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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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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
Adrienne Brown-Reasner: A safe place for self
As part of Groundwork’s ongoing series of equity interviews, today for Pride Month, we hear from Adrienne Brown-Reasner, Up North Pride's newly hired first Executive Director, and also first full-time employee. Based in Traverse City, Up North Pride serves the LGBTQ+...
Jonny Cameron shares thoughts for Pride Day 2025
Above: Jonny Cameron. Photo by Michael Poehlman. As part of Groundwork’s ongoing series of equity interviews, today, on National Pride Day 2025, we hear from Jonny Cameron, an early organizer of Pride events in Traverse City and stalwart advocate for LGBTQ+ rights,...
Who’s Feeding Our Kids: From the garden
On the road that leads from the farm to the tray, we encounter many folks along the way who contribute to feeding our kids. Who’s Feeding Our Kids is a series in which we explore people and organizations within the food system who are working to feed our kids and...
