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Great Lakes Urban
- Mar 12
- 2 min
Volunteers in Motion: Meet the Geelhoeds
The Geelhoeds, friends of Great Lakes Urban, organize a team (Plymouth Peddlers) every year to ride in the Restoring Our Communities...
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Great Lakes Urban
- Mar 12
- 2 min
Coast to Coast for Neighborhood Wellbeing
Over the past few months, Great Lakes Urban partnered with The Hopeful Neighborhood Project to lead their Neighborhood Project Lab. From...
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Great Lakes Urban
- Mar 12
- 4 min
Where does Belonging begin?
If the rates of loneliness and isolation are true, why don’t more people see the value in being a neighbor? Across the country, people...
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Great Lakes Urban
- Dec 11, 2023
- 3 min
Meet Makya Murray: Builder of Connected Communities
Meet our newest Community Connector, Makya Murphy. Makya was one of the participants in the Community Connector course. She works in the...
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Great Lakes Urban
- Dec 11, 2023
- 2 min
Investing in Community Connection: Meet Ken Genzink
We regularly interview leaders, volunteers, donors, and others in our generous Great Lakes Urban community. Below, check out a snippet of...
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Great Lakes Urban
- Dec 11, 2023
- 1 min
Celebrating Connection
Over the summer, seven participants completed a 12-week Community Connector course. During the course, they spent six weeks learning...
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Great Lakes Urban
- Dec 11, 2023
- 1 min
Fueling Community Connection: Giving Tuesday Update
Neighborhood Connectors across Michigan are showing that we can champion hope, dignity, and belonging. Their work would not be possible...
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Great Lakes Urban
- Dec 6, 2023
- 2 min
Changemakers
The Changemakers We Need The holiday season is a time of hope, remembrance, and celebration. But sometimes, this season of joy is...
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- Sep 26, 2023
- 1 min
What's in a Name?
Check out below the results of the recent survey that was sent out to you, our community.
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Great Lakes Urban
- Sep 26, 2023
- 2 min
Harvesting Hope in West of Washington
What was known a few decades ago as the rural part of town is now filled with shops, businesses, and housing developments. The West of...
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Great Lakes Urban
- Sep 26, 2023
- 1 min
Building Community to Support Community Building
Thanks to your support, our annual Restoring Our Cities fundraiser was a huge success! Thank you to everyone who rode, donated, and...
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Great Lakes Urban
- Sep 26, 2023
- 3 min
Board Member Spotlight: Meet Chris Schock
Meet our Board Member, Chris Schock! With a background as a planner, economic director, and community development director, Chris brings...
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Great Lakes Urban
- Sep 26, 2023
- 2 min
Planting Community in Central Florida
Great Lakes Urban is glad to be supporting the emergence of new neighborhood strengthening work in central Florida through the adaptation...
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Great Lakes Urban
- Sep 26, 2023
- 1 min
Michigan Spotlight: Montello Park
Thanks to a grant from the Oakspring Fund of the Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area, Great Lakes Urban and 3Sixty will...
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Great Lakes Urban
- Sep 26, 2023
- 1 min
Promising Practices in Planting Community
At Great Lakes Urban, we like to share promising practices in planting community from around the country. Here’s how to engage. Did you...
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Great Lakes Urban
- Sep 26, 2023
- 1 min
You Can Plant Community Where You Live
National Good Neighbor Day is upon us! This national holiday, established by presidential proclamation in 1978, is a great excuse to meet...
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Great Lakes Urban
- Jun 28, 2023
- 1 min
Flourishing Round-Up
In an occasional series we bring you a round-up of some our staff's favorite resources on connecting and flourishing. Watch: In...
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Great Lakes Urban
- Jun 28, 2023
- 2 min
Boards & Bikes: Meet Dave Veltkamp
As part of our regular series highlighting members and volunteers, we recently caught up with Dave Veltkamp. Dave serves on the GLU Board...
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Great Lakes Urban
- Jun 28, 2023
- 1 min
Rides & Regulars: Funding Flourishing
Great Lakes Urban is positioned to make a very real difference on issues that matter. And, we've seen incredible growth these past couple...
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