionally sighted in the wild, eating cheese and contemplating ten ways to make a better mousetrap. You can find some of his latest web design works at straymedia.com.

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Jeanne Lesinski, Editor

Writer, editor, and translator Jeanne Lesinski holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in French from DePauw University. Over the years she has published four books, including Bill Gates (Lerner, 2007) and MIAs (ABC-CLIO, 1998), as well as hundreds of articles for magazines and reference books. Recently her poems, essays, and reviews have appeared in the anthology Poem, Revised (Marion Street, 2008), such journals as The Tarwolf Review, Drash, Pennsylvania English and The Binnacle, and various websites.

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Gina Myers, Associate Editor, Senior Writer

Gina Myers was born and raised in Saginaw. She completed her M.F.A. in creative writing at the New School, and is the author of A Model Year, a book of poems (Coconut Books, 2009). She is the Reviews Editor at H_NGM_N (h-ngm-n.com), runs Lame House Press (an independent press that specializes in hand-bound limited edition poetry chapbooks), and regularly contributes features, reviews, and articles to a variety of publications.

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Julie Lake, Director of Videography

Julie Lake earned her Associates of Applied Science in Broadcasting from Delta College, where she wrote many news and entertainment articles for the award winning Delta Collegiate. After graduation, she worked on the production crew and as tape editor for TV-5. Her current endeavors include the paintography series "Because I was here…and here" featuring clocks.

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Jeremy Benson, Senior Writer

Jeremy Benson writes stories, tells lies, and frequently invents objects that already exist. He romanticizes libraries and hand tools. He'd like to be a freelance radio producer but is too busy reading Czech literature, co-editing the Avalanche http://www.swsalps.com and offering woodworkers advice that may or may not be accurate. Mostly his time is spent as an attention-deficient hobbyist and traveler, planning his next frivolous project.

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Sean Gallagher

Educator andartist, Sean Gallagher earned his B.A. in Art and History Education from Saginaw Valley State University and his MA in Humanities from Central Michigan University. He has been employed as a high school art teacher by the Unionville/Sebewaing Area School District since 1998 and, on occasion, has also served as an adjunct staff member for SVSU’s art department. When not teaching, he can often be found wandering the streets of the Tri-Cities with his camera and tripod in pursuit of what Henri Cartier-Bresson called "The Decisive Moment". You can view his work at www.seangallagherartist.com.

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