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Oryana and Groundwork,
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Above: A sampling of team Oryana. Bringing delicious and nutritious food and building community for 50 years. From left: Luise Bolleber, Steve Nance, Kirsten Harris, Libby Schnepf. Oryana and Groundwork have worked on a multitude of food-centric community-building...
Next Year’s Northern Michigan Rail Study Will Welcome Critics, Concerns
The idea of creating a passenger rail connection to northern Lower Michigan reached an exciting milestone this year when state and federal lawmakers announced funding support for the next phase of planning. But even though many people think the news is a win for...
Missing Middle Housing—
not too big, not too little, just right.
The image above shows in white the two primary dwelling types found in most cities: single-family homes and mid-rise apartment buildings. What’s lacking, shown in yellow, are the diverse and complementary missing middle homes, such as duplexes, triplexes,...