Almost every year since it was proposed in 1980, Hamtramck, Mich. has thrown a Labor Day Festival. This year marks the return of the festival after a one-year hiatus to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic. As the world reemerges from the pandemic, the residents of Hamtramck are ready to welcome back their friends and families […]
The Hamtramck Drug Free Community Coalition (HDFCC) is seeking donations for their annual Hamtramck Health Hike on May 29. The 5K starts at the Piast Institute on Joseph Campau and runs through the city, ending near the starting point.
The monetary donations cover the t-shirts that are given to participants while they are also […]
The Hamtramck Fire Department needs some new equipment and due to budget cuts and the ongoing pandemic, their usual, robust fundraising efforts have been stymied. In response, the department reached out to a few local businesses, including Sterling Services LTD., to assist with upgrades for some of the equipment they use in the field.
As the […]
The Royal Oak Chamber of Commerce (ROCC) has been awarding $1,000 scholarships to deserving high school seniors for many years. However, with the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging the world in 2020, fundraising for the 2021 senior class was unattainable with closed businesses and cancelled events.
Sterling Oil is a long-standing member of the ROCC and when […]
The Hamtramck Parks Conservancy (HPC) was formed in 2020 under the Hamtramck Recreation District Advisory Group. The HPC is tasked with revitalizing Veterans Park, Play Fair, and is responsible for the upkeep of the park’s operations. As the HPC gets off the ground, they searched an individual to join the HPC Board of Directors as […]
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to decimate the local economy in Michigan, many small business owners believe that the government is not doing enough to assist them. Although they offered the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) meant to help small businesses, the result initially was that many of them were left out of the original pool […]
In 2015, Sterling Oil was selected to be one of Detroit, Michigan’s Goldman Sachs 10K Small Businesses at Wayne State University. Goldman Sachs 10KSB is an opportunity for companies to work with experts in multiple aspects of business, helping them maximize their growth and potential. It also gave business owners the chance to network with […]
Sterling Services, LTD., is pleased to have been recertified as a member of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). It is their sixth year being a member and it is an important certification to have, not just for themselves, but for dealing with the county, state, and federal government. One of the many […]
Sterling Services remains committed to lowering their carbon footprint by using solar energy panels at their facility in Hamtramck, Mich. The company installed a 19.9-kilowatt solar array on the roof in 2011, which helps offset the total cost of their energy bill monthly.
In 2008, DTE Energy began offering a DTE Solar Currents program that businesses […]
Sterling Oil in a continued to effort to diversity their bulk liquid trucking business has recently partnered with RPM Logistics and Bulk FR8 to haul fertilizer loads from Michigan to areas across the Midwest.
For decades, Sterling has transported oils, fuels, and deicers for numerous Fortune 100 companies. However, because of the COVID-19 pandemic Sterling has […]
