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10 Cents a Meal
- $9.3 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR 10 CENTS A MEAL FARM-TO-SCHOOL GRANTS: APPLICATION NOW OPEN FOR 2022-23 PROGRAM YEAR
- $9.3 Million for 10 Cents! Tell Your Candidates to Keep It Going!
- ‘Farm to Early Care and Education’ … What Is It?
- 10 Cents a Meal Expands, and So Does Business
- 10 Cents a Meal Fund Application Open!
- 10 CENTS A MEAL FUNDING OF $9.3 MILLION SECURED FOR FY ‘23
- 10 Cents a Meal Goes Statewide!
- 10 Cents a Meal Report Now Released
- 10 Cents a Meal vetoed. Can it be restored?
- 10 Cents a Meal was vetoed from the state budget. Here’s how it can be restored.
- 800 Signatures for 10 Cents a Meal Letter!
- A Farmer Sells to a Nearby School — and a Transformation Begins
- A Shared Mission Is a Powerful Thing
- Ag Forum: Farm-to-school meal plan expands
- Agriculture Forum: 10 Cents a Meal Grantees Expand
- Budget Surplus Gives Michigan an Opportunity to Invest in a Brighter Future
- Celebrating Farm to School Month in Michigan
- Changing School Food Choices Through Policy Reform
- Contemplations on Peanut Butter & Jelly
- Delicious School Food Is Possible—and Essential!
- Educate Your Candidates About 10 Cents a Meal Now!
- Expanding 10 Cents a Meal’s Reach to Child Care Providers
- Extraordinary News! 10 Cents Funded for FY19-20
- Governor Approves Ten Cents Funding!
- Groundwork Action Alert: Expand Local Food In Schools
- Growing Food for Detroit’s Students: A Spotlight on Drew Farm
- How free and reduced-price school meals and 10 Cents a Meal work together to feed Michigan’s children
- It Began With One School, One Farmer One Vegetable …
- LEGISLATIVE ALERT! Help Make 10 Cents a Meal Available Statewide. Contact Your Legislators This Week!
- Legislators express support for 10 Cents a Meal
- Legislators No Longer Debating Whether to Expand 10 Cents-Now, It’s How Much
- LET CANDIDATES KNOW ABOUT 10 CENTS A MEAL
- Let’s Fund 10 Cents a Meal to Keep Kids Fed and Farms in Business Thru the Pandemic
- Lettuce Work Together: Artesian Farm and New Buffalo Area Schools’ Spirited Partnership
- Local food in winter. This school figured it out.
- Local Food Leadership at East Jordan Public Schools
- Meet Nathan Medina, our new Lansing-based Policy Specialist!
- Michigan Department of Education Announces 2021–22 10 Cents a Meal Grantees
- Michigan High-Schoolers Call for Change in National School Food Policy—Their Muffin Recipe Call to Action: Bean Equity
- Michigan Legislature Doubles Funding for 10 Cents a Meal
- Michigan’s school kids need farm-fresh food
- Milestones: Diane Conners and a Remarkable Journey for Children’s Health
- Now Is not the Time to Reduce Fed Support for Healthy School Lunches
- Now’s the time to weigh in on 10 Cents
- OKEMOS’S BLUE MITTEN FARMS JUMPS INTO CAPITAL REGION’S FARM TO SCHOOL MARKET
- Petoskey Schools Ramp Up Purchases From Local Farms!
- Pilot program: 5 schools in Char-Em get funds for staff focused on local food
- Progress from our work in 16 west Michigan counties
- School Food Services Face Force of Nature
- State Funds for Healthy, Locally Grown Food in Your Child’s School (apply by 8/23!)
- Support for 10 Cents a Meal transcends ideological and geographic differences
- Systems Change and the 10 Cents a Meal Program
- Ten Cents a Meal Budget Approved at $5 Million—a Big Win for School Kids and Family Farms
- Who’s feeding our kids: The Farmer’s Perspective
- With 10 Cents on the Verge of $9.3 Million Funding, We Take a Look at this Amazing Journey
100% Communities
- ‘The Old Kmart’ to Become Shining Example of Solar Power
- Climate Provisions of Farm Bill Need Defending
- Conservatives Who Lead on Clean Energy Build-Out
- De-Escalating the Conversation Around Siting Renewable Energy
- EPA Supreme Court Ruling Could Be Key Moment in Climate Fight
- FREE! Stream Videos From Our Recent Michigan Climate & Clean Energy Summit
- Opinion: Michigan is turning the corner on clean energy
- Petoskey Student Wins Iconic Michigan Environmental Award—Youngest Ever
- POWER UP: Help Your Electric Co-Op Embrace Clean Energy
- Reflections from COP26
- Soot. Boring word. Deadly thing.
- The IRA Is Big, But Not Big Enough. Let’s Fix That!
- These Communities Aren’t Waiting to Create a Better Energy Future
- Tiny rural school district Pellston out front on clean energy transition
- Women Key to Advancing Climate Change Solutions
Access MI Solar
- ‘The Old Kmart’ to Become Shining Example of Solar Power
- ‘Who’s going to pay for that?’ It’s the wrong question for climate change action.
- Access MI Solar — Sign up and save on your solar system
- AG Nessel Tours Solar Site, Talks With Business Leaders and Climate Advocates
- Climate Provisions of Farm Bill Need Defending
- Conservatives Who Lead on Clean Energy Build-Out
- De-Escalating the Conversation Around Siting Renewable Energy
- Group Buy Solar Discounts for Homes and Small Businesses
- Making Room for Solar Pays Off
- Summer reflections on the MI Environmental Justice Conference
- Thank you for staying in the ring to fight Line 5
- Why we need to site a lot of clean energy infrastructure in Michigan … and how you can help
Building Resilient Communities
- 26 Projects, 10 Counties, 1 Remarkable Program
- A Mobile Kitchen (… and a blossoming of farm to school possibilities)
- A new stove and beautiful garden bring powerful change for the kids
- Agriculture Forum: Thankful for Farm2Neighbor
- Boosting Local Food Momentum, One $2,000 Grant at a Time
- From Seed to Salad, Let’s Get Growing
- Groundwork Helps Kalkaska Kids Reconnect to and Grow Their Own Food
- Local food investment grants — select areas statewide
- Stars and Stripes learning station
- Strategic micro-grants increase health and expand the local food economy
- Summer reflections on the MI Environmental Justice Conference
- The power of investing a small amount in just the right place
- Yes, Actually, a Crockpot Can Be a Tool in Addiction Recovery
Clean Energy
- ‘How are you going to show up for people who are tired of fighting?’
- ‘TC Saves’ Warms Homes, Cuts Energy Bills
- ‘The Old Kmart’ to Become Shining Example of Solar Power
- ‘Who’s going to pay for that?’ It’s the wrong question for climate change action.
- 100% Clean Energy Towns: The Northern Michigan Update
- A Closer Look at Our 20-20 Vision
- A Fresh Energy Future for the U.P. Join the Online Conference Nov. 9!
- A Letter to Governor Rick Snyder
- A Look Back at 22 Years of Groundwork Service
- A Shared Mission Is a Powerful Thing
- A Thousand No’s on Forest Sale
- A U.P. Sulfide Mining Rush?
- Access MI Solar — Sign up and save on your solar system
- Advocates: Snyder Renewables Report Correct, Conservative
- AG Nessel Tours Solar Site, Talks With Business Leaders and Climate Advocates
- All of America is for all Americans
- Almost a Jailbird
- Analysis of Holland Energy Plan Favors Gas over Coal
- Anatomy of Petoskey’s 100% Clean Energy Vote
- Andy Levin: ‘Lean & Green’ Can Help Efficiency, Clean Energy Soar
- Announcing Executive Director Recruitment Search
- Announcing Release of 2023 Annual Report
- Answers to Your Questions From the Tunnel Vision Event
- As 700+ Turbines Spin, Michigan Wind Forum Mulls Next Steps
- As Coal Plant Teeters, Groups Mount Legal Attack
- As Coal Power Fades, Consumers Eyes Big, New Gas Plant
- As Sun Sets on Solar Work Group, State to Suggest Next Steps
- Be the Spark! Help Build a Solar Array at East Jordan’s School
- Benzie Makes Room for Wind
- BetterBuildings Michigan: Selling Efficiency, Door-to-Door
- Big Crowds, Strong Support for Clean Energy at Snyder Forums
- Budget Surplus Gives Michigan an Opportunity to Invest in a Brighter Future
- Can Grand Traverse County Set the PACE?
- Charlie Weaver Angling for GLE Board
- Cheryl Hutchinson Talks Personal Mission, Corporate Mission, and Groundwork
- Clean Energy Advocate Running For Co-op Board
- Clean energy advocates celebrate opening of Traverse City solar array
- Clean Energy Innovators: Jim MacInnes
- Clean Energy Innovators: Mary Van Valin
- Climate Provisions of Farm Bill Need Defending
- Coal Plant Killed, What’s Next for Rogers City?
- Comment on Synder’s Renewable Energy Report
- Conservatives Who Lead on Clean Energy Build-Out
- Consultant, Holland Staff Pick a Bold Energy Strategy
- Consumers Energy CEO Visit Marks a Clean-Energy Tipping Point
- Copenhagen Closeups: ‘Youngos’ Wear Orange
- Copenhagen Closeups: 1,000’s Excluded from ‘Bella of the Beast’
- Copenhagen Closeups: 100,000 take to the Streets
- Copenhagen Closeups: An Interview with Bill McKibben
- Copenhagen Closeups: As Dust Settles, Now What?
- Copenhagen Closeups: Looking to Cities for Salvation
- Copenhagen Closeups: Obama Speech Disappoints Many
- Copenhagen Closeups: On Our Way to Copenhagen
- Copenhagen Closeups: The Crowd Grows, Hope Dims, A Nation Fights for Life
- Copenhagen Closeups: They Want Us to Lead
- Copenhagen Closeups: Tiny Islands Stand Up to Big Powers
- Copenhagen Closeups: What You Can Do Today
- Court Snubs Wind Foe’s Claims, Sparking Push to Revise Zoning
- Creating a Community Climate Action Plan
- Crowdfunding Could Brighten Michigan’s Clouded Solar Future
- De-Escalating the Conversation Around Siting Renewable Energy
- Decoupling for Fun and Profit
- Do Wind Turbines Turn Off Tourists?
- DTE and Consumers: Time to Let the Sun Shine In
- DTE, Consumers Weigh In on Expanding Rooftop Solar
- Duke Refocusing Windpower Efforts on Joyfield, Pleasanton Townships
- Easy Loan Brings Clean Energy to Prominent Southfield Building
- Efficiency Work Keeps Contractors Busy
- Electric Co-op Board Members Matter. Meet Nicola Philpott, Clean Energy Candidate for Cherryland Electric.
- Embracing the Eclipse, Harvesting the Power of the Sun
- Enbridge’s Straits Pipeline Forum: More Questions than Answers
- Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline is now trespassing on Great Lakes bottomlands
- Energy Efficiency Pioneers: Who’s Leading the Charge?
- Energy Freedom’ Bills: Time to Unlock Homemade Power in Michigan
- Entrepreneurs Flock to Consumers’ Solar Lottery
- Environmental Groups Sound Alarm on Cuts to Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
- EPA Supreme Court Ruling Could Be Key Moment in Climate Fight
- EQUITY SERIES: On Pride Day, Anna Dituri of Up North Pride Reflects
- Event (5/19): Become a Citizen Climate Advocate
- Expanding program measures energy efficiency of homes
- Exploring the Promise of a Local Clean Energy Future
- Farewell, from Hans Voss
- For Biomass, Get It in Writing
- For What It’s Worth: Former Utility Exec Talks Value of Solar
- For What It’s Worth: Former Utility Exec Talks Value of Solar
- Forum Features ‘Shines’ Solar Program
- FREE! Stream Videos From Our Recent Michigan Climate & Clean Energy Summit
- From Darkness to Light: Traverse City Leads on Renewable Energy
- From Paris, to DC and Lansing, to Hope
- From TC to DC: Group Joins National Push for Carbon Tax
- Glenn Puit: Benzie Puts a Finger in the Wind
- Going Local’s Good for Utilities, Too
- Got Questions? Wind Initiative Now Has Answers
- Gov. Milliken: Proposal 3 deserves to be in Michigan Constitution
- Gov. Snyder’s Missed Opportunity
- Gov. Snyder’s State of the State Viewing and Letter
- Grand Traverse County adopts PACE resolution
- Grand Traverse PACE Could Boost Made-in-TC Classroom Heater
- Great Lakes Business Network requests equal opportunity in MI legislature to address Line 5 concerns
- Great Lakes Champ: Offshore Wind Can Work for Michigan
- Green Elk Rapids Days
- Green Team Pushes Traverse City Toward 100% Renewable Energy Goal
- Groundwork in this moment
- Groundwork Shines: Solar Power Heads North
- Groundwork to State Senate Energy Committee: Kill SB 437 and SB 438
- Groundwork’s solar campaign aims to make local communities shine
- Groundwork’s Xavier Verna shares thoughts for National Hispanic Heritage Month
- Group Buy Solar Discounts for Homes and Small Businesses
- Group offers new solar opportunity for homeowners
- Groups Ramp Up Campaign to Raise Awareness of Pipeline Risk in Great Lakes
- Guest View: About the Citizens’ Climate Lobby
- Guest View: Clean-Energy Shift Is Sharp, Global, and Gaining Speed
- Guest View: Looking forward, and backward, on energy policy
- Guest View: Michigan’s energy efficiency policy works
- Guest View: Shared Heat Can Warm MI’s Energy Policy
- Guest View: Wind Works in Michigan
- GW co-hosts federal U.P. Listening Session
- Hans Voss: Choosing TCL&P’s New Director Is a Big Deal
- Harnessing Power of the Sun, with Stunning View of the Glen Lakes
- He’s Leading Michigan Conservatives in the Clean Energy Transformation
- Hello Spring, Hello Solar Energy
- High School Senior Helps More Than 50 People Attend NYC Climate March
- Historic Line 5 Oil Tunnel Permitting Case Reaches Milestone Moment
- Holland Council Weighs Pioneering Energy Strategy
- Holland Energy Plan Scores Its First Big Win
- Holland OKs Energy Work Groups, but Not Full Plan
- Holland OKs Gas Plant, Turns To Efficiency Projects
- Holland Set to Choose from Bold Efficiency ‘Scenarios’
- Holland Working on Community Energy Plan
- Holland’s Bright Energy Plan Starts to Roll
- Holland’s Dan Nally: Building a Power Plant Like No Other
- Honoring Juneteenth National Independence Day With Chris Stone
- Horses, Buggies, and SB438: Senate bill would kill state’s clean energy leadership potential
- How Grand Rapids’ Mayor Brought Sustainability to Town
- How Heartwell Administration Moved Grand Rapids to Sustainability
- How Utilities Can Help Lower-Income Homeowners Afford the Transition to High-Efficiency, All-Electric Homes
- In Search of Energy Efficiency Financing–For Everyone
- In Washington and Statewide, Michiganders March for Climate Action
- Introducing intern Rebecca Fisher
- Introducing our new Executive Director, Elizabeth Palchak!
- Introduction: The Power of Energy Efficiency
- Jim Dulzo Reflects on 14 Years at Groundwork
- Jim MacInnes, Northern Michigan’s Renewable Energy Resort CEO
- Join us and rally to protect the Great Lakes
- Keep Politics Out of Traverse City’s Clean Energy Future
- Lansing Turns Toward Clean Energy Debate
- Learn the Business of Community Wind
- Lemon Parsley Lentil Soup
- Lessons to be Gleaned from Expert ‘Alternative Report’ to Line 5
- Letter to Lansing on SB438: Let Energy Innovators Lead
- Letter to the editor writing party! Stop Line 5.
- Letters Reflect Local Fears of Windpower Development
- Line 5 at Workshop Brewing TC, January 25, 2024, Learn, Take Action!
- Listen to Farmers When Building Renewable Energy Infrastructure
- Little Effect on Power Prices in States with Big Renewables Goals
- Little reassurance at symposium on Straits pipeline
- Mackinac Oil Pipeline Rally Marks TC350’s Revival
- Mackinac Pipeline Rally Will Raise Energy, Climate Issues
- Making Room for Solar Pays Off
- Mandates Drive Efficiency Industry
- Marty Lagina: Earth, Wind, and Wine
- Mary Brower: More Renewables, Efficiency for Great Lakes Energy
- McKibben Connects Straits Pipeline to Global Climate Fight
- Meet Harvest Solar, the Providing Sponsor for 2019 Harvest at the Commons
- Meet Nicholas Jansen, Groundwork Rural Clean Energy Organizer
- Michigan Energy Fair: Still Hot after All These Years
- Michigan energy legislation takes promising first step
- Michigan’s Fork-in-the-Road Climate Moment
- Mike Hayes: GLE Co-op Must Heed Calls for More Clean Energy
- Milestones: When Coal Was (Almost) King
- MLUI joins groups to urge action on pipeline
- MLUI Newsletter – Fall 2012
- MLUI Releases Energy Efficiency Report
- MLUI Report: The Power of Energy Efficiency
- MLUI takes third place in national fundraising challenge
- MLUI takes third place in national fundraising challenge
- MLUI Welcomes New Members to Board and Advisory Council
- Mobility in Michigan: the Future is Now
- Mobilizing Clean Energy in Michigan
- Momentum builds for a regional energy plan
- More Green Roofs for Michigan?
- Moving Beyond Coal, from Kentucky to Michigan
- MPSC Releases Draft Report on Solar Working Group
- N. Mich. Wind Study Asks, ‘What Do We Want?’
- National Rooftop Solar Foe to Address Work Group
- New wind energy contracts great for region
- News Analysis: Will Snyder Match Granholm in Clean-Energy Jobs?
- NMEAC Holds Environmentalist of the Year Awards
- No Consensus on Pay Rates for Rooftop Solar Electricity
- No matter your politics, clean energy is a winner for Michigan
- Northern Michigan activists march in historic NYC rally
- Northern Michigan Climate Activists Headed to NY for Historic Rally
- Norway Firm’s Local Factory Highlights Prop. 3’s Potential
- Novi Solar Developer Joins Feds’ Race to the Rooftops
- NYC’s Bounce Back from Hurricane Sandy Offers Lesson to Michigan
- Obama tackles climate change in impressive address
- On the Eve of Trump, Contemplating the Environmental Progress We’ve Made
- One Barn, Three Utilities and Geothermal Success
- One Windmill, 3,400 Solar Panels, and Traverse City’s Clean Energy Goal
- Op-Ed: Clean energy vital for lakes
- Opinion: Michigan is turning the corner on clean energy
- Our Voices: 2011: A Great Year For MLUI
- Our Voices: Report: Countywide Efficiency Would Lift Local Economy
- Our Voices: TCL&P’s “Power of Art”: Calling all Videographers!
- Our Voices: Your Crucial Role
- Patti Poppe, CEO Consumers Energy, Says Renewable Tech and Jobs Are Surging. Coal Done.
- Permit Is Renewed, but Rogers City Coal Plant Still Stalled
- Peter Boogaart: On-bill financing key to Holland’s home retrofits
- Peter Garforth: The Full Video
- Petoskey Student Wins Iconic Michigan Environmental Award—Youngest Ever
- Phony Energy ‘Markets’ Need Mandates from Lansing
- Plan to relocate oil tunnel ‘unusual and especially risky.’ Here’s why.
- Please, Help Us Save the Wild U.P., Now!
- Plugged In: No Time to Wait on Renewables
- Plugged In: Opportunity Knocks in Snyder’s Energy Message
- Plugged In: Prop 3 Could Boost Community Renewables Projects
- Plugged In: Prop. 3 and the True Meaning of ‘Skyrocket’
- Plugged In: The Great Wind Hoax
- Plugged In: With Prop. 3, Who Really CARES for Michigan?
- POWER UP: Help Your Electric Co-Op Embrace Clean Energy
- Powerful Connections! Michigan Clean Energy Leaders Project
- Press Release: Army Corps’ Review of Line 5 Must Be Broadened
- Prop 3’s Lessons-and MLUI’s Next Steps
- Public-Private Partnerships Power Business Efficiency
- Pushing back! Recap of rally for climate.
- Reflections from COP26
- Rep. Betsy Coffia Talks Priorities With Groundwork
- Rep. Nesbitt: Save, Don’t Sink, MI’s Clean Energy Progress!
- Ric Evans, Efficiency Pro, Seeks Reelection to GLE Board
- Rich Vander Veen’s Recipe for Windpower Success
- Roger City’s Coal Ash Dump Hearing
- Rogers City Coal: Malfeasance?
- Rogers City: Goodbye to Coal, Hello to Opportunity?
- Saving Energy & Creating Jobs
- Say ‘Yah’ to da U.P.’s Sunshine, eh?
- Saying Good-Bye as GLBN Staff … and Hello as GLBN Member
- Schuette Should Turn Tough Talk on Line 5 Into Real Action
- Senators’ Clean Energy Summer School Lesson No. 5: Sunshine Is Bipartisan
- Senators’ Clean Energy Summer School: Class No. 1
- Senators’ Clean Energy Summer School: Lesson No. 2
- Senators’ Clean Energy Summer School: Lesson No. 3
- Senators’ Clean Energy Summer School: Lesson No. 4
- Senators’ Clean Energy Summer School: Lesson No. 6
- Senators’ Energy Summer School FINAL EXAM!
- Sherwood Smith Talks Importance of Community
- Shines Effort Exposes Solar Threats, Opportunities
- Skip Pruss Makes the Economic Case for Clean Energy
- Snyder Efficiency Report: There’s Room for More
- Snyder Lauds ‘TC Saves’ Success
- Snyder needs help pushing energy goals
- Snyder’s New Energy Czar Taking the Long View
- Solar Celebration Day, 4/27. Tour and Presentation!
- Solar Installers Sound Off on DTE, Consumers Programs
- Solar on Schools Showcase Free Webinar 6/20/2024
- Solar outlook is brighter than ever
- Solar Owners Rate Michigan’s Net Metering, Utility Pilots
- Soot. Boring word. Deadly thing.
- Sovereignty, treaties and the dark legacy of oil’s impact on Indigenous people
- Speaking of Resilience: Ann Arbor’s Nation-Leading Plan for Net Zero Carbon
- Special Report: Putting Solar Power to Work in Michigan
- Stanford’s Jacobson: How to Get 100% Clean Energy by 2050
- State Gives Nod to Sulfide Mine
- State Senate energy bills threaten many, starting with solar workers
- State, Top Utilities, Energy Groups Eye Next Steps for Solar
- State, Top Utilities, Energy Groups Eye Next Steps for Solar
- State, Top Utilities, Energy Groups Eye Next Steps for Solar
- Straits Pipeline Critics Ready Their Clipboards for Big Bridge Walk
- Stream Line 5 Panel Discussion ‘Tunnel Vision’ Recording
- Successfully Siting Renewable Energy in Michigan: a Conversation With Dr. Sarah Mills
- Sugar Loaf to Become Solar Energy Park
- Summer reflections on the MI Environmental Justice Conference
- Sun Is Shining on Michigan’s Solar Industry
- Supreme Court’s decision puts America’s health and safety at risk
- Sustainable Ways, Resilient Outcomes, Thriving Tomorrows
- TC2DC for the Forward on Climate Rally!
- TCL&P and the Invasion of the Negawatts
- TCL&P and the Three-Dollar Car
- TCL&P’s Good First Step
- TCLP’s Green Rate: Easiest Way Ever to Go 100% Clean Energy at Your Home or Business
- TCSaves homeowners cheer cozier homes, lower heating bills
- TCSaves Renewal Reflects Efficiency’s Local, Statewide Success
- Testimony: Reflecting on National Disability Independence Day
- Thank you for staying in the ring to fight Line 5
- The Back-to-the-Future Technology of Ludington’s Pumped Storage Electricity Plant
- The Big U.P. Deal
- The IRA Is Big, But Not Big Enough. Let’s Fix That!
- These Communities Aren’t Waiting to Create a Better Energy Future
- This is what democracy looks like
- Time for Lansing to Catch, Not Ignore, the New-Tech Energy Wave
- Time to rattle some cages in Lansing
- Tiny rural school district Pellston out front on clean energy transition
- Tips for Commenting on Snyder’s Renewables Report
- To Be a Star, Hire an Energy Czar
- Tom Karas: Dreams So Real
- Tom Karas: Wowed by Benzie’s Wind Week
- Traverse City Can Be A Leader
- Traverse City Commits to 100 Percent Clean Energy by 2040
- Traverse City Solar Conference Aims to Boost Michigan Jobs
- Traverse City’s Bold Move Toward Renewable Energy
- Tribe seeks emergency shutdown of Line 5
- Truly Clean and Green
- Trust, Teamwork Keys to Gratiot’s Windpower Success
- Tunnel Vision: A masterclass in rejecting the Line 5 oil tunnel
- Unlock clean energy savings: Discover REAP grant opportunities for rural businesses
- Urban Farmer and Policy Specialist Shares Thoughts on the MI Healthy Climate Conference
- Utilities, State Plug Fast Car-Charger Incentives
- Video: 7 Michigan Candidates for Governor Talk Clean Energy Economy and Line 5
- Warming to Clean Energy in Northern Michigan
- We Must Shrink—Not Expand—Oil Infrastructure Like Line 5
- What’s Ahead for DTE Electric’s Clean Energy Programs? President Lauer Discusses.
- Where 8 Michigan Gubernatorial Candidates Stand on Line 5 Oil Pipeline and Clean Energy
- Where we go from here … what this moment means for our work
- Why we need the 25 x 25 renewable energy plan
- Why we need to site a lot of clean energy infrastructure in Michigan … and how you can help
- Why Would Consumers Freeze Its Hot Solar Program?
- Will Coal’s Business Crisis Sink Rogers City Plant?
- Will Republican State Reps Renew Attack on Efficiency Mandate?
- Will Voters Boost Michigan Jobs with More Michigan Energy?
- Windpower Study in Hand, Three Townships Consider Zoning
- Women Key to Advancing Climate Change Solutions
- Work Group, Meet ‘Value of Solar’
- Working for Environmental Justice in Oakland County, Michigan
- Wyandotte’s utility ready to roar past Prop. 3’s renewables goal
- You’re invited!
- Young people can be a force in deciding election outcome in Michigan
Corporate Sponsorship
Culinary Medicine
- Groundwork to Help Build Resilient Local Food Distribution Networks and Market Opportunities in 16 West Michigan Counties
- A Blue Zones–inspired cooking series
- A marvelous teaching kitchen for culinary medicine! (…and we’re moving.)
- Agriculture Forum: Thankful for Farm2Neighbor
- Blue Zone–inspired cooking classes!
- Celebrating 10 years of Farms, Food & Health Programs
- Combatting Farm Stress
- Connecting local food to our regional healthcare providers is the goal for Groundwork’s Farms, Food & Health program
- Dinner With Your Doctor
- How every Michigan food pantry can partner with local farmers
- Michigan’s school kids need farm-fresh food
- New Flavors, New Worlds
- Nourishing Our Relationships with Minds, Bodies, and Media
- Reflecting on the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health
- Takeaways from teaching kitchen international summit
- Urban Farmer and Policy Specialist Shares Thoughts on the MI Healthy Climate Conference
- What is culinary medicine, anyway?
- What’s Ahead for NMC’s Great Lakes Culinary Institute?
- What’s on Tap for Our September Culinary Medicine Trainings
- Yes, Actually, a Crockpot Can Be a Tool in Addiction Recovery
Equity
- ‘How are you going to show up for people who are tired of fighting?’
- All of America is for all Americans
- EQUITY SERIES: On Pride Day, Anna Dituri of Up North Pride Reflects
- Equity, a Testimony: Jim Carruthers
- Groundwork in this moment
- Groundwork’s Xavier Verna shares thoughts for National Hispanic Heritage Month
- Honoring Juneteenth National Independence Day With Chris Stone
- Pushing back! Recap of rally for climate.
- Sovereignty, treaties and the dark legacy of oil’s impact on Indigenous people
- Takeaways from Food & Nutrition Conference and Expo 2024
- Testimony: Reflecting on National Disability Independence Day
- Women’s History Month: Petoskey’s Lindsey Walker reflects on woman leadership
Events
- A Blue Zones–inspired cooking series
- Blue Zone–inspired cooking classes!
- Equity Education Series Featuring our Indigenous Communities
- Keynote Speakers Event. Public Invited! Farms, Food & Health Conference
- Letter to the editor writing party! Stop Line 5.
- Spring Fling 2024! Join in!
- The Countdown to Harvest Tickets Is on!
- Unlock clean energy savings: Discover REAP grant opportunities for rural businesses
- What’s on Tap for Our September Culinary Medicine Trainings
Farm to School
- $9.3 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR 10 CENTS A MEAL FARM-TO-SCHOOL GRANTS: APPLICATION NOW OPEN FOR 2022-23 PROGRAM YEAR
- $9.3 Million for 10 Cents! Tell Your Candidates to Keep It Going!
- ‘Farm to Early Care and Education’ … What Is It?
- 10 Cents a Meal Fund Application Open!
- 10 CENTS A MEAL FUNDING OF $9.3 MILLION SECURED FOR FY ‘23
- 10 Cents a Meal in Place for 57 Michigan School Districts!
- 10 Cents a Meal Report Now Released
- 7 New Videos Celebrate Farm to School in Michigan!
- A Farmer Sells to a Nearby School — and a Transformation Begins
- A Mobile Kitchen (… and a blossoming of farm to school possibilities)
- A new stove and beautiful garden bring powerful change for the kids
- Ag Forum: 10 Cents a Meal program could expand
- Ag Forum: Farmers are paying attention to schools
- Ag Forum: What difference can a dime make?
- Agriculture Forum: Growing more than food in a school garden
- Bliss Gardens Farm With Crooked Tree Breadworks’ Greg Carpenter and Pellston School
- Bring a Farmer to School Day Builds Healthy Food Culture
- Building the Farm to School Momentum on Beaver Island
- Casey Haggerty Joins Rich FoodCorps Legacy
- Celebrating Farm to School Month in Michigan
- Contemplations on Peanut Butter & Jelly
- Creating a Healthy-Food Culture Throughout an Intermediate School District
- Cultivating a Healthy Food School Culture With a Visit to Bliss Gardens
- Delicious School Food Is Possible—and Essential!
- Educate Your Candidates About 10 Cents a Meal Now!
- From Seed to Salad, Let’s Get Growing
- Get Your Crunch on!
- Greenhouse, Garden, Classroom, Cafeteria … FoodCorps Folk Are Busy
- Groundwork Helps Kalkaska Kids Reconnect to and Grow Their Own Food
- Growing Food for Detroit’s Students: A Spotlight on Drew Farm
- How free and reduced-price school meals and 10 Cents a Meal work together to feed Michigan’s children
- Legislators express support for 10 Cents a Meal
- Legislators No Longer Debating Whether to Expand 10 Cents-Now, It’s How Much
- Lettuce Work Together: Artesian Farm and New Buffalo Area Schools’ Spirited Partnership
- Local food in winter. This school figured it out.
- Michigan Department of Education Announces 2021–22 10 Cents a Meal Grantees
- Michigan High-Schoolers Call for Change in National School Food Policy—Their Muffin Recipe Call to Action: Bean Equity
- Michigan Legislature Doubles Funding for 10 Cents a Meal
- New Farm to School Jobs Boosting Local Food Culture
- New Flavors, New Worlds
- Now Is not the Time to Reduce Fed Support for Healthy School Lunches
- OKEMOS’S BLUE MITTEN FARMS JUMPS INTO CAPITAL REGION’S FARM TO SCHOOL MARKET
- Oregon uses schools to move the needle on regional food
- Petoskey Schools Ramp Up Purchases From Local Farms!
- Pilot program: 5 schools in Char-Em get funds for staff focused on local food
- Progress from our work in 16 west Michigan counties
- Resilient Relationships, Resilient Supply
- School Food Services Face Force of Nature
- School Garden Workshop in Northern Michigan
- Sign up to Show Michiganders Your Support for 10 Cents a Meal!
- State Funds for Healthy, Locally Grown Food in Your Child’s School (apply by 8/23!)
- Strength in Working Together
- Support for 10 Cents a Meal transcends ideological and geographic differences
- Ten Cents a Meal Budget Approved at $5 Million—a Big Win for School Kids and Family Farms
- They, Them … We, Us
- Who’s feeding our kids: The Farmer’s Perspective
- Whole Child, Whole Foods, Better School Learning
- With 10 Cents on the Verge of $9.3 Million Funding, We Take a Look at this Amazing Journey
- With school gardens, it takes a village
Farmer Support
- 26 Projects, 10 Counties, 1 Remarkable Program
- Groundwork to Help Build Resilient Local Food Distribution Networks and Market Opportunities in 16 West Michigan Counties
- A Shared Mission Is a Powerful Thing
- Agriculture Forum: Skip the gym, become a farmer
- Boosting Local Food Momentum, One $2,000 Grant at a Time
- Combatting Farm Stress
- Local food access federal funds OK’d (Your advocacy mattered!)
- Locally grown food strengthens our nation’s security and resilience
- Meet Nicholas Jansen, Groundwork Rural Clean Energy Organizer
- Michigan’s school kids need farm-fresh food
- Milestones: Patty Cantrell and the Roots of Our Food & Farming Program
- On Our Homepage: Rosebud Schneider
- Oryana and Groundwork,
Mission Aligned - Postcards From Our Detroit Urban Farm Tour
- Resilient Relationships, Resilient Supply
- Sharing a Sustainable Vision With the Brengman Brothers
- Thank You! Donors Push Local Food Relief Fund to $130,597!
- Urban Farmer and Policy Specialist Shares Thoughts on the MI Healthy Climate Conference
Farms, Food & Health
- Fustini’s Teams up to Expand Local Food and so Much More
- Groundwork to Help Build Resilient Local Food Distribution Networks and Market Opportunities in 16 West Michigan Counties
- A Blue Zones–inspired cooking series
- Agriculture Forum: Skip the gym, become a farmer
- Agriculture Forum: Thankful for Farm2Neighbor
- Celebrating 10 years of Farms, Food & Health Programs
- Combatting Farm Stress
- Connecting local food to our regional healthcare providers is the goal for Groundwork’s Farms, Food & Health program
- Dinner With Your Doctor
- Expanding 10 Cents a Meal’s Reach to Child Care Providers
- Get Your Crunch on!
- How every Michigan food pantry can partner with local farmers
- How free and reduced-price school meals and 10 Cents a Meal work together to feed Michigan’s children
- Lemon Parsley Lentil Soup
- Michigan’s school kids need farm-fresh food
- New Flavors, New Worlds
- Nourishing Our Relationships with Minds, Bodies, and Media
- Oryana and Groundwork,
Mission Aligned - Reflecting on the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health
- Takeaways from Food & Nutrition Conference and Expo 2024
- Takeaways from teaching kitchen international summit
- Urban Farmer and Policy Specialist Shares Thoughts on the MI Healthy Climate Conference
- What is culinary medicine, anyway?
- What’s Ahead for NMC’s Great Lakes Culinary Institute?
- What’s on Tap for Our September Culinary Medicine Trainings
Farms, Food & Health Conference
- ‘Food as Medicine’ Must Be a Pillar of our Medical Care, Says Dr. Geeta Maker-Clark
- Groundwork to Help Build Resilient Local Food Distribution Networks and Market Opportunities in 16 West Michigan Counties
- Ag Forum: Connections link food, wellness and business
- Agriculture Forum: Thankful for Farm2Neighbor
- Conference to connect dots between local food and wellness
- Exciting lineup! Culinary Medicine Training in Traverse City
- Farms, Food & Health is scheduled for Jan. 29 at Grand Traverse Resort and Spa
- Greatly Expand Our Organic Farmland: Here’s How. An Interview With Dr. Stephen Rivard, Keynote Speaker, Farms, Food & Health Conference
- How every Michigan food pantry can partner with local farmers
- Join Us in Growing the Local Food Movement!
- Keynote Speakers Event. Public Invited! Farms, Food & Health Conference
- Local Food and Mental Health: Exploring the Gut-Brain Connection, Dr. Drew Ramsey, Keynote at Farms Food & Health Conference
- Meet Oran Hesterman, Keynote at Farms, Food & Health Conference
- Michigan’s school kids need farm-fresh food
- New Flavors, New Worlds
- Nourishing Our Relationships with Minds, Bodies, and Media
- Urban Farmer and Policy Specialist Shares Thoughts on the MI Healthy Climate Conference
- Walk-Ins Welcome! Free Healthy Food Expo with Cooking Demonstrations and Presentations
- Why Groundwork’s Start-Up Culture Resonates With Board Chair Roger Newton
Food & Farming
- $9.3 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR 10 CENTS A MEAL FARM-TO-SCHOOL GRANTS: APPLICATION NOW OPEN FOR 2022-23 PROGRAM YEAR
- $9.3 Million for 10 Cents! Tell Your Candidates to Keep It Going!
- ‘Farm Raisers’ Make Cents for Schools
- ‘Farm to Early Care and Education’ … What Is It?
- ‘How are you going to show up for people who are tired of fighting?’
- ‘Taste the Local Difference’ connects consumers with local food
- ‘Taste the Local Difference’ connects consumers with local food
- ‘Taste the Local Difference’ connects consumers with local food
- (Re) Introducing Meghan McDermott
- 10 Cents a Meal aims to bring local food to school cafeterias
- 10 CENTS A MEAL FUNDING OF $9.3 MILLION SECURED FOR FY ‘23
- 10 Cents a Meal Kicks Off at Three Local Districts
- 10 Cents A Meal puts local produce on students’ plates
- 10 Cents a Meal Report Now Released
- 26 Projects, 10 Counties, 1 Remarkable Program
- 7 New Videos Celebrate Farm to School in Michigan!
- Fustini’s Teams up to Expand Local Food and so Much More
- Groundwork to Help Build Resilient Local Food Distribution Networks and Market Opportunities in 16 West Michigan Counties
- A Farmer Sells to a Nearby School — and a Transformation Begins
- A Look Back at 22 Years of Groundwork Service
- A Ride to Rescue Fresh Foods
- Advancing connections between local food and health
- Affordable Housing Not Just a Downtown Problem
- Ag Forum: In a digital world, is agriculture still relevant?
- Ag Forum: Institutions seek more local food
- Ag Forum: Is local food just a trend?
- Ag Forum: Learn About Food, Farms & Health on Oct. 10
- Ag Forum: Local food movement gathering momentum
- Ag Forum: Relationships required in local food system
- Ag Forum: Too many accolades -no way!
- Ag: Food & Farming Network shares stories
- Agriculture Forum: ‘EAT Act’ support vital to food security
- Agriculture Forum: A definition of food, almost
- Agriculture Forum: Growing more than food in a school garden
- Agriculture Forum: Mini-Grants Involve 30 Organizations
- Agriculture Forum: Skip the gym, become a farmer
- Agriculture Forum: State Lawmakers Consider 10 Cents A Meal Program
- Agriculture Forum: Thankful for Farm2Neighbor
- All of America is for all Americans
- An alien! A spaceship! Nope. It’s Romanesco
- Announcing Executive Director Recruitment Search
- Announcing Release of 2023 Annual Report
- Area schools celebrate National Farm to School Month
- As American as Aunt Hilda’s Apple Pie
- Autumnwood Nursing Home Focuses on Healthy Staff and Healthy Residents
- Back to School with FoodCorps
- Behind the scenes at cherry harvest
- Big announcements at Farm Summit
- Blue Zone–inspired cooking classes!
- Boosting Local Food Momentum, One $2,000 Grant at a Time
- Boyne Falls’ un-BEET-able School Lunches and Food Curriculum
- Brian Beauchamp: New Pecking Ordinance for TC?
- Bringing bodegas back to the D—the Green Grocer Project
- Building a conversation around school food
- Building a Healthier Leelanau: Leelanau Christian Neighbors Receives BHC Grant
- Building the Local Food Economy for All
- Business Workshops for New and Longtime Growers
- Cafeteria, Classroom, Community: Three Keys of Farm to School
- Celebrating 10 years of Farms, Food & Health Programs
- Celebrating Alice Waters with Local Harvest Restaurant Series
- Celebrating Farm to School Month in Michigan
- Central Grade Youth Garden: A Planting Party
- Changing School Food Choices Through Policy Reform
- Cherry Capital Partnership To Provide Schools with Local Food
- Cheryl Hutchinson Talks Personal Mission, Corporate Mission, and Groundwork
- Chomp into these Good Food Ideas!
- Choose Organic, for the Health of It
- Civic Sausage: Watch the Farm Bill
- Conference to Share Schools’ Local-Food Success Secrets
- Congress: Don’t Be Tardy on Farm to School
- Connecting Local Food to Area Institutions
- Connecting local food to our regional healthcare providers is the goal for Groundwork’s Farms, Food & Health program
- Connecting the dots between farms, food, and health
- Contact Your Legislators About 10 Cents a Meal Funding
- Contemplations on Peanut Butter & Jelly
- Cooked’: We all need to get back in the kitchen
- Cooked’: We all need to get back in the kitchen
- Cooked’: We all need to get back in the kitchen
- Cooked’: We all need to get back in the kitchen
- Cookin’ with Martha!
- Cooking with Kids at the Fair
- Culinary Medicine Gains Momentum in Traverse City
- Culinary Medicine: Joining Food, Farming and Health for Docs and Patients
- Cultivate Michigan Marketplace Opens in Petoskey, Feb. 13
- Debbie Stabenow Receives Helen Milliken Legacy Award
- Detroit Farm to School Conference Set For May
- Double Up Food Bucks give needy a leg up
- Double-Up Food Bucks Helps Shoppers Taste The Local Difference
- Dozens of farmers get tips on the wholesale marketplace
- East Jordan Incorporates Local Produce into Cafeteria and Curriculum
- EQUITY SERIES: On Pride Day, Anna Dituri of Up North Pride Reflects
- Expanding 10 Cents a Meal’s Reach to Child Care Providers
- Extension staff member receives leadership award
- Extinction? Forever! Seed-Saving Class? Next Month!
- Farewell, from Hans Voss
- Farm Bill Passes Senate
- Farm Bill: It’s time to get it done
- Farm Stand: Buying local for our students makes sense
- Farm Stand: Four more weeks for market … and the Farm Bill
- Farm Stand: Time is running out on Farm Bill
- Farm Stand: We need to help kids avoid obesity
- Farm to Neighbor Offers a Healthy New Equation for Food Pantries and Farmers
- Farm to School Month Celebrates Healthy Local Food for Kids and Healthier Budgets for Farm Families
- Farm to School Programs Please Kids, Enrich Farmers
- Farm to School Report, Individual Stories
- Farmers Fear New Pig Rule
- Farmers Find New Markets in Local Schools
- Farming’s Future: Back to Year Zero?
- Favorite Emmet County Moments from 2018
- Feeding Michigan school children fresh, local produce
- FFN grants support northwest Michigan’s agricultural future
- Food and Farming Network releases fact sheets
- Food Pantry Cooking Classes Teach Healthy, Local Eating
- Food Safety Legislation to U.S. Senate for Vote
- Food, culture, and economy take center stage at intertribal summit
- FoodCorps Diaries: A Rainbow of Flavors in Central Lake
- FoodCorps Diaries: Farm To School Month a Success
- FoodCorps Diaries: National Farm To School Month
- FoodCorps Diaries: Students’ first hoop house harvest
- FoodCorps is keeping busy
- FoodCorps Seeks Applicants for School Food Changemakers
- FoodCorps seeks next crop of hard-working service members
- FoodCorps Teams Up with Local Farmer
- Friendship Centers Connect Seniors in Emmet County to Fresh, Local Food
- From Berkeley to Boyne Falls: Measuring Alice Waters’ Farm to School Impact
- From Seed to Salad, Let’s Get Growing
- Fundraisers Benefit Northern Michigan Farms, Schools
- Gaps in Produce Supply Chain Offer Local Food Opportunities
- Get Farming! Announces Wholesale Success Workshop
- Get To Know Your Farmer
- Get Your Crunch on!
- Glen Lake Community School hosts Apple Crunch and Farm to School celebration
- GM, Ford, Chrysler and food
- Good Coops Make Good Neighbors, Better Eggs
- Good Food for the Masses: Biology, Intimacy and Sacredness
- Green Plate Challenge’ Brings Business to Local Emu Farm
- Greenhouse, Garden, Classroom, Cafeteria … FoodCorps Folk Are Busy
- Greetings from Bill Palladino
- Groundwork hires Jennifer Schaap, expands into Northern Farms Foodshed
- Groundwork in this moment
- Groundwork Launches Local Food Relief Fund
- Groundwork’s Xavier Verna shares thoughts for National Hispanic Heritage Month
- Growing Food for Detroit’s Students: A Spotlight on Drew Farm
- Growing the Farm to School Movement: From Alice Waters to Groundwork
- Growing the local food economy while shrinking waistlines
- GW co-hosts federal U.P. Listening Session
- Hans Voss: Local Farm to School Leadership Creates Statewide Opportunity
- Harvest Dinner Spotlight: Young Farmers Say Follow Your Farming Dream
- Hesterman: Now’s the Time for Fresh, Local, Fair Food
- Hey, Locavores: Rate the Plate!
- Honoring Juneteenth National Independence Day With Chris Stone
- How every Michigan food pantry can partner with local farmers
- I’m Headed to D.C., White House Garden!
- In Memoriam: Helen Milliken
- Interlochen Elementary School Starts Library Hydro-Farm
- Introducing Fall Fellows, Tori Craig and Arcelia Moreno
- Introducing MLUI Intern Zoë McAlear
- Introducing MLUI’s new FoodCorps service members
- Introducing our new Executive Director, Elizabeth Palchak!
- It Was a Very Good Year (at the Fair!)
- It’s Not Just About the Food
- Jim Sluyter: Hop To It!
- Join an Essential Conversation About ACEs, Community Health and Resilience, Free, March 14
- Keeping up with the Jones, Tastefully
- Kids Are Cooking It Up in Northern Michigan
- Lansing Considers A Break for ‘Hand Made’ Foods
- Leaders Planning for Food, Farming, and The Grand Vision
- Legislators No Longer Debating Whether to Expand 10 Cents-Now, It’s How Much
- Lettuce Work Together: Artesian Farm and New Buffalo Area Schools’ Spirited Partnership
- Living and Growing History
- Local food access federal funds OK’d (Your advocacy mattered!)
- Local Food Alliance Builds Local Food Awareness “Around the Table”
- Local Food Alliance, Food & Farming Network Benefit from Seed Grants
- Local food in winter. This school figured it out.
- Local food investment grants — select areas statewide
- Locally grown food strengthens our nation’s security and resilience
- Looking for Local Along the Interstate
- Master Gardener Scholarship Application Deadline Aug 6th
- McCain, Roberts, and Chambliss: Wrong, Wrong, and Wrong
- Meet Nathan Medina, our new Lansing-based Policy Specialist!
- Message From Hog Heaven
- Michigan Department of Education Announces 2021–22 10 Cents a Meal Grantees
- Michigan High-Schoolers Call for Change in National School Food Policy—Their Muffin Recipe Call to Action: Bean Equity
- Michigan Legislature Expands 10 Cents a Meal Pilot to Broader Regions of the State
- Michigan’s school kids need farm-fresh food
- Milestones: Patty Cantrell and the Roots of Our Food & Farming Program
- MLUI Brings Governor, State Officials to Traverse City
- MLUI is moving!
- MLUI receives grant to scale up local food in schools
- MLUI thanks supporters at Milliken Reception
- MLUI Welcomes New Members to Board
- MLUI Welcomes New Members to Board
- More Veggies for Kalkaska Memorial
- National Farm to School Month Celebrated in Area Schools
- Network advances local food at institutions
- New Farm to School Jobs Boosting Local Food Culture
- New Flavors, New Worlds
- New Local Food Website Donating to MLUI
- New Study: Local Food Means Lots of Michigan Jobs
- Norconk Farm Pickled Asparagus
- Northern Michigan Ready to Double Up Food Bucks
- Northwest Michigan’s Farm to School Program Thrives
- Nourishing Our Relationships with Minds, Bodies, and Media
- OKEMOS’S BLUE MITTEN FARMS JUMPS INTO CAPITAL REGION’S FARM TO SCHOOL MARKET
- Oryana and Groundwork,
Mission Aligned - Otsego Memorial Hospital Embraces Healthy Foods with BHC Grant
- Our View: While not perfect, Farm Bill is a step in the right direction
- Our Voices – International CSA Symposium 1
- Our Voices – International CSA Symposium 2
- Our Voices – International CSA Symposium 3
- Our Voices – International CSA Symposium 4
- Our Voices – International CSA Symposium 5
- Our Voices – International CSA Symposium 6
- Our Voices – International CSA Symposium 7
- Our Voices – International CSA Symposium 8
- Our Voices – International CSA Symposium 9
- Our Voices – Tour de Plants
- Our Voices: Ag Sector Alliance: Learning what Works
- Our Voices: Celebrating the Power of Local Food!
- Our Voices: Chamber Takes Strong Stance on Local Food
- Our Voices: Cheers to Munson Medical Center for hosting end-of-season farmers market!
- Our Voices: Chefs Visit Suttons Bay
- Our Voices: Chestnut Time!
- Our Voices: Contact lawmakers on the Farm Bill today!
- Our Voices: Double Up Program Helps Many Locals
- Our Voices: Farmers Find New Markets in Local Schools
- Our Voices: FoodCorps Service Member Seeks to Mentor, Educate Kids on Healthy Foods
- Our Voices: FoodCorps: A Day in the Life
- Our Voices: Get Farming! Workshops Off and Running
- Our Voices: Goal: 20 Percent Local Food by 2020
- Our Voices: Good School Food in the News
- Our Voices: Low-Income Families and Farming
- Our Voices: Northern Michigan Welcomes New FoodCorps Service Member
- Our Voices: Taste the Local Difference – Black Star Farms
- Our Voices: Taste the Local Difference – Fifth Third Bank of Northern Michigan
- Our Voices: Taste the Local Difference – Oryana
- Our Voices: Taste the Local Difference -Cherry Republic
- Our Voices: Winter Celebration 2012
- Pellston Public Schools, Pellston Farmers Market Embrace Local Food Economy
- Phelps Leads Taste the Local Difference on Local Food Expansion Statewide
- Pick of the Week: Asparagus
- Pick of the Week: Spinach
- Pick of the Week: Strawberries
- Pick of the Week: Zucchini
- Pigstock TC: Good food and a good cause
- PigstockTC Raises Thousands for ’10 Cents a Meal’ program
- Pilot program: 5 schools in Char-Em get funds for staff focused on local food
- Planting the Seed with Farm to School
- Postcards From Our Detroit Urban Farm Tour
- Program to make choosing healthy food easier
- Progress from our work in 16 west Michigan counties
- Rating Plates in Benzie
- Raw Potatoes to State Policy: Celebrating 15 Years of Farm to School Work
- Rebuilding ‘foodshed’ and community resilience
- Reclaiming Our Food As Sacred
- Reflecting on the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health
- Regional Book Club Carries Forward Work of Local Activist
- Rep. Betsy Coffia Talks Priorities With Groundwork
- Report on 10 Cents a Meal Released to Legislature
- Resilient Relationships, Resilient Supply
- School Garden Week starts June 2
- Schools Seek Local Food; Set Meeting with Farmers
- Schools, Farmers Look for Ways to Put Michigan Products Back in the Cafeteria
- Sharing a Sustainable Vision With the Brengman Brothers
- Sherwood Smith Talks Importance of Community
- Snyder Samples TC’s Local Food Efforts
- Snyder Supports Local Food, Renewable Energy Production
- Speak to FDA about food safety rules
- Stars and Stripes learning station
- State Funds for Healthy, Locally Grown Food in Your Child’s School (apply by 8/23!)
- Strategic micro-grants increase health and expand the local food economy
- Summit Sprouts Fresh Food and Farm Ideas
- Supreme Court’s decision puts America’s health and safety at risk
- Survey: Schools Want More Fresh Food
- Sustainable Ways, Resilient Outcomes, Thriving Tomorrows
- Takeaways from Food & Nutrition Conference and Expo 2024
- Takeaways from teaching kitchen international summit
- Taste Testing Parsnips and Life Lessons for Boyne Falls Fifth Graders
- Taste the Local Difference 2014 launches at Tom’s Food Markets
- Taste the Local Difference eNewsletter sign-up
- Taste the Local Difference Takes Flight
- Taste the Local Difference to Produce Magazine with ‘Traverse’
- Taste the Local Difference: Resilience in Action
- Ten Cents a Meal Budget Approved at $5 Million—a Big Win for School Kids and Family Farms
- Ten Cents a Meal program is expanding
- TentCraft Innovates, Creates Local Jobs, Now Offers Farm to Workplace Benefits
- Testimony: Reflecting on National Disability Independence Day
- Thank You! Donors Push Local Food Relief Fund to $130,597!
- The ‘Farm Routes to Prosperity’ are getting clearer
- The power of investing a small amount in just the right place
- The Value of a Farmers Market
- The VISTA Experience
- Think Like a Chef, Cook like a Dietitian, Eat Like a Local Farmer
- TLD gets an upgrade
- TLD Launches Magazine with MyNorth Media
- Traverse City Restaurant Supports Farm to School Efforts
- Traverse House Gets Juicy
- Uniting Farmers: Q&A with CrossHatch’s Amanda Kik
- Urban Agriculture: A True Story from WWII
- Urban Farmer and Policy Specialist Shares Thoughts on the MI Healthy Climate Conference
- Urgent Action: Contact Congress to Support Farms and Local Food in Pandemic
- Wanted: Financing for ‘Food Desert’ Farms
- Wanted: Grassroots Push for Improved Farm Bill
- Wes Jackson: The Complete State Theatre Video
- What is culinary medicine, anyway?
- What’s Ahead for NMC’s Great Lakes Culinary Institute?
- Where we go from here … what this moment means for our work
- Who’s feeding our kids: The Farmer’s Perspective
- Whole Child, Whole Foods, Better School Learning
- Why Certified Local Food Events Rock
- Why we buy local food
- Wild Swine, the DNR and a Solution
- Win tickets for Harvest@theCommons
- With 10 Cents on the Verge of $9.3 Million Funding, We Take a Look at this Amazing Journey
- Yes, Actually, a Crockpot Can Be a Tool in Addiction Recovery
- You’re Invited to Cornucopia! A Storytelling Event to Benefit Groundwork
- You’re invited!
- Young people can be a force in deciding election outcome in Michigan
- Youngsters Warm to Cooking with Kids at NW Mich. Fair
Food Access
- 10 Cents a Meal Fund Application Open!
- Fustini’s Teams up to Expand Local Food and so Much More
- Groundwork to Help Build Resilient Local Food Distribution Networks and Market Opportunities in 16 West Michigan Counties
- A Mobile Kitchen (… and a blossoming of farm to school possibilities)
- A new stove and beautiful garden bring powerful change for the kids
- Agriculture Forum: ‘EAT Act’ support vital to food security
- Agriculture Forum: Thankful for Farm2Neighbor
- Boosting Local Food Momentum, One $2,000 Grant at a Time
- Bringing bodegas back to the D—the Green Grocer Project
- COVID Reveals Proof of Local Food Resilience
- Expanding 10 Cents a Meal’s Reach to Child Care Providers
- Food Access: The Farm to Neighbor Program Puts Healthy, Locally Grown Food on Pantry Shelves
- Groundwork Helps Kalkaska Kids Reconnect to and Grow Their Own Food
- How every Michigan food pantry can partner with local farmers
- Local food access federal funds OK’d (Your advocacy mattered!)
- Local food investment grants — select areas statewide
- Locally grown food strengthens our nation’s security and resilience
- Michigan’s school kids need farm-fresh food
- Now Is not the Time to Reduce Fed Support for Healthy School Lunches
- Postcards From Our Detroit Urban Farm Tour
- Prescription for Produce Leverages the Power of Food to Achieve Health
- Stars and Stripes learning station
- Strategic micro-grants increase health and expand the local food economy
- The power of investing a small amount in just the right place
FoodCorps
- Agriculture Forum: Growing more than food in a school garden
- Delicious School Food Is Possible—and Essential!
- FoodCorps Service Opportunity
- From Seed to Salad, Let’s Get Growing
- Greenhouse, Garden, Classroom, Cafeteria … FoodCorps Folk Are Busy
- Groundwork Doubles Petoskey-Based FoodCorps Team to Expand Healthy Food Programs in Tip of the Mitt Schools
- New Farm to School Jobs Boosting Local Food Culture
- Nourishing Our Relationships with Minds, Bodies, and Media
- They, Them … We, Us
- Whole Child, Whole Foods, Better School Learning
Great Lakes Business Network
- Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline is now trespassing on Great Lakes bottomlands
- Great Lakes Business Network Celebrates Historic Line 5 Shutdown
- Great Lakes Business Network Makes Economic Case Against Line 5
- Great Lakes Business Network requests equal opportunity in MI legislature to address Line 5 concerns
- Great Lakes Business Network to Sponsor Clean Energy Conference in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
- Groundwork attracts business support for Line 5 campaign
- Line 5 and the Great Lakes Business Network
- More Business Leaders Call to Decommission Line 5 Pipeline
- Saying Good-Bye as GLBN Staff … and Hello as GLBN Member
- Show the Governor You Care About the Great Lakes!
- The Costs of Climate Change for Michigan
- Unlock clean energy savings: Discover REAP grant opportunities for rural businesses
- We Must Shrink—Not Expand—Oil Infrastructure Like Line 5
Harvest at the Commons
- A Big Groundwork Thanksgiving Day Thank-You to Kim Pontius, Our 2018 Milliken Award Recipient
- Community, Business and Groundwork’s Harvest Dinner
- Harvest Dinner Memories and Insight From Simon Joseph, Head Chef
- Harvest Dinner Spotlight: Young Farmers Say Follow Your Farming Dream
- Meet Chef Adam McMarlin, Chef Volunteer for Harvest Dinner
- Meet Harvest Solar, the Providing Sponsor for 2019 Harvest at the Commons
- The Countdown to Harvest Tickets Is on!
- Volunteer for Harvest at the Commons (Free ticket!)
- Why Certified Local Food Events Rock
Housing
- Missing Middle Housing—
not too big, not too little, just right. - Accessible Housing Moving Forward
- Affordable Housing Not Just a Downtown Problem
- Brian Beauchamp: Can Grand Vision Fix TC’s Big Division?
- Creating Jobs and a Sense of Place
- Engage to Chart TC’s Future
- Five Reasons to be Optimistic About Growth: A Look Ahead
- Five Ways To Beat Traffic in TC: Manage the Demand
- Glenn Puit: Grand Visions, New Designs
- Granholm: Stimulus Helping Michigan Housing Crisis
- Groundwork Opposes Traverse City’s Proposal 3
- Hans Voss: Too Much ‘No’ In Local Activists’ Voices, Actions
- Highlights From Housing North’s Annual Housing Summit
- How Grand Rapids’ Mayor Brought Sustainability to Town
- How Heartwell Administration Moved Grand Rapids to Sustainability
- It’s Time for Traverse City to Grow Up
- Parking Lot Today, Home Sweet Home Tomorrow
- Ride Hailing, Accessible Housing at a Big New Station, more!
- Russ Soyring Shares Thoughts From a Career Guiding TC Planning
- The House Hunters
- The Traverse City of Tomorrow Is on the Drawing Board
- Traverse City Rents Swell With Housing Demand
- We Need a New Kind of Conversation in Traverse City
Line 5 Activism
- AG Nessel Tours Solar Site, Talks With Business Leaders and Climate Advocates
- Answers to Your Questions From the Tunnel Vision Event
- Ask Governor Whitmer to Join Attorney General Nessel’s Lawsuit to Shutdown Line 5
- Broad Populist Opposition Slows Snyder-Enbridge Tunnel Deal
- Canadian Profits, Michigan Risk
- Great Lakes Business Network Makes Economic Case Against Line 5
- Great Lakes Business Network requests equal opportunity in MI legislature to address Line 5 concerns
- Groundwork Advances Campaign to Shut Down Line 5 Pipeline
- Groundwork attracts business support for Line 5 campaign
- Help Stop Governor Snyder’s Canadian Oil Tunnel
- Historic Line 5 Oil Tunnel Permitting Case Reaches Milestone Moment
- It Began With One School, One Farmer One Vegetable …
- Letter to the editor writing party! Stop Line 5.
- Line 5 and the Great Lakes Business Network
- Line 5 at Workshop Brewing TC, January 25, 2024, Learn, Take Action!
- Michigan Can, and Should, Shut Down Line 5
- Michigan’s Fork-in-the-Road Climate Moment
- Oil & Water Don’t Mix: May 2015
- Pipeline secrecy bill puts Great Lakes at risk
- Plan to relocate oil tunnel ‘unusual and especially risky.’ Here’s why.
- Press Release: Army Corps’ Review of Line 5 Must Be Broadened
- Protect the Mackinac Bridge From Enbridge Oil Tunnel
- Reflections from COP26
- Saying Good-Bye as GLBN Staff … and Hello as GLBN Member
- Sovereignty, treaties and the dark legacy of oil’s impact on Indigenous people
- Stream Line 5 Panel Discussion ‘Tunnel Vision’ Recording
- Thank you for staying in the ring to fight Line 5
- Tribe seeks emergency shutdown of Line 5
- Tunnel Vision: A masterclass in rejecting the Line 5 oil tunnel
- Urgent! Help Stop the Disastrous Snyder-Enbridge Tunnel/Bridge Deal in the Michigan Legislature
- We Must Shrink—Not Expand—Oil Infrastructure Like Line 5
- Why Groundwork Stands Firmly Against the Enbridge Tunnel Deal
Michigan Clean Energy Conference
- Aimée Christensen to Keynote Michigan Clean Energy Conference
- An Evening of Climate Change Hope and Clean Energy Leadership with Consumers Energy CEO Patti Poppe and Local Energy Standouts
- Changing Lives Through Energy: 2018 Michigan Clean Energy Conference Wrap-Up
- Check Out the Clean Energy Expo!
- Clean Energy Conference Interview Series: Mary Powell, CEO, Green Mountain Power
- Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline is now trespassing on Great Lakes bottomlands
- Extraordinary Line-Up for Michigan Clean Energy Conference
- First Look at 2019 Michigan Clean Energy Conference
- Five Favorite Live Stream Videos From the Michigan Clean Energy Conference & Expo, 2018
- FREE! Stream Videos From Our Recent Michigan Climate & Clean Energy Summit
- The IRA Is Big, But Not Big Enough. Let’s Fix That!
- Video of Holly Bird’s Native American Song and Welcome at the Michigan Clean Energy Conference
- Women Key to Advancing Climate Change Solutions
Michigan Climate Action Network
- EPA Supreme Court Ruling Could Be Key Moment in Climate Fight
- Five Reasons the State Must Consider Climate in the Oil Tunnel Decision
- FREE! Stream Videos From Our Recent Michigan Climate & Clean Energy Summit
- Governor Whitmer’s Executive Order Makes Michigan National Climate Leader
- Historic Line 5 Oil Tunnel Permitting Case Reaches Milestone Moment
- Join Us at the Michigan Climate Action Summit
- Michigan can’t wait until 2050 to reach zero emissions, environmentalists say
- Michigan’s Fork-in-the-Road Climate Moment
- No matter your politics, clean energy is a winner for Michigan
- Press Release: Army Corps’ Review of Line 5 Must Be Broadened
- These Communities Aren’t Waiting to Create a Better Energy Future
- What’s in Store for the MiCAN Climate Action Summit on March 12, 2020
Milliken Leadership Awards
News
- 7 New Videos Celebrate Farm to School in Michigan!
- Missing Middle Housing—
not too big, not too little, just right. - A marvelous teaching kitchen for culinary medicine! (…and we’re moving.)
- Ag Forum: Local farms, the key to healthy communities
- Announcing Executive Director Recruitment Search
- Be a Champion of Change. Support Groundwork on #GivingTuesday!
- Bercini, Pierce Join Groundwork Board
- Bob Russell Resilience Project features The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
- Casey Cowell Joins Groundwork Board
- Check Out Groundwork’s New Program Overview
- Checking in With Outgoing Board Chair Maureen Smyth
- Cities Can Shape Mobility Before It Shapes Them
- Cleaner, Cheaper, Faster, Less Hassle? When Trains Win Out Over Planes
- Collaborating on Passions and Principles, Cheryl Hutchinson
- Dancing to Grupo Ayé, an Afro-Caribbean salsa band with Grand Traverse roots
- Depolo, Gietzen, Hutchinson, Metiva, Newmarch Join Advisory Council
- Environmental Groups Applaud Michigan Public Service Commission Decision to Allow Climate Change Included in Enbridge Line 5 Permit Case
- Equity, a Testimony: Jim Carruthers
- Excited to Push Ahead in 2019!
- Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Title-By-Title Summary
- Get Your Crunch on!
- Great Lakes Business Network Celebrates Historic Line 5 Shutdown
- Groundwork Announces New Hires, Promotions
- Groundwork Announces Spring 2017 Fellows
- Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities Statement of Commitment to Equity and Diversity
- Groundwork Doubles Petoskey-Based FoodCorps Team to Expand Healthy Food Programs in Tip of the Mitt Schools
- Groundwork Expands Food and Farming Work to Petoskey Region
- Groundwork Get Local Party
- Groundwork Highlights from 2018!
- Groundwork Member Drew Buchholz Shares Why His Family Contributes as a Monthly Donor
- Groundwork Shares the Attitude for Gratitude this #GivingTuesday
- Groundwork Welcomes Spring 2018 Fellows
- Groundwork’s new policy specialist to focus on solar development
- Groundwork’s Office Is Available
- Help Build the Groundwork Momentum
- Hispanic Heritage Month Musings
- How Groundwork Executive Director Elizabeth Palchak fell in love with nature and learned to lead
- Introducing Groundwork Intern Alana Tartaro
- Introducing Groundwork’s Summer Fellows
- Introducing Our Harvest at the Commons 2017 Raffle Items
- Join Groundwork’s Corporate & Community Partnership Program
- Keith Schneider Shares the Origin Story
- Kudos!! Groundwork’s Jim Bruckbauer Receives Management Leadership Award
- Legislators express support for 10 Cents a Meal
- Listen to Farmers When Building Renewable Energy Infrastructure
- Meet Carolyn Ulstad, our new Transportation Program Manager
- Meet Nathan Medina, our new Lansing-based Policy Specialist!
- Michigan Legislature Doubles Funding for 10 Cents a Meal
- MLUI is now the Groundwork Center
- MLUI takes first place in crowdfunding competition
- New Farm to School Jobs Boosting Local Food Culture
- No matter your politics, clean energy is a winner for Michigan
- One-Year Anniversary of Petoskey Office Opening!
- Oryana Community Co-op Announces Fourth Annual Farm Tour
- Our Harvest partners: the cooks, the drink mixer, the music man
- Petoskey Student Wins Iconic Michigan Environmental Award—Youngest Ever
- Play Ball, Great Lakes Style
- POWER UP: Help Your Electric Co-Op Embrace Clean Energy
- Protect. Strengthen. Build. Give.
- Rail Momentum in the Mitten
- Remembering Ted Curran
- Rep. Betsy Coffia Talks Priorities With Groundwork
- Request for Proposals: Seeking Equity Consultant
- Saying Good-Bye as GLBN Staff … and Hello as GLBN Member
- School Food Services Face Force of Nature
- Second annual Harvest@theCommons showcases local food
- Sharing a Sustainable Vision With the Brengman Brothers
- Shop Well, Do Good … At TC Shop Your Community Day. Tomorrow!
- Show Your Salsa Skills at Harvest at the Commons
- Snapshot. A Quick Look at Groundwork Achievements Thus Far in 2019
- Spring Fling 2024! Join in!
- Such a Lively Market Mission
- Support for 10 Cents a Meal transcends ideological and geographic differences
- Support Groundwork in the New Year
- Takeaways from Food & Nutrition Conference and Expo 2024
- Takeaways from the 2024 Michigan Rail Conference
- Testimonials from Groundwork’s Champions of Change
- There’s something about a train …
- Tribe seeks emergency shutdown of Line 5
- What’s on Tap for Our September Culinary Medicine Trainings
- Why Corporate Partnership With Groundwork Matters
North+South Passenger Rail
- $42 Million Rail Upgrade Boosts Prospects for Passenger Rail
- A Central Michigan University Student Moves to the Rhythm of the Rails
- A New Boom in Dallas: Passenger Rail
- A2TC Rail Project Gains Steam
- A2TC: Connecting Traverse City and Ann Arbor by Rail
- Ann Arbor to Traverse City Rail Project Video Released
- At Last, A Regional Transit Plan for Metro Detroit
- Attracting Young Talent (Back) to Michigan with Passenger Rail
- Budget Surplus Gives Michigan an Opportunity to Invest in a Brighter Future
- Cadillac community excited about train possibilities
- Cleaner, Cheaper, Faster, Less Hassle? When Trains Win Out Over Planes
- Coming Soon: Northern Michigan Train Study
- Conference Shows Michigan’s Commitment to Rail
- Consultant announced for next essential study for North+South Passenger Rail
- Done right, rail stations can spawn remarkable economic development
- Enthusiasm Surges for Passenger Rail in Towns Along Route
- Finding Joy on Michigan Trains and Attracting Workforce Talent
- Gas tax shift makes sense for our crumbling roads
- How the Railroads Raised Traverse City
- Imagine the possibility of passenger rail … and help make it happen!
- It Began With One School, One Farmer One Vegetable …
- Meet Groundwork’s New Transportation Specialist, Michael Goldman Brown, Jr.
- MLUI report examines potential for rail in Traverse City
- MLUI Supports Proposal 1
- MLUI to release rail report July 19
- Mt. Pleasant is ready for trains
- New Michigan transit caucus aims to refocus transportation investment
- Next Year’s Northern Michigan Rail Study Will Welcome Critics, Concerns
- Northern Michigan Passenger Rail Study Released
- Passenger Rail and Public Transportation: A Perfect Pairing
- Passenger rail remains a terrific option for rural America
- Rail Is on the Rise in State and Nation
- Rail Momentum in the Mitten
- Rail Project Still on Track
- Seeing Double: The Midwest’s Other North-South In-State Rail Project
- State and Federal Lawmakers Accelerate Northern Michigan Rail
- Support grows for Traverse City trains
- Takeaways from the 2024 Michigan Rail Conference
- TC within walking distance to Ann Arbor?
- There’s something about a train …
- Transportation Plan Stuck in Reverse
- Traverse City Passenger Train Team Hired; Study Begins
- Young people can be a force in deciding election outcome in Michigan
Resilient Communities
- 2011: A Great Year For MLUI
- Missing Middle Housing—
not too big, not too little, just right. - A marvelous teaching kitchen for culinary medicine! (…and we’re moving.)
- A Modern Odyssey: Part I
- A Modern Odyssey: Part II
- A Place to Raise a Family: Shelli DiFranco’s Move to Traverse City
- A Summer of Smart Commuting
- A Summer of Smart Commuting: Acme and the TART Trail
- A Summer of Smart Commuting: Bike-n-Ride
- A Summer of Smart Commuting: Hitting the Trail
- A Summer of Smart Commuting: The BATA Connection
- A Summer of Smart Commuting: The farms of Old Mission Peninsula
- A Way Forward for Bus Service in Emmet Co.
- About the Division Street Design Process
- Accessible Housing Moving Forward
- Acme Needs a Grand Vision
- Affordable Housing Not Just a Downtown Problem
- Alana Steps Aboard: Taking the Bus to Suttons Bay
- Amazon’s Second Headquarters: Why Not TC?
- Are Buses Better Without Borders?
- Are we ready for a ‘modal shift’?
- At Last, A Regional Transit Plan for Metro Detroit
- Back to the Land: Farmer Jess Piskor and Leelanau’s food-based New Economy
- Back to the Mitten: Northwest Michigan’s Millennial Transplants
- BATA and the Brussels Sprouts
- BATA Bus Moves Toward Solar
- BATA Making Big Changes
- BATA Study Eyes Significant Changes
- Benzie Bus, Economic Bright Spot
- Benzie Citizens Moving Grand Vision
- Benzie’s Moment of Truth
- Big BATA Changes Pushed Back
- Bike-n-ride’ Bus Service to Suttons Bay Kicks Off Today
- Bikes, Busses, Carpools-Oh My!
- Brian Beauchamp: Can Grand Vision Fix TC’s Big Division?
- Brian Beauchamp: My New Job Is Fun
- Brian Beauchamp: Seeing the Big Picture-the Grand Vision Takes Off
- Brianne Farley: TC Native Illustrates Gig Economy
- Bringing bodegas back to the D—the Green Grocer Project
- Budget Shortfalls Threaten County Planning and Zoning
- Building cities from the crowd up
- Buses Without Borders’ explores ways to expand transit connections
- Buses Without Borders’ explores ways to expand transit connections
- Buses Without Borders’ explores ways to expand transit connections
- Businesses Agree: More On-Street Bike Racks Needed In TC
- Buying Time for Benzie Zoning
- Cadillac community excited about train possibilities
- CHART: Does Federal Transportation Spending Reflect Shifting Trends?
- College, Cars and BATA
- Coming Soon: Northern Michigan Train Study
- Conference Highlights Rail’s Potential in Michigan
- County Officials Gamble With Road Network
- Creating Jobs and a Sense of Place
- Detroit Hotels Want Shuttle Service; Airport Doesn’t See Need
- Detroit Transit Vital to the Whole State
- Diversity and Tolerance are Good for Traverse City Community and Business
- Diversity and Tolerance Attract Talent
- Don’t Just Vote for Public Transit, Try Riding It
- Economic Opportunity: Fernando Meza and Traverse City’s Growing Tech Scene
- Engage to Chart TC’s Future
- Equity Education Series Featuring our Indigenous Communities
- Expert: Real opportunities for transportation choices in TC
- Eye-opening Data Reveals Percentage of Struggling Families
- Feds Pass Weakened, Delayed Transportation Bill
- Five Actions to Build a Stronger Community
- Five Reasons to be Optimistic About Growth: A Look Ahead
- Five Reasons Your Company Should Offer Commuter Benefits
- Five Ways To Beat Traffic In TC: Improve Division Street
- Five Ways to Beat Traffic in TC: Improve Grandview Parkway
- Five Ways to Beat Traffic in TC: Improve South Airport Road
- Five Ways To Beat Traffic in TC: Manage the Demand
- Five Ways to Beat Traffic in TC: Upgrade Keystone and Beitner Roads
- Five Ways to Beat Traffic in Traverse City
- For Roads, State Solutions Help, But Cities Need More
- Free bus passes for downtown TC employees
- Fresh to TC: Experiencing Smart Commute Week
- Fresh to TC: Riding the BATA Bus
- Gardens Fed by Community
- Gas tax shift makes sense for our crumbling roads
- Getting Around Michigan By Bus and Train
- Glenn Puit: A Grand Vision for Kalkaska’s Success
- Glenn Puit: An Apology, a Defense of Cuts
- Glenn Puit: Commissioner-Elect Tanner Speaks Out
- Glenn Puit: Give Emmet an ‘A’
- Glenn Puit: Grand Vision’s Next Steps
- Glenn Puit: Grand Visions, New Designs
- Glenn Puit: Larry Merrill, Townships, and The Grand Vision
- Glenn Puit: Less SLAPP-Happy?
- Glenn Puit: One County, Several Worlds
- Glenn Puit: Reprieve for a Planner
- Glenn Puit: Seger Out, Neiger In
- Glenn Puit: The Little Program That Could
- Glenn Puit: Wiring Empire for Success
- Good Regional Planners Are Hard to Find
- Google maps reveal traffic inefficiencies
- Google Saves Big By Offering Bus Passes, Specialist Says
- Governor Pleads for Road Funding, But Details Are Unclear
- Grand Rapids Lifts Michigan Into New Era of Rapid Transit
- Grand Traverse Local Roads: First, Fix What’s Broken
- Grand Vision: Time to Bring It Home
- Granholm: Stimulus Helping Michigan Housing Crisis
- Groundwork Opposes Traverse City’s Proposal 3
- Groundwork Supports BATA Millage
- GT Road Commission To Consider Complete Streets
- Hannah Clark: Beaches and Busses
- Hans Voss: Too Much ‘No’ In Local Activists’ Voices, Actions
- Health and Tourism Agencies Bring Mobility Tools to St. George
- Healthy Living Begins With Morning Commute
- Help Decide How Michigan Rolls
- Help Make Better Streets in Grand Traverse County
- Higher Standards: Why I Will Not Shop Meijer
- Highlights From Housing North’s Annual Housing Summit
- Honor: A Small Town Can Survive
- How to Choose the Right Transportation Project
- I’m Out of the Car-Commuter Game
- Introducing Americorps VISTA Kate Lewis
- It’s Time for Traverse City to Grow Up
- Jim Lively: Fill It Out – It Is Easy (Really!)
- Jim Lively: Hooray! They Don’t Want a Dam!
- Jim Lively: It is Elementary – Smart Growth Requires Neighborhood Schools
- Jim Lively: Jumping Through Bureaucratic Hoops to Get on the Grand Vision Bus
- Jim Lively: Roll Out the Grand Vision!
- Julie Hay: Grand Visions, Handstands, and What-Ifs
- Key Takeaways From 2022 National Shared Mobility Summit
- Last Call for Boardman Lake Road Plan
- Learn how to bike and bus in winter
- Like Food, Local Music Can Grow Economy
- Like Food, Local Music Can Grow Economy
- Live, Work, Play in Traverse City -But Who’ll Watch the Kids?
- Local Motion offers vision for future of commuting
- Local Motion rolls out fact sheets on transportation habits
- Local Workers Crave More Transportation Choices
- Long-planned Civic Square for Traverse City Could Be Reality Thanks to Rotary.
- Looking to Cities for Salvation
- LUTS: So, What Is Holding up the Parade?
- Major upgrades to Benzie to Traverse City bus link
- Marohn: Big-box investments have long-term costs
- Meet MLUI intern Jacob Gerstner
- Michigan Moving on ‘Complete Streets’
- MILE’ Act Helps Businesses Access Capital from the Masses
- MLUI launches Traverse City train study
- MLUI Position: Cass Road Bridge, existing roads, should be priorities
- MLUI report examines potential for rail in Traverse City
- MLUI saddened, frustrated by fatal hit-and-run
- MLUI Supports Proposal 1
- MLUI to release rail report July 19
- Mobility Planning Gets Better
- Money for Division Street Study Announced Today
- My Smart Commute Smorgasbord
- New Bus Route Helps Workers Cut Transportation Costs
- New bus service brings Benzie, Traverse City a little closer
- New Parking Strategy Could Mean Dollars for Neighborhoods
- Next Week’s Commuter Summit: Meet the Speakers
- No Silver Bullet for TC’s East-West Traffic
- Note to Greilickville: Focus on People, Not Just Cars
- Now Is the Time to Weigh in on Grandview Parkway Overhaul
- Odyssey Travelers Stop in TC
- Our Choice: What Kind of Road for Boardman Lake?
- Parking Lot Today, Home Sweet Home Tomorrow
- Peddling a Path to TC’s Future
- Progress Village Advocates for Poor in Northern Michigan
- Rail to Ann Arbor Project About to Roll Down the Tracks
- Ray Minervini receives 2014 Milliken Distinguished Leadership Award
- Regional Rider – “I Got Stripes”
- Regional Rider: ‘Make No Little Plans’ Edition
- Regional Rider: Frankfort, TC get a little closer
- Regional Rider: Old Man Winter edition
- Regional Rider: Smart Commuter Edition
- Regional Rider: The ‘Share Your Opinion’ Edition
- Regional Rider: Transit Authority, Grand Rapids Buses
- Regional Transit Authority a big win for Michigan
- Residents Can Shape Traverse City’s Transportation Future
- Riding the Bus Here and There
- Road builders admit: ‘We can’t build our way out of congestion’
- Road Funding Plan Leaves Buses at the Curb
- Running Out of Options for MI Transit
- Russ Soyring Shares Thoughts From a Career Guiding TC Planning
- Sharing a Sustainable Vision With the Brengman Brothers
- Shauna Fite: Benzie’s Opportunity Summit
- Short Gains for Detroit Transit
- Should road projects offer a return on investment?
- Snyder expected to tackle transportation in State of State
- So Many Reasons to Try Transit
- Stanford’s Cost Saving Lesson: Parking Doesn’t Pay
- State and Federal Lawmakers Accelerate Northern Michigan Rail
- State Transportation Update: Lawmakers Hit Brakes on Funding
- State’s Top Transportation Board Responds to Michigan Voices
- State’s Top Transportation Official To Grand Vision Network: Keep It Up
- Staying on Track
- Streets Should Connect, Not Divide
- Support grows for improved Cass Road crossing
- Survey: Residents want bike trails, sidewalks, buses-not wider roads
- TC-TALUS board members question role of buses in region
- TC-TALUS board members question role of buses in region
- TC-TALUS Seeks Comments on Long-Range Plan
- Teamwork, Plus Bus, Equals After-School Success
- TentCraft Innovates, Creates Local Jobs, Now Offers Farm to Workplace Benefits
- The House Hunters
- The Regional Rider – A Commuter Habits Holiday
- The Regional Rider – Spring Cleaning Edition
- The Regional Rider: ‘Fun Fact’ Edition
- The Regional Rider: ‘Kid Friendly’ Edition
- The Regional Rider: ‘Moving Forward’ Edition
- The Regional Rider: Commuter Rhymes Edition
- The Regional Rider: The ‘Carefree and Car-Free Summer’ Edition
- The Traverse City of Tomorrow Is on the Drawing Board
- The Vision Continues
- They, Them … We, Us
- To spur job growth, towns Up North bet on trains
- Tom Karas: A Grand Vision for Wind Power?
- Traffic solutions require leadership, not a bridge
- Train Travel Up North Closer To Reality
- Transportation habits hurt Grand Traverse pocketbooks
- Transportation Plan Stuck in Reverse
- Traverse City Fiber Talks Heat Up
- Traverse City Rents Swell With Housing Demand
- Traverse City Tech Scene Boosts Profile
- Traverse Gourmet donates 1% of profits to MLUI
- Traverse Gourmet donates 1% of profits to MLUI
- Update: Senate Committee’s Bills Include Transit
- View of public transit is changing nationally and locally
- Voters Want Movement on Division Street
- We Need a New Kind of Conversation in Traverse City
- What the Heck Is LUTS and How Can It Save the Grand Traverse Region?
- Who Dat Says New Orleans Ain’t A Great City?
- Work Harder, Stay Poor
- Zoning Gone, Benzie Planners Rethink Mission
Rural Clean Energy
- ‘The Old Kmart’ to Become Shining Example of Solar Power
- ‘Who’s going to pay for that?’ It’s the wrong question for climate change action.
- Answers to Your Questions From the Tunnel Vision Event
- Group Buy Solar Discounts for Homes and Small Businesses
- GW co-hosts federal U.P. Listening Session
- Making Room for Solar Pays Off
- Opinion: Michigan is turning the corner on clean energy
- POWER UP: Help Your Electric Co-Op Embrace Clean Energy
- Pushing back! Recap of rally for climate.
- Solar on Schools Showcase Free Webinar 6/20/2024
- Unlock clean energy savings: Discover REAP grant opportunities for rural businesses
- Why we need to site a lot of clean energy infrastructure in Michigan … and how you can help
- Young people can be a force in deciding election outcome in Michigan
Solar on Schools
SolaRISE
- Be the Spark! Help Build a Solar Array at East Jordan’s School
- Glen Lake School Uses SolaRISE to Hit Fundraiser Goal for Solar Array!
- Groundwork Launches Local Food Relief Fund
- Habitat for Humanity Fundraises for Solar Array on Net-Zero Home
- SolaRISE Helps Nonprofits Afford Clean Energy
- Students Push for Solar Power at Glen Lake Schools
- Westwoods Elementary Chooses SolaRISE to Help Raise Funds for Solar Array
T.C. Mobility Lab
- $42 Million Rail Upgrade Boosts Prospects for Passenger Rail
- A Way Forward for Bus Service in Emmet Co.
- Academy Grads Reflect on Impact
- Cities Can Shape Mobility Before It Shapes Them
- Cleaner, Cheaper, Faster, Less Hassle? When Trains Win Out Over Planes
- Consultant announced for next essential study for North+South Passenger Rail
- Controversial Boardman bridge cost triples—now $320 million+
- How TC Can Boost Winter Walking
- How the Railroads Raised Traverse City
- Justin Snowden Talks Micro-Mobility in the Motor City
- Key Takeaways From 2022 National Shared Mobility Summit
- Learn to Advocate for a More Walkable, Bikable, Livable TC
- Lessons from America’s Mobility Innovation Hub
- Lessons in Small City Mobility: Shared Bikes Get Rolling in Ithaca, New York
- Let’s Help Save the Cedar BATA Bus Route
- Look for Groundwork’s New Mobility Lab
- Meet Carolyn Ulstad, our new Transportation Program Manager
- Meet Groundwork’s New Transportation Specialist, Michael Goldman Brown, Jr.
- Milestones: Kelly Thayer Shares Memories and Takeaways From Bridge and Bypass Battles in TC and Petoskey!
- Next Year’s Northern Michigan Rail Study Will Welcome Critics, Concerns
- No Matter How You Vote on the GT Road Commission Millage, Speak out Against the Hartman-Hammond Bridge
- Now Is the Time to Weigh in on Grandview Parkway Overhaul
- Passenger rail remains a terrific option for rural America
- Ride Hailing, Accessible Housing at a Big New Station, more!
- Stop This Bridge. Sharing Our Letter to MDOT Leaders
- TC Can Jump Ahead of Shared Bikes and E-Scooters
- Thoughts From Carolyn’s Kingsley Commute
- West Lafayette Sets Scooter Rules for the Road
Transportation & Community Design
- $42 Million Rail Upgrade Boosts Prospects for Passenger Rail
- ‘How are you going to show up for people who are tired of fighting?’
- Missing Middle Housing—
not too big, not too little, just right. - A Look Back at 22 Years of Groundwork Service
- A Way Forward for Bus Service in Emmet Co.
- Academy Grads Reflect on Impact
- Accessible Housing Moving Forward
- All of America is for all Americans
- Announcing Executive Director Recruitment Search
- Announcing Release of 2023 Annual Report
- Cadillac community excited about train possibilities
- Cheryl Hutchinson Talks Personal Mission, Corporate Mission, and Groundwork
- Cities Can Shape Mobility Before It Shapes Them
- Cleaner, Cheaper, Faster, Less Hassle? When Trains Win Out Over Planes
- Consultant announced for next essential study for North+South Passenger Rail
- Controversial Boardman bridge cost triples—now $320 million+
- Done right, rail stations can spawn remarkable economic development
- Engage to Chart TC’s Future
- EQUITY SERIES: On Pride Day, Anna Dituri of Up North Pride Reflects
- Farewell, from Hans Voss
- Groundwork’s Xavier Verna shares thoughts for National Hispanic Heritage Month
- Highlights From Housing North’s Annual Housing Summit
- Honoring Juneteenth National Independence Day With Chris Stone
- How TC Can Boost Winter Walking
- How the Railroads Raised Traverse City
- Imagine the possibility of passenger rail … and help make it happen!
- Introducing our new Executive Director, Elizabeth Palchak!
- Key Takeaways From 2022 National Shared Mobility Summit
- Meet Carolyn Ulstad, our new Transportation Program Manager
- Meet Groundwork’s New Transportation Specialist, Michael Goldman Brown, Jr.
- New Michigan transit caucus aims to refocus transportation investment
- Next Year’s Northern Michigan Rail Study Will Welcome Critics, Concerns
- Now Is the Time to Weigh in on Grandview Parkway Overhaul
- Parking Lot Today, Home Sweet Home Tomorrow
- Passenger Rail and Public Transportation: A Perfect Pairing
- Passenger rail remains a terrific option for rural America
- Rail Is on the Rise in State and Nation
- Rail Momentum in the Mitten
- Rail Project Still on Track
- Rep. Betsy Coffia Talks Priorities With Groundwork
- Ride Hailing, Accessible Housing at a Big New Station, more!
- Russ Soyring Shares Thoughts From a Career Guiding TC Planning
- Seeing Double: The Midwest’s Other North-South In-State Rail Project
- Sherwood Smith Talks Importance of Community
- Soot. Boring word. Deadly thing.
- State and Federal Lawmakers Accelerate Northern Michigan Rail
- Stop This Bridge. Sharing Our Letter to MDOT Leaders
- Supreme Court’s decision puts America’s health and safety at risk
- Sustainable Ways, Resilient Outcomes, Thriving Tomorrows
- Takeaways from the 2024 Michigan Rail Conference
- Testimony: Reflecting on National Disability Independence Day
- The House Hunters
- The Traverse City of Tomorrow Is on the Drawing Board
- There’s something about a train …
- Thoughts From Carolyn’s Kingsley Commute
- Where we go from here … what this moment means for our work
- You’re invited!
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