Traverse City commissioners will vote tonight (Monday) on approving a liquor license for a planned new tasting room on West Front Street from Petoskey’s High Five Spirits. Commissioners will also hold a public hearing on the city’s proposed 2024-25 budget and vote on contracts with Traverse Connect for economic development services and the Grand Traverse …
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Nineteen candidates are vying for nine Grand Traverse County commission seats this year – with only one candidate unopposed and the rest facing one or more challengers heading into the August 6 primary. Only one candidate from each party will advance from the primary to the November 5 general election to compete for each district’s …
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Traverse City commissioners will vote tonight (Monday) to approve $360,000 in funding for Goodwill Northern Michigan to move 27 individuals experiencing homelessness into permanent supportive housing at East Bay Flats by January – with 17 of those individuals to secure apartments by August. That’s one of several solutions to address local homelessness that will be …
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Munson Healthcare announced on Thursday that it will donate $300,000 to Traverse Health Clinic over the next two years to help fund an expansion of the Street Medicine Program.
Launched in July 2022, the Street Medicine Program is a collaborative initiative between several local partners – including Munson Healthcare, Traverse Health Clinic, and Goodwill Northern …
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With plans to extend Safe Harbor into a year-round shelter off the table for 2024, community leaders are gearing up for another busy summer season at the Pines, the burgeoning homeless encampment off Eleventh Street. Traverse City Manager Liz Vogel briefed commissioners Monday on recommendations she’ll make in her upcoming budget to help address the …
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All eyes may be on the Grandview Parkway/East Front Street reconstruction project kicking off Sunday, but 2023 also represented a major year for infrastructure investment in Traverse City. City Manager Liz Vogel presented an overview to commissioners this week of an annual recap called "The Performance," which uses key metrics to evaluate how individual departments …
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Plans to potentially convert Safe Harbor into a year-round emergency shelter will not go forward in 2024, with leaders from both the nonprofit and City of Traverse City citing logistical hurdles – from funding to staffing to a minimum three-month process to amend Safe’s Harbor special land use permit – that couldn’t realistically be resolved …
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Thanks to a series of lawsuit settlements, communities throughout the U.S. are getting millions of dollars to deal with the effects of the opioid overdose epidemic. The money has the potential to drive major leaps forward for opioid education, drug prevention initiatives, addiction treatment, expanded distribution of lifesaving medications, and more. But nearly a year …
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Homelessness is in the spotlight in Traverse City.
Between talks about extending Safe Harbor operations and increased visibility of The Pines – the name given to a homeless encampment off Eleventh Street – Ashley Halladay-Schmandt, director of the Northwest Michigan Coalition to End Homelessness, says the local community has never been so engaged in the …
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Traverse City commissioners and planning commissioners will hold a study session Wednesday at 6pm at the Governmental Center to jointly discuss several key issues facing the city, including possible changes to vacation rental rules, the potential expansion of Safe Harbor to year-round operations, and the process and timeline for approving the city’s new master plan …
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