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Safe speed: Why towns in Ohio are slimming down their main roads

The “road diet” is increasingly being considered to slow speed while at the same time keep traffic flowing.

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How volunteers are maintaining 160 miles of trails

Fort Wayne Trails counters thin budgets by launching volunteer "soft maintenance" and partnering with local businesses for trail amenities.

From market to the clinic: two sisters and lessons learned from a community care model

Awatef and Ayah Ayesh are training within a community-based medical school model that encourages future physicians to consider the whole person and to view listening as a vital form of care.

Students create innovative solutions in alternative energy, healthcare, science

Teams from five Great Lakes Bay Region high schools are currently working on the Phase Two of their innovative solutions to real-world issues for the 13th annual A.H. Nickless Innovation Award competition.

The original ‘wine moms’ are in Ohio. They’re mobilizing to support Haitians in Springfield.

Katie Paris founded Red, Wine & Blue to harness suburban women's political power — now more than 600,000 members are deploying it to oppose ICE in their communities.

How nonprofits are responding to a labor shortage while leading inclusion

Three organizations demonstrate the lesson that employment that lasts does not begin at the moment of hire. It begins earlier with time, structure and intention.

Can volunteer walk audits fix data gaps for accessible pedestrian infrastructure?

With thousands of intersections to manage and limited staff, cities face a data challenge. Volunteer walk audits may offer a way to fill in the gaps.

A collaborative model in central Michigan simplifies grantmaking to better support local nonprofits

Midland’s Service Club Alliance simplifies grantmaking by uniting service clubs through one shared application to better support local nonprofits.

Revolutionary housing collaboration in Holland bridges faith, accessibility, and tribal communities

The Kollen Park Housing Development, created through a collaboration involving a former food pantry, church land, and tribal partnership, is a unique example of how communities can collaboratively address housing challenges.

How one organization is bridging the hunger gap in rural areas

Programs like Community Harvest Food Bank’s Farm Wagon provide a lifeline to hundreds of rural families each year.

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