Snyder finds much to praise with local food, transportation, and energy projects
Our Voices: Low-Income Families and Farming
The unemployment numbers in Northwestern Lower Michigan remain high. In December, the counties covered by the Grand Vision saw unemployment rates as high as 13 percent in Benzie and 12.5 percent in Wexford. But anyone who lives in our rural communities of Northern...
BATA Making Big Changes
Faster, direct lines target commuters
Progress Village Advocates for Poor in Northern Michigan
Maureen Robinson learned first-hand that there is a way out of poverty after getting involved in the Traverse Bay Poverty Reduction Initiative (PRI).
Our Voices: Ag Sector Alliance: Learning what Works
Bartlett Durand and Tim Metcalfe each believe there’s a better way for our food system. Mr. Durand is the managing member of a small-scale meat processor in the Madison, Wisconsin area called Black Earth Meats. His business sells locally purchased beef...
Windpower Study in Hand, Three Townships Consider Zoning
But an election leaves a fourth unable to regulate land use