Groundwork Center Programs Help You
Create a better michigan!Together, let's build local-based solutions for environment, economy, and community.
Groundwork Center Programs Help You
Create a better michigan!Together, let's build local-based solutions for environment, economy, and community.
A BETTER WORLD IS POSSIBLE. We think you believe that too.
LET'S MAKE REAL CHANGE
We Understand
It is frustrating to want the best for our Michigan but not have the time, skill set, and team to make the change you see we need.
We Have Solutions
People like you have allowed Groundwork to design and implement local-based solutions that have tackled big problems and strengthened our environment, our economy, and our communities for 25 years.
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"We are so fortunate to have such a resourceful, competent, and impactful advocate for positive change in Northern Michigan."
— Skip Pruss, former director of the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth
BRINGING ABOUT LASTING CHANGE TOGETHER
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Our "Take Action Agreement"
1. Make A Donation
2. We CREATE AND IMPLEMENT INNOVATIVE AND EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS
3. TOGETHER WE build the Michigan we BOTH want to see
NEWS FROM
Our Better World
A Fresh Energy Future for the U.P. Join the Online Conference Nov. 9!
Groundwork is leading an initiative to bring U.P. residents, government leaders, businesses and other organizations to a virtual U.P. Clean Energy Conference series.
Milestones: Kelly Thayer Shares Memories and Takeaways From Bridge and Bypass Battles in TC and Petoskey!
In our 25th year, we’re celebrating milestone achievements from our legacy. Kelly Thayer talks about our earlier opposition campaigns to protect the rural character of our landscape.
Milestones: Diane Conners and a Remarkable Journey for Children’s Health
This is a story that expresses Groundwork’s 25-year legacy or vision, persistence, pragmatism, collaboration, nimbleness, and tenacity—as well as any story in our history.







