Traverse City commissioners approved a $2.57 million contract with Elmer’s Crane and Dozer Monday for construction work on several key city streets, sidewalks, and parking lots starting this fall and continuing into next year – including Maple Street, Twelfth Street, Eastern Avenue, Railroad Avenue, parking lots G and C, and multiple Eighth Street intersections. Commissioners …
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Taking the capabilities of a state-of-the-art hospital exam room and cramming them into a van: That’s essentially the idea that a team of local collaborators – including Munson Healthcare, Traverse Health Clinic, and Goodwill Northern Michigan – have been working on in recent years. The result is a fully-equipped “mobile medical unit,” which deployed in …
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Traverse City commissioners will revisit a plan to solicit proposals from developers to build workforce housing on three contiguous city-owned parcels on Beitner Street and Woodmere Avenue at a study session Monday. Commissioners will consider the language of a draft request-for-proposals (RFP) outlining desired goals for the project – but will also hear concerns from …
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Traverse City Area Public Schools (TCAPS) trustees voted Thursday to enact an “away-for-the-day” cell phone policy districtwide for grades K-8 starting this fall. The policy will require students in those grades to power off their phones and keep them stored away for the entire school day. Trustees were divided on applying such a policy to …
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The future of the former Pugsley Correctional Facility in Kingsley could (finally) be taking shape. The one-time prison hit the market with a $3.95 million price tag last fall, after a years-long effort by owner the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (GTB) – to convert the expansive property into an economic innovation …
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Eleven candidates have filed to run for four open seats on the Traverse City commission this fall, submitting paperwork by the 4pm filing deadline Tuesday. The crowded field means there will likely be hearty debate in the coming months on issues like housing, TIF, zoning, and climate resiliency leading up to the November 7 election. …
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Traverse City commissioners will tackle a packed agenda tonight (Monday) that includes a presentation on the proposed search process for a new city manager, a contract to design a new public mixed-use parking deck recommended by the TC Downtown Development Authority, and a contract to add a school resource officer at TC Central High School. …
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Five years into his job as director of Grand Traverse County’s Veterans Affairs Office, Michael Roof (pictured) is very familiar with the issues facing northern Michigan veterans. He knows first-hand that sometimes, vets need a little help.
At 22, fresh out of the Marines, Roof had a wife and newborn, but had just lost his …
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Could northern Michigan’s chronic homelessness problem be a thing of the past by the end of the decade? That’s the goal of a new initiative launched by the Northwest Michigan Coalition to End Homelessness (the Coalition). To achieve the mission, though, the Coalition and its partners will need to navigate a tricky labyrinth of different …
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The City of Traverse City is facing a strategic disconnect between its budget and goals and a potential looming staffing crisis as one-third of employees become eligible for retirement in the next five years, new Interim City Manager Nate Geinzer told commissioners Monday. Geinzer – along with leadership from Traverse City Light & Power and the …
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