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Great Lakes Urban
- Feb 18, 2022
- 3 min
A Conversation 30 Years in the Making
In 1993, on the heals of years of research on, and thousands of interviews with people in, communities from across the US, John McKnight...
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Great Lakes Urban
- Dec 2, 2021
- 1 min
1 December 2021 Lunch+Learn
Listen in to a moderated discussion with Wayne Squires, Director of Bates Place Neighbors, and Tecca and Luke, local neighborhood...
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Great Lakes Urban
- Nov 24, 2021
- 4 min
Meet the Board: In conversation with Arlene DeYoung
Arlene DeYoung is on Great Lakes Urban’s board of directors. She brings 20 years of experience in the corporate arena at Amway and Meijer...
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Great Lakes Urban
- Nov 22, 2021
- 5 min
Community Pioneer: Meet Robin Klay
Community leader Robin Klay has lived in Pioneer Village for the past four years. Having worked and lived in places like West Africa,...
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Great Lakes Urban
- Nov 22, 2021
- 4 min
Home, Hope, and Community in Holland: The Story of Paul Bowles
After struggling to feel at home for many years, Paul Bowles decided to take a chance and relocate to Holland, MI. Since moving to his...
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Great Lakes Urban
- Oct 2, 2021
- 4 min
Community Grows Where It's Planted
Thirty-two years ago, Lori Appledoorn moved to her home in Holland, MI, and has been there ever since. While she may have stayed in the...
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Great Lakes Urban
- Oct 2, 2021
- 4 min
Lifelong Community Devotee: Meet Doris Perez
Doris Perez of Great Lakes Urban has long devoted her life to serving the community. She was born and raised in the Dominican Republic,...
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Great Lakes Urban
- Oct 2, 2021
- 2 min
Riding For Change
The Restoring Our Cities (ROC) bike ride happened on a hot day in August, but what a great day it was! Eleven brave souls came out to...
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Great Lakes Urban
- Sep 21, 2021
- 1 min
Learning to Listen in Godfrey Lee
Thank you for joining us on September 15th for our 3rd online Lunch + Learn of 2021. We enjoyed hearing from Wyoming's Mayor Jack Poll,...
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Great Lakes Urban
- Jun 3, 2021
- 1 min
2 June 2021 Lunch+Learn
Our Lunch+Learns are designed to share stories and insights about the power of community connecting through asset-based community...
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Great Lakes Urban
- May 14, 2021
- 2 min
Lee St. CRC -- an authentic friend of the Godfrey Lee Neighborhood
Since 2008 Great Lakes Urban has been strengthening neighborhoods to transform lives. In that time, we have learned that sustained and...
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Great Lakes Urban
- May 14, 2021
- 3 min
On Building Community: Lessons from Minerva Clients
By Sara Veltkamp (As originally posted on the Minerva Strategies blog)-- At Minerva, people hire us to help them solve communications...
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Great Lakes Urban
- Mar 22, 2021
- 2 min
Scaling Abundance
An interview with Jake Norris, Regional Connector Jake Norris graduated from DePaul University with a degree in sociology, where he...
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Great Lakes Urban
- Mar 19, 2021
- 2 min
Abundance Taking Root
Celebrating the progress of Godfrey-Lee The Godfrey Lee neighborhood of Wyoming, Michigan is stronger today because of the Godfrey Lee...
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Great Lakes Urban
- Mar 17, 2021
- 2 min
Growing Friends & Food for Abundant Living
Partnering with Bates Place Neighbors Bates Place Neighbors (BPN), based in Grand Rapids, MI, is passionate about neighborhood...
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Great Lakes Urban
- Mar 4, 2021
- 1 min
Great Lakes Urban's March 2021 Lunch + Learn
Thank you to everyone who joined us on March 3, 2021 for our online Lunch + Learn. We enjoyed hearing from a sergeant of the City of...
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Great Lakes Urban
- Feb 15, 2021
- 1 min
Washington School residents engaging in good neighboring!
Lisa Caston and volunteers of Washington School Neighbors are making a difference.
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Great Lakes Urban
- Feb 15, 2021
- 1 min
Jay Van Groningen joins GLU Board
Van Groningen adds 30 years of community development experience as he joins GLU Board.
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Great Lakes Urban
- Feb 15, 2021
- 3 min
Holland, MI adding fifth neighborhood!
An interview with Maddie Roberts, GLU's first West of Washington Community Connector. Maddie Roberts was born and raised in Illinois and...
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