Google has launched a new tool that lets cyclists look up trails through its Google Maps application. Traverse City has been included in the first 150 cities to be added to the feature.
From the Chicago Tribune:
"Hard-core and recreational cyclists will be able to use the Web-based technology to plan trips or explore biking trails and [...]
Division Street is a major transportation corridor of Traverse City with over 20,000 vehicles driving through each day. It is a corridor that most people in the region (Antrim, Benzie, Kalkaska, Leelanau, and Wexford counties) will travel heading north or south.
The Record-Eagle is reporting that city officials are seeking to make the Division Street drive [...]
On March 24, Jim Ridgway, of Environmental Consulting & Technology, Inc. and David Flowers, of Natural Water Solutions, LLC., will be in Leelanau County to talk about decentralized water and wastewater treatment.
From the Leelanau County website:
"Two (2) national experts will share their experiences on low cost, small scale decentralized water & wastewater treatment opportunities. [...]
This year, go green on St. Patrick's day in a different way. With green energy.
The Grand Vision Energy Working Group will host a Renewable Energy forum on March 17.
It starts at 7pm and will be held at the Traverse Area District Library.
Michigan currently receives only 3% of its electricity from renewable energy. By law, electricity [...]
The Michigan State House Transportation Committee was in Traverse City yesterday (Mar 8). Because Michigan is unable to match federal transportation funds, the state is losing out on the federal dollars. As a result, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has been forced to delay indefinitely a significant portion of road improvement projects.
7&4 News was [...]
February 12, 2010 – 1:16 pm
The "Farm to School: Setting the Table for Wellness" conference is offering scholarships to students of Northwest Lower Michigan schools.
In a press release issued yesterday, the conference organizers announced:
Schools in northwest Lower Michigan have until Feb. 22 to take full advantage of significant scholarships that cover registration costs and substitute pay for sending seven people [...]
February 5, 2010 – 3:50 pm
The Record-Eagle has this article on the decline of home values in the region:
"Property tax assessment notices will begin showing up in regional mailboxes in about a month, and initial studies by county equalization directors in Grand Traverse, Leelanau, Benzie, Antrim and Kalkaska counties show residential assessments will drop on average 6.5 percent in Grand [...]
January 28, 2010 – 1:41 pm
Every two weeks we send out our Grand Vision update. In addition to a roundup of recent stories of interest, we feature a photo from our Grand Vision group on the photo sharing site Flickr. If you'd like to see YOUR photo featured here, click to join the Grand Vision group!
This photo of Guernsey Lake [...]
January 5, 2010 – 2:42 pm
Young photographers this one is for you.
The Traverse Area Camera Club is holding an open competition for students in grades 9-12 who live in Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau and Wexford counties.
You can submit up to three photos in a variety of categories.
According to the Record-Eagle:
Photographer Don Rutt, Todd McMillen of Creative Custom Framing [...]
December 8, 2009 – 2:40 pm
On October 29 The Grand Vision was featured on Interlochen Public Radio's Points North program.
Guests included Marsha Smith, Executive Director of Rotary Charities and Chair of the Coordinating Group of The Grand Vision, and Matt Skeels, Director of Traverse City Transportation And Land Use Study (TC-TALUS). Also interviewed was Leelanau County Commissioner Jean Watkowski.
Tough questions [...]
