Groundwork Center

Groundwork Center offers innovative solutions for healthier, more resilient, and economically secure communities.

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10 years of lessons from the Kalamazoo River oil spill prove we must shut down Line 5 in Mackinac Straits. NWF's Beth Wallace and Larry Bell, Bell's Brewery, on Speaking of Resilience podcast. https://t.co/DGteuXNUi5

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Candidate Education https://t.co/Mp6AAkas2D

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@billmckibben your friends (and two-wheeler fans) at @grndwk send you a million get-well wishes! cheers to helmets.

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We kick off Groundwork's 25th year with April 9 potluck at the Historic Barns, Grand Traverse Commons! Stay tuned for details, but please know you are invited, and we would love to celebrate our big day with you! Mark your calendar! #traversecity #leelanau #benzie

[Groundwork Center @grndwk]

Nutritional psychologist April Hackert packs a lot into this 6-min vid re how food and stress inter-relate. From our Farms, Food & Health Conference. #brainfood #nutritionalpsychology #aprilhackert #localfood #culinarymedicine https://t.co/6QEOiiimXq

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UP Energy Task Force gets update fm Public Sector Consultants in St. Ignace today re upcoming report on propane delivery alternatives if Line 5 disrupted. Groundwork helping organize support across UP for clean energy in Task Force recommendations #upperpeninsula #cleanenergy

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Bryant Park is a small, iconic beach park in Traverse City, a spot where moms, dads and kids form lifelong friendships and community. But traffic around the park is a nightmare. @bethmilligan, @TraverseTicker looks at fixing. #traversecity #parks #cities https://t.co/TAhOVuaRH0

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Know a farm family wanting to be less dependent on commodity crops? Tell them about this! $37 million for help diversifying. #farm #farming #sustainablefarming #localfood https://t.co/AHdNI64CKG

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"I care for food. I give it to kids ... so they know they are cared for." — Nathan Bates, chef at Boyne Falls Public School when honored in the 2020 Boyne Area Chamber of Commerce Awards Gala. #farmtoschool, #localfood https://t.co/K8H88xIltK

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Let's get Michigan's innovative and effective local-food school lunch program reinstated! Our kids deserve hope for a healthy life. #farmtoschool #farm2school #localfood #brainfood #govwhitmer
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National politics are in a swirl, but local solutions are making our nation better every single day. Ignite your optimism w this inspiring video, and please join in! Let's move move forward with solutions that unify. #localfood #cleanenergy #newmobility https://t.co/v33qbqHrbe

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It's not easy convincing schools to bring healthy foods into cafeterias and vending machines. Marshall Collins, School Health Specialist with the Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District, shares insight from his journey. #farmtoschool #farm2school
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[Groundwork Center @grndwk]

Great editorial by @RecordEagle calling for shutdown of Line 5 based on yet another incident—recent— that reveals the vulnerability of the pipeline and threat of oil spill within the powerful currents of the Mackinac Straits. #greatlakes #waterislife https://t.co/JQZlb2W6Ur

[Groundwork Center @grndwk]

Happy New Year! As the sun rises on our 25th year, we offer you this wish. May optimism fill your sails. May equality be your horizon. May wisdom and understanding be your compass. Let's create local solutions that allow environment, economy and human health to all rise together!

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When you support Groundwork (https://t.co/d7BM6zEq5V), you support our TC Mobility Lab, helping develop better ways to reduce traffic and keep our towns livable, walkable and bike-able! Please give during our Solutions That Unify annual campaign. #traversecity #nomi #newmobility

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Our Petoskey local food policy specialist, Jen Schaap, has been working with the Health Dept of NW Michigan to take the farm to school movement to the next level. Stay tuned for how you can steal ideas and build the farm to school movement in your school! #farmtoschool #localfood

[Groundwork Center @grndwk]

At Groundwork, we see trains as important part of future, but it's fun to reflect on the role they played in the past. This @RecordEagle story offers some great historical perspective to hold onto! #trains #traversecity #petoskey #newmobility #greatlakes https://t.co/fxfX95Z7dj

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Please support Groundwork (https://t.co/d7BM6zEq5V), and further the emerging field of culinary medicine—spread healing benefits of nutrient-dense, locally grown food! Let food be thy medicine is an old saying more important than ever. #localfood #culinarymedicine #traversecity

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We’re hiring! Groundwork Center Seeks Bookkeeper
If someone you know is an experienced bookkeeper wanting to work at an energized, widely respected nonprofit that’s building innovative, community-based programs, have them apply! #traversecity #nonprofit https://t.co/Hi0aostggb

[Groundwork Center @grndwk]

When you give to Groundwork (https://t.co/d7BM6zEq5V), you bring fresh and healthy food to schools through Farm to School programs. Help solve diet-related child disease like diabetes & obesity and create lifelong healthy habits. #farmtoschool #localfood #traversecity #petoskey