ABOVE Russ Soyring retired a year ago from his 35-year career as Traverse City Planner. We walked with Russ around town and asked him to reflect on, among other things, the joy (and resilience value) of a good sidewalk. Photo by Jeff Smith. Russ Soyring guided the...
FREE! Stream Videos From Our Recent Michigan Climate & Clean Energy Summit
Above photo: One of 70 speakers at the Michigan Climate & Clean Energy Summit, Bryan Lewis, executive director of EcoWorks, shared thoughts on the panel session "Cities and Communities Leading on Climate." It seems that with each passing week we read of yet...
There’s something about a train …
As the pandemic ebbs and people around the planet resurrect their back-burnered travel plans, our transportation team at Groundwork is putting fresh energy into the Ann Arbor to Traverse City passenger rail project. For extra assistance, we invited college senior and...
Groundwork’s Office Is Available
Above photo: Enjoy a view out the beautifully arched, bay-facing windows on the top story of this restored office building. Located in the heart of downtown Traverse City, this 3rd-floor, 5,000-sq.-ft. office gives you access to one of the most acclaimed small town...
A marvelous teaching kitchen for culinary medicine! (…and we’re moving.)
It might sound too good to be true, but one of the most effective ways to improve your diet is simply to cook more at home with whole foods. The strategy is so unadorned, so not a part of the diet fad industry that “just cook at home” can seem easy to dismiss. But...
Be the Spark! Help Build a Solar Array at East Jordan’s School
ABOVE PHOTO: Watch the East Jordan student pitch video—remarkable! “When you are starting a project, setting a goal, the higher you reach, the more you are bound to fail along the way. And not everyone believes in what you are trying to do. And it does take drive and...