"We are like a goalie before the landfill, trying to capture and divert compostable materials so that instead of becoming waste forever it can become what it wants to be: regenerative compost," says Patrick Gridley of The Compost Fairy.

This unique partnership is making it easier for Memphians to compost food waste at home

"We are like a goalie before the landfill, trying to capture and divert compostable materials so that instead of becoming waste forever it can become what it wants to be: regenerative compost," says Patrick Gridley of The Compost Fairy.

Stax Music Academy is expanding its workforce development program.
Stax Music Academy offers new-look workforce development program for careers in music, entertainment

If it’s broke, don’t fix it – or in the case of Stax Music Academy, learn from your success and make it even better.

Good Governance Transition Team members with Mayor Young: (From left to right) Dorcas Young Griffin, Beth Flanagan, Meggan Khiel, Jessica Lotz, Mayor Young, Cheyenne Johnson, Tiffany Day, Maria Oceja, and Ariell Gipson Martin.
Education advocates strive to keep bilingual high school graduates in Memphis

Education advocates are dedicated to ensuring that bilingual high school graduates remain in Memphis where they can contribute to the local community's cultural and economic vitality.

The doctor’s lawyer:

Firelands Health’s new vice president and general counsel, Justin D. Harris, has spent much of his career as a medical malpractice defense attorney.

Sandusky’s Warren Street: connecting the community

This $3 million endeavor marks another successful step in connecting Sandusky neighborhoods to the City’s many amenities including the Sandusky Bay Pathway, a vision that aims to connect communities across the Greater Sandusky Bay Region with a 100-mile multi-modal bike path.

BGSU research finds reduced levels of harmful algae toxins in Sandusky Bay

After year of detecting harmful algae in Sandusky Bay, Bowling Green State University researchers recently discovered that a toxic cyanobacterium–also known as blue-green algae–has essentially disappeared.

Space upgrader: Lake Erie Islands Nature & Wildlife Center improving area for kids with grant funds

Young visitors to the Lake Erie Islands Nature & Wildlife Center will have the Ottawa County Community Foundation to thank for a significantly spruced-up children’s area.

The new Commongrounds building on Eighth Street in Traverse City.
Commongrounds uses co-op model to serve missing needs of the community

Traverse City's Commongrounds is a mixed-use building, offering affordable housing, co-working space, a coffee shop, child education center, and performance venue. It's the first real estate cooperative in northern Michigan.

Produce at Forgotten Harvest's Client Choice Market
Forgotten Harvest’s Client Choice Market fosters dignity in food assistance

A premier food rescue organization serving Southeast Michigan is changing how it delivers healthy, nutritious meals to people in need by providing a shopping experience to center families’ choices.

Produce from the Youth Mentor Garden at Marquette Park in Wyoming, Mich.
Youth Mentor Gardens grow food, family, and community in Detroit and Grand Rapids area

At two Youth Mentor Gardens, participating teens and their families work together to plant, weed, water, mulch, and harvest produce.

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