Celebrating the one-year anniversary of the opening of our full-time Petoskey office!
Articles by Hans Voss
Support Groundwork in the New Year
Groundwork’s work is really about building environmental and economic resilience for the future. And that’s what really keeps me going: knowing that Groundwork is creating a better Michigan that my daughters and their generation can enjoy.
Amazon’s Second Headquarters: Why Not TC?
Traverse City can compete with any city on quality of life, and is well positioned to recruit companies that pay higher wages. But what size of new companies could we handle? Five thousand employees? A thousand? We’re a long way from consensus in this community on the answer.
Eye-opening Data Reveals Percentage of Struggling Families
Newly-released data from the United Way shows that nearly 40 percent of people in northwest Michigan struggle to meet a basic standard of living. United Way defines the working poor as living at or below a “household survival budget” of $19,872 for a single adult and $58,740 for a family of four.
Five Actions to Build a Stronger Community
Looking for things that you can do every day to impact and strengthen your community? Groundwork is capturing that sense of optimism by rolling up our sleeves and getting to work protecting the environment, strengthening the economy, and building resilient communities. We invite you to play a part.
Traverse City’s Bold Move Toward Renewable Energy
Traverse City commissioners unanimously passed a resolution to power Traverse City’s municipal operations via 100 percent renewable energy by 2020 and initiate a long-term plan to transition the entire city to be carbon neutral by 2050 -Â making Traverse City only the third community in Michigan to set such a bold objective.