Jim Lively always liked the notion of a light rail system in Traverse City.

Thursday, he'll find out if it's a practical concept.

Lively is a member of a committee that's steering The Grand Vision, a $1.6 million land use and transportation study that will hold its final public workshops this Thursday in Grand Traverse County.

Workshop participants will be given packets containing different transportation choices and asked for their views on what the region's transportation system should look like over the next 50 years.

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