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...
Meet Nathan Medina, our new Lansing-based Policy Specialist!
Groundwork’s new Policy Specialist, Nathan Medina, has signed on to help make sure the healthy school-food program 10 Cents a Meal for Michigan's Kids & Farms keeps receiving essential funding from the state. As time goes on, we’ll no doubt be tapping his...
Meet Carolyn Ulstad, our new Transportation Program Manager
Some of Groundwork’s most important and iconic achievements during its first 25 years have come in the realm of transportation design and policy—aiming to stop sprawl, protect landscapes and keep towns livable. Our team was instrumental in halting the Boardman River...