Now, the words “community” and “garden” are transforming lives across the country, and a special event in Traverse City on Sunday, Jan. 31 highlights “The Promise of Gardens: How Gardens Build Community, Feed Us All and Reconnect Us to Nature,” featuring award-winning author Eric Toensmeier.
It’s official: I parked my dilapidated Honda Civic for the last time last May.
I’ve been fortunate to travel to Michigan a few times in the past year and a half and have fond memories of all the people I’ve met there.
Today I’m busy connecting with the team from 350.org, who all know Traverse City by name and are so happy to finally meet someone from a city that they have been hearing about for over a year, thanks to the good work of so many people who helped put TC350 on the map.
Chickens in the city? That is the question that the Traverse City planning commission is pondering, and it appears that many people are saying “yes.”
Although it was a regional event, Tuesday night’s rollout of The Grand Vision’s final draft plan at Traverse City’s State Theater was actually a watershed for the entire state.