Category Archives: Media Releases
November 9, 2009 – 2:55 pm
On November 19th the Grand Vision will hold the first Grand Vision Working Summit at the Oleson Center on the campus of Northwestern Michigan College from 6-8:30 p.m. Representatives from each of the six value area working groups will present current goals statements and priority projects.
We welcome keynote speaker Bill Rustem, senior vice president of [...]
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August 24, 2009 – 1:41 pm
Last week the Grand Vision took an important step toward becoming a real agent for changing how land use, transportation and community economic development decisions are made in the six county region. The coordinating group that initiated the citizen-led process nearly four years ago recognized that it is time for [...]
August 10, 2009 – 11:25 am
This report presents the results of a telephone survey conducted in March and April 2009 among residents of Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau, and Wexford Counties. The survey questions were derived from questions explored in the Grand Vision Decision, a broad public-input process in which area residents explored options for [...]
Project leaders to present May 19, 6:30-8:30 at the State Theater in Traverse City.
Traverse City, MI – The Grand Vision - created by the citizens of Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau and Wexford Counties will have a first preview of “The Roadmap to Regional Prosperity” on May 19th at the State Theater in Traverse [...]
March 31, 2009 – 10:23 am
Six new Grand Vision working groups invite area stakeholders to represent citizen interests and help advance the regional plan
As the six county regional Grand Vision is being finalized, based on unprecedented input from more than 12,000 residents, TC-TALUS and the Coordinating Group that initiated the project is beginning an implementation strategy to ensure that the [...]
Honor State Bank is in the business of providing banking needs for small businesses in Northwest Michigan. With branches covering geography from Manistee County to Grand Traverse County, it is critical to our customers’ success that the communities grow in a way that is uniform and supports appropriate infrastructure to the area. In addition, the [...]
The vision of Rotary Charities and Rotary Camps & Services states that our organizations will be collaborative leaders of strategic efforts to achieve positive change in the Grand Traverse region. Our Rotary organizations are involved in an active way in the Grand Vision because it is an ideal way for us to work in [...]
The Grand Vision is running a series of brief articles by our Grand Vision Champions that discuss what the Grand Vision means to their business or organization.
As one of the largest employers in this region and an organization that welcomes more than 250,000 visitors each year, how this region plans for growth is critical to [...]
February 24, 2009 – 4:06 pm
The Grand Vision is running a series of brief articles by our Grand Vision Champions that discuss what the Grand Vision means to their business or organization.
Black Star Farms is exactly the kind of Leelanau County business that benefits directly from the Grand Vision project. We operate multiple business units based upon value-added agriculture and [...]
February 5, 2009 – 5:28 pm
The Grand Vision Draft has been posted to the web site for your review & comment.
From that page you can also get the Grand Vision Scorecard Summary that looks at input received from the more than 2,500 citizens during the mapping workshops.
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