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Check out below the results of the recent survey that was sent out to you, our community.
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Great Lakes Urban
- 7 days ago
- 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
- 7 days ago
- 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
- 7 days ago
- 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
- 7 days ago
- 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
- 7 days ago
- 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
- 7 days ago
- 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
- 7 days ago
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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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Great Lakes Urban
- Jun 28
- 2 min
Blueprint for Social Connection: US Surgeon General Advisory
In May, the U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, released an Advisory on the Healing Effects of Social Connection and Community. Why...
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Great Lakes Urban
- Jun 28
- 1 min
Deepening Flourishing in Southern Holland
Southern Holland has unique characteristics. It has the greatest socio-economic and cultural diversity within the city. It is...
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Great Lakes Urban
- Jun 28
- 1 min
Blueprint for Neighborhood Flourishing
In 2022, the City of Holland set out to write what would become the Blueprint for Flourishing Neighborhoods. As the blueprint reads, The...
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Great Lakes Urban
- Jun 20
- 3 min
Unleashing the Potential of Neighborhoods
This post is part of an ongoing series discussing how Great Lakes Urban is catalyzing the 7 functions of a flourishing neighborhood....
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Great Lakes Urban
- Apr 28
- 3 min
Neighbors Stewarding Ecology
Research by the ABCD Institute has identified 7 key functions that neighborhoods play in our society. In January we started a series...
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Great Lakes Urban
- Mar 19
- 3 min
7 Neighborhood Functions Remind Us That Small is Beautiful
Research by the ABCD Institute has identified 7 key functions that neighborhoods play in our society. In January we started a series...
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Great Lakes Urban
- Mar 19
- 1 min
Small is Beautiful in Mister Rogers Neighborhood
March 20 is Fred Roger's birthday. Let's celebrate his life and impact with Won't You Be My Neighbor Day activities. It's March! That...
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Great Lakes Urban
- Mar 19
- 1 min
Meet Brigit Hassig: Our Newest Board Member
Brigit Hassig is the most recent member to join the Great Lakes Urban board of directors. We recently caught up with Brigit to learn more...
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Great Lakes Urban
- Mar 19
- 3 min
Megan Ginn: Building a Large-Scale Framework
As a new Project Director for Great Lakes Urban, Megan will be working to build a national network of Asset Based Community Development...
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