This article first appeared in the Traverse City Record-Eagle Agriculture Forum. For several years, I have been part of a collective effort to provide more access to healthy food to those in our community who need it most. This on-the-ground effort helps meet the...
Seeing Double: The Midwest’s Other North-South In-State Rail Project
Groundwork's effort to establish a North-South Passenger Rail in Michigan is part of a national movement to improve and expand train lines that connect big and small cities around the country. Public opinion research and travel trends show that across the United...
Why Corporate Partnership With Groundwork Matters
We are sharing thoughts from 11 members of our Corporate Sponsor program, responses to a simple question we asked them a few weeks back: "Why is the corporate partnership with Groundwork important to you and your business?"As you'll see, their answers...
Plan to relocate oil tunnel ‘unusual and especially risky.’ Here’s why.
This Groundwork op-ed first published in the Detroit Free Press. The oil company Enbridge wants to move its Line 5 oil pipeline from the Straits of Mackinac into a tunnel beneath the lake, and the Michigan Public Service Commission recently signed off on this plan,...
Cleaner, Cheaper, Faster, Less Hassle? When Trains Win Out Over Planes
Today in America, nearly three million people catch a flight every day. Over the last hundred years, commercial aviation has evolved into such a regular part of life that booking a flight rarely provokes a second thought. Explaining this phenomenon is relatively...
Line 5 at Workshop Brewing TC, January 25, Learn, Take Action!
2024 promises to be a monumental year in the fight to shut down Line 5. Multiple court cases in motion Permit reviews ahead. Erosion on the Bad River edging ever closer to the pipeline (and spring melt just ahead) Gathering pressure on...