Peter Boogaart: On-bill financing key to Holland’s home retrofits

by Jim Dulzo | Feb 3, 2015 | Clean Energy

Peter Boogaart knows exactly what he’ll do when he retires later this month. The longtime Holland-area resident is leaving the Ottawa County Community Action Agency after six years of helping low-income families tighten up their homes to cut their often budget-crushing energy bills. Now the 66-year-old home efficiency veteran will ramp up his already strong volunteer involvement in the Holland Community Energy Plan’s home efficiency retrofit project, which aims to cut gas and electric consumption of each of the city’s 7,000-plus homes by up to 50 percent over 40 years.

Taste the Local Difference to Produce Magazine with ‘Traverse’

by MyNorth | Feb 3, 2015 | Food & Farming

New this year, MyNorth Media, publishers of Traverse, Northern Michigan’s Magazine, will produce Michigan Land Use Institute’s Taste the Local Difference as a magazine that combines the utility of the previous maps with fascinating stories and stunning photography of the Northern Michigan food scene.

Holland’s Bright Energy Plan Starts to Roll

by Jim Dulzo | Jan 26, 2015 | Clean Energy

Holland, Michigan’s forward-looking Community Energy Plan is steadily gaining momentum and public support for transforming an old Lake Michigan port city into a world-class clean energy champion.

Holland’s Dan Nally: Building a Power Plant Like No Other

by Jim Dulzo | Jan 26, 2015 | Clean Energy

When it comes to building power plants, Dan Nally has been around the block, the state, and the planet a few times. Now he has a doozy of an assignment: project director for construction of the Holland Board of Public Works’ new gas-fired power plant.

County Officials Gamble With Road Network

by MLUI | Jan 23, 2015 | Resilient Communities

A brand-new Grand Traverse County Board of Commissioners narrowly avoided a decision this week that would have put the key road crossing of the Boardman River at Cass Road out of commission while gambling on an elusive and expensive bypass to connect Hartman and Hammond roads.

Kids Are Cooking It Up in Northern Michigan

by Meghan McDermott | Jan 19, 2015 | Food & Farming

Two chefs enter the room, prepared to demonstrate the latest dish they’ve learned to perfect. The audience is at the edge of their seats, craning to catch a glimpse of every last ingredient and technique required to recreate the recipe at home. But this isn’t the latest stadium battle of Iron Chef or a scene from Chopped. The audience members are no more than 6 years old, and the chefs are only a few years older.

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