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	December 4, 2008 Tanner: Time to Fire Administrator Clarke A new county commissioner is calling for Benzie County Administrator Chuck Clarke’s dismissal because of what he and others say is ongoing dysfunction in ...more
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	December 2, 2008 Welcoming Local Food Businesses In early 2008, schools all across the country were throwing away hamburger patties, burrito filling, and other beef products after a federal recall of millions ...more
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	November 26, 2008 Entrepreneurs: Growing Local Food, and a Movement Wayne Kyle, who grows about 1 million pounds of blueberries each year, sees a lot of good in re-localizing agriculture, both for his business, which is gaining ...more
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	November 24, 2008 Obama Readies Move to Clean-Energy Economy For four decades, American politicians talked about ending U.S. dependence on foreign oil. But Barack Obama has made it clear that he really does intend to ...more
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	November 23, 2008 Local, State Officials Can Boost Local Food Economies Michigan families and businesses are rebuilding regional distribution systems to bring more good, locally grown food to more people. There is already great ...more
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	November 20, 2008 More Michigan Farms, Food Firms ‘Thinking Local’ The quest by consumers for local food is opening doors for local farms, food businesses, and communities. But moving through those doors is challenging. ...more
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	November 16, 2008 Michigan Tastes Local Food's Potential Lee Arboreal’s farm is growing, but not by competing with California lettuce or Chilean strawberries. It is producing products for Michigan’s ...more
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	November 12, 2008 In Rogers City, Pushback to Coal Rush Hundred of people showed up at Rogers City High School to tell a state agency their thoughts about its initial approval of a coal-fired power plant that would ...more
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	October 27, 2008 Carbon Capture: Real, or Just Blowing Smoke? In Otsego County, a drilling crew recently bored down nearly 6,000 feet and pushed Michigan closer to the center of a crucial discussion—whether storing ...more
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	October 15, 2008 County Chair’s Coal Plant Vote: Conflicted Interest? An attorney writing on behalf of a township official has asked the Presque Isle County prosecutor to investigate a possible conflict of interest involving the ...more
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	October 13, 2008 Grand Vision Draws Another Record Crowd More than 500 people packed Traverse City’s State Theater for another Grand Vision milestone. The largest citizen-based, regional planning project in ...more
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	October 6, 2008 Proposed Coal Plant Switches Fuels, Stirs Controversy When Wolverine Power proposed building a large coal plant near Rogers City, the company called their proposal the Wolverine Clean Energy Venture. The proposal ...more
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	September 18, 2008 Benzie OKs Eliminating Its Planner Benzie County Planning Director Dave Neiger is out of a job. Benzie County commissioners eliminated his position, saying it would help balance their budget. ...more
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	September 11, 2008 Benzie’s Battle Over Dual Directors Reaches a Crossroad Veteran Benzie County Planning Director Dave Neiger is on the verge of losing his job. A long-running dispute over whether he should keep it came to a head ...more
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	September 10, 2008 McKibben: To Spread the Word, Push a Number Bill McKibben, a foremost expert on climate change, urged more than 700 people at a rally in Traverse City to join his campaign to pressure international ...more
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	August 28, 2008 Grand Survey: In-Town Growth Is Best A survey of Grand Traverse-area residents has found strong support for pointing new development toward existing communities. The survey, conducted for the ...more
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	August 18, 2008 Sacramento’s Lesson: Green Power Works Twenty years ago, Sacramento had just a single source of electricity—a pricey, balky nuclear power plant owned by its municipal utility. Today, however, ...more
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	August 11, 2008 4-H, Farm-to-School Meet at County Fair It’s county fair time, when the scent of cotton candy, smoked pork sandwiches, hay, and manure mix in the air. And, at the Northwest Michigan Fair, ...more
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	July 30, 2008 Different Shade of Green Stalls State Energy Reform More than a year after Governor Granholm endorsed requirements that utilities sell more renewable energy, efforts to green up Michigan’s power ...more
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	July 28, 2008 Rep. Law: Let’s Turn Green to Gold State Representative Kathleen Law was once part of a research team that produced gamma rays while searching for new ways to generate electricity. Today she is ...more
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	July 24, 2008 KC Food Pioneer: ‘Yes You Can!’ This year, the Michigan Land Use Institute celebrated the publication of its fifth annual Taste the Local Difference farm food guide with a special event: A ...more
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	July 21, 2008 Programs Grow Local Food, New Farmers It was a picture perfect July day when teenagers Molly Fish, Chris Steffs, and Carmen Ortiz arrived at Meadowlark Farm. The three, part of a youth entrepreneur ...more
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	July 18, 2008 Looking to the County for Leadership If we are ever to curb the sprawl that threatens the Grand Traverse region’s rural, small-town character and economy, it will take strong leadership from ...more
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	July 18, 2008 Grand Traverse County Commission Candidates Respond to Michigan Land Use Institute Survey On August 5, 2008, voters in Grand Traverse County will vote in a primary election to narrow the slate of candidates for a new board of county commissioners. ...more
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	July 18, 2008 Leelanau County Commission Candidates Respond to Michigan Land Use Institute Survey On August 5, 2008, voters in Leelanau County will vote in a primary election to narrow the slate of candidates for a new board of county commissioners. With ...more
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