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Low-Income Families Encouraged to Consider Farming
Special investment accounts provide for matching funds for aspiring farmers...Read more
BetterBuildings Michigan: Selling Efficiency, Door-to-Door
Across Michigan, people are going door to door, offering homeowners low-cost opportunities to increase their comfort while saving energy dollars...Read more.
Schools Seek Local Foods
Farmers and local food distributors interested in selling to schools in Leelanau and Grand Traverse counties will meet Jan. 30...Read more.
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Families on the Edge: Designing Communities That Work
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Northwest Lower Michigan is a hard place to live if you are poor. Cheap housing is far from town; cars are utterly necessary; long winters mean sky-high energy bills; and eating fresh, local food is a luxury. Fortunately, The Grand Vision project offers wildly popular, relatively low-cost solutions that help everyone.
Executive Director Newsletter: Fall 2011
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Catch up with recent MLUI staff and board news!


20-20 by 2020: A Clear Vision for Clean Energy Prosperity
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Traverse City Light & Power's push for renewable energy should include much stronger commitments to energy efficiency and local, entrepreneurial wind and solar power projects-keys to lowering electric bills and creating new jobs in the region.
Expanding Transportation Choices in the Grand Traverse Region
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Connecting Villiages and Towns with Public Transit
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BetterBuildings Michigan: Selling Efficiency, Door-to-Door
Jan 26, 2012
BetterBuildings Michigan: Selling Efficiency, Door-to-Door
Across Michigan, people are going door to door, offering homeowners low-cost opportunities to increase their comfort while saving energy ...more

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Jan 25, 2012
Schools Seek Local Foods; Set Meeting with Farmers
Farmers and local food distributors interested in selling to schools in Leelanau and Grand Traverse counties will meet Jan. 30. ...more

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Holland Council Weighs Pioneering Energy Strategy
Jan 12, 2012
Holland Council Weighs Pioneering Energy Strategy
The Holland City Council has begun considering a bold energy efficiency strategy, but an initial meeting on the subject revealed little ...more

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BATA buses are pictured at the BATA transit center. BATA is making significant changes to the way it runs its bus routes, and bus riders are going to be saying some major benefits, including more reliable timeliness for rides.
Jan 10, 2012
BATA Making Big Changes
The Grand Traverse region’s largest bus system is announcing some big changes, making it easier for commuters to ride the bus to work ...more

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Will Coal's Business Crisis Sink Rogers City Plant?
Dec 08, 2011
Will Coal's Business Crisis Sink Rogers City Plant?
While environmental groups sue the state to stop Rogers City’s coal plant, it may be economics that finally kill the project. ...more

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