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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Traverse City commissioners will discuss efforts to address homelessness at a study session Monday, including options for either the temporary or permanent extension of Safe Harbor operations year-round. Grand Traverse County commissioners also discussed the topic this week, including a proposed memorandum of understanding between community partners to jointly address homelessness. Several residents also weighed …
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Traverse City Manager Liz Vogel has been on the job just a few weeks, but is already facing several major time-sensitive projects with looming deadlines in the coming months. In a study session Monday, Vogel and commissioners – who went through a joint presentation on effective governance and city commission rules – created a list …
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A busy agenda awaits city commissioners at their first meeting of the year, which will be held Tuesday instead of Monday due to Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Commissioners will consider approving a joint resolution with other local partners to pursue making Safe Harbor a year-round overnight shelter, the creation of a new city neighborhood …
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Resources designed to assist people experiencing homelessness in the region are under tremendous strain as 2024 arrives.
Unhoused people in the Grand Traverse region are assisted by a variety of organizations that meet basic needs, from temporary shelter to help with food and hygiene. And while the overall number of homeless individuals seems to have …
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The Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation announced $612,638 in year-end grants to 77 organizations across Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska and Leelanau counties and the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians.
This brings the Community Foundation’s grants and scholarship awards in 2023 to $3.5 million.
“Such a large amount of grant dollars supporting …
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