Looking for things that you can do every day to impact and strengthen your community? Groundwork is capturing that sense of optimism by rolling up our sleeves and getting to work protecting the environment, strengthening the economy, and building resilient communities. We invite you to play a part.
Traverse City commissioners unanimously passed a resolution to power Traverse City’s municipal operations via 100 percent renewable energy by 2020 and initiate a long-term plan to transition the entire city to be carbon neutral by 2050 -Â making Traverse City only the third community in Michigan to set such a bold objective.
Though a Trump presidency threatens to roll back progress, the United States has taken major steps to harness green energy. We’re no longer building dirty coal plants; we’re spending on billions of clean energy, here in Michigan and nationwide.
The state legislature has put Michigan on the map as a leader in the national farm to school movement with an innovative state pilot program called 10 Cents a Meal that was started here in Traverse City.
With the solar industry taking off across the country and Congress extending a big, game-changing solar “discount” now is the perfect time to go solar. Putting a solar system on your home or business is more affordable than ever.
A whopping 68 percent of residents of the five-county Traverse City region are overweight. The good news is that doctors, public health experts, and employers are teaming up with small farmers and getting creative.