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How To Save A Life: An Inside Look At The Local Task Force Striving To Prevent School Shootings - 04/07/23

Task force to seek community input on school safety report - 04/05/23

Innovative housing projects find ways to fill cash gaps - 04/02/23

Community group works to make schools safer - 03/03/23

Kingsley’s Big Year - 01/04/23

Could 2023 Be The Year Northern Michigan Solves Its Child Care Crisis? - 01/04/23

What To Watch: What Will Make Headlines In 2023 - 01/03/23

NRTF grants to build two parks; protect Jaxon Creek - 12/31/22

2022 by the Numbers - 12/27/22

Rotary Charities commits $450K to five impactful projects in Northern Michigan - 12/22/22

Rotary Grants Totaling $450k Heading To Local Nonprofits - 12/15/22

Great Lakes Incubator Farm Receives Nearly $700K Grant - 11/29/22

Two Habitat Affordable Housing Developments Taking Shape - 11/18/22

Leaders of Northern Michigan - 08/17/22

Interlochen Center for the Arts takes major step towards providing accessible venues and facilities for all - 07/13/22

Rotary Charities Announces 'Proactive' Grant Cycle To Address Top Community Needs - 06/29/22

Rotary Charities of Traverse City Announces “Emerging Needs” Grant Recipients - 06/28/22

Grants, Donations Bring New Accessibility To Interlochen Venues - 06/25/22

Traverse City Commission approves addition of three more firefighter positions - 06/21/22

New Regional Project Dashboard Highlights Upcoming Projects Throughout Five-County Region - 06/16/22

Northern Michigan non-profits receive grants totaling $270,000 - 06/08/22

Rotary Charities Awards $270k In Grants - 06/08/22

Grant-Matching Challenge Aimed at Diversity, Equity, Inclusion - 05/25/22

Searching for Solutions to Seasonal Housing Woes - 05/19/22

Crystal Community Ski Club gets support from community foundation, Rotary - 05/10/22

Community Foundation, Rotary Charities Partner to Support Local Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts - 05/03/22

First-Ever Clay Works Studio For Entire Leelanau Community Opens In Northport May 11 - 04/22/22

The Gamechangers, Part 3: An Airport, A Rotary Club, And An Oil Rush - 04/17/22

Business in Brief – Learning Fund Opportunities - 04/13/22

Traverse Area District Library Celebrates New ‘Bookmobile’ - 04/06/22

Questions Surrounding Public Engagement Dominate County ARPA Discussion - 03/03/22

Grand Traverse ARPA advisory committee meetings questioned - 03/03/22

Passenger rail proposal would take travelers from Ann Arbor to Traverse City - 02/24/22

Nonprofits want strategy for seeking state funding - 02/24/22

Press Release: Community Foundation, Traverse Connect, Rotary Charities, and Networks Northwest Partner to Help Secure ARPA Funding for Five-County Region - 02/22/22

Traditional Corn Soup, Maple Syrup, Fish Fertilizer & More Ways Grand Traverse Band Is Growing Its Food Sovereignty - 02/04/22

'A Massive Opportunity': Ty Schmidt Talks New Organization, TCAPS Health And Wellness Initiative - 01/21/22

Signs of the past: City approves project to share the region's Indigenous history - 01/21/22

County appoints committee to spend ARPA money - 01/20/22

Anishinaabe History Project, Liquor License Transfers, River Wall Contract Top City Agenda - 01/17/22

TCAPS to start health and wellness initiative - 01/15/22

Philanthropy: Dedicated to Community Prosperity - 01/07/22

TCAPS, Good Works Lab to Improve Health and Wellness of Students Through $150K Grant - 01/03/22

Local Leaders Share New Year's Resolutions For 2022 - 01/01/22

Rotary Charities Announces $371k In Fall Grants - 12/15/21

Rotary Charities of Traverse City Announce Recipients of Fall Grants - 12/14/21

How Organizations Plan to Use $50K Grant From Rotary Charities of Traverse City - 12/14/21

Press Release: $371,500 Awarded to Northern Michigan Organizations - 12/14/21

Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation Announces Final Round Of Urgent Needs Fund Grants - 12/08/21

Traverse City Business Legends Hall Of Fame: Hilty, Boardman Join Annual List - 12/01/21

‘Grace And Flexibility’: How The Pandemic Is Changing Nonprofit Grant-Making - 12/01/21

Organization hopes to revitalize Thompsonville - 11/06/21

Honor: When It Takes A Village To Save A Village - 11/05/21

Press Release: Rotary Charities Announces Annual Report - 10/13/21

From Charity to Changemaker: An Equity Imperative - 10/11/21

Sleeping Bear Gateways Awarded Grant to Assist with Workforce Housing - 08/30/21

DNR initiative aims to bring Arctic grayling back to Northern Michigan waters - 08/24/21

Sleeping Bear Gateways Council awarded grant to address seasonal worker housing - 08/20/21

Venture North receives Rural Development grant - 08/18/21

The Miracle of the Oil and Fishes - 08/01/21

Traverse City Dance Project goes plein air - 07/16/21

Press Release: Rotary Charities Announces Fall 2021 Grant Cycle - 07/13/21

Profile: Sakura Takano, CEO, Rotary Charities of Traverse City - 07/13/21

Garden Theater reaches $2.1 million campaign goal - 07/08/21

Garden Theater Celebrates Community Contributions - 07/06/21

Benzie Nonprofits Receive Rotary Charities Grants - 06/18/21

Thompsonville gets onboard the revitalization train - 06/13/21

"Why Not Here?": How TART Got Its Start Three Decades Ago - 06/06/21

TADL Gets Ready To Hit The Road - 06/01/21

Dipping a paddle in Antrim - 05/27/21

Newton’s Road awarded grant - 05/26/21

Rotary Charities Announcing Spring Grant Cycle Recipients - 05/19/21

Press Release: $425,750 Awarded to 10 Northern Michigan Nonprofits - 05/18/21

Continuing natural resources investment imperative - 05/07/21

Rotary Charities Announces Change in Leadership - 05/07/21

Rotary Charities Announces New CEO - 05/06/21

Press Release: Sakura Takano named CEO of Rotary Charities of Traverse City - 05/04/21

SEEDS gets grant dollars to study composting's future in northern Michigan - 04/22/21

Commongrounds Cooperative Puts Community First in Traverse City - 04/13/21

Ty Schmidt: Ready-to-learn kids and Missy - 04/08/21

Inside The DDA's Annual Report - 03/26/21

Community in Brief: Child care program recipients - 03/24/21

More New Leadership Faces On The Way - 03/04/21

Food in Brief: Food Security Summit - 02/22/21

Nonprofit announces project - 02/22/21

Press Release: Rotary Charities Thanks Becky Ewing For 14 Years Of Service, Commences Search For New CEO - 02/02/21

The Search For Housing Solutions - 02/02/21

Doing more for MLK Day - 01/18/21

Universal access supported through grant for new Platte River Park - 01/06/21

Agriculture forum: Food Security Summit begins - 12/14/20

70 Food Pantries to Host Virtual Food Security Summit - 11/10/20

Rotary Charities grant funds Shape Up North, TCAPS partnership - 10/19/20

Platte River Park rolls into construction phase backed by community partners - 10/13/20

Expansion at Traverse Bay Children's Advocacy Center - 09/28/20

It takes a village to improve the health and wellbeing of families in Northern Michigan - 09/24/20

Signs to follow; 99 miles of Chain of Lakes water trail - 09/11/20

Opinion: Collaboration saved Great Start Readiness Program - 08/21/20

Local organizations sponsor racial justice education program - 08/11/20

Great Start Readiness Program Reinstated for 2020-21 School Year - 08/11/20

Bernard and Wolff Aim High With Title Track - 07/17/20

Plot twist: Horizon Books isn't closing - 07/14/20

Civic Square location announced - 06/22/20

Becky & Dan talk Goodwill loan - 06/15/20

Goodwill receives millions thanks to loan help from Rotary Charities - 06/10/20

How much use is too much for Boardman River Nature Preserve? - 05/28/20

Keeping the 'civic' in Civic Center - 05/06/20

Traverse City Rotary Club Marks 100 years - 05/01/20

'Service Above Self' Rotary celebrates centennial - 05/01/20

For the Community, By the Community podcast - 04/27/20

Rotary Charities forming COVID-19 Crisis Support Team - 04/24/20

Rotary Charities working to help nonprofits - 04/20/20

Grand Traverse Region Urgent Needs Fund Donation Match Challenges Community - 04/20/20

$175,000 Raised So Far; First Grants Made from Urgent Needs Fund - 04/03/20

Urgent Needs Fund created to help nonprofits - 03/26/20

Study: Childcare opportunities suffering in northern Michigan - 02/22/20

New study details Early Childhood Education crisis, opportunities - 02/21/20

Local Child Care Study Outlines Shortcomings - 02/21/20

Feature: Fair, Thriving & Resilient (p10) - 02/19/20

Kalkaska's Railroad Square expected to hit the fast track - 02/18/20

GT County eyes the future of Medalie, Civic Center parks - 02/16/20

Platte River Park project taking shape in Benzie - 02/05/20

DDA targets 2020 projects, Wadsworth/Hall intersection improvements - 01/20/20

Kalkaska Township pitches new park to public - 01/17/20

BACN makes big plans for the future - 01/16/20

Nonprofit leaders complete Leadership Learning Lab - 01/09/20

Grant, Contributions Fund Habitat Repair Program - 01/07/20

Dann's House Doubles Up - 01/05/20

Community Foundation Awards Nearly $200K in Grants - 01/03/20

Acme Township lands grant for TART Trail extension - 12/30/19

Cooperation creates new Platte River Park - 12/27/19

Michael's Place grief center gets two grants - 12/26/19

Women's Resource Center, Dann's House expanding - 12/24/19

Michael's Place in Traverse City Receives Two New Grants - 12/17/19

Area leaders attend eight-month course - 12/16/19

Rotary Charities announces $900K in grants - 12/11/19

More than $900k in grants shared through Rotary Charities - 12/11/19

Marsha Smith garners Northwest Michigan Housing Award - 10/25/19

Marsha Smith receives housing award - 10/25/19

Citizen scientists sample fish in Grand Traverse Bay - 10/25/19

PACE North senior facility opens - 09/19/19

Good things come in three: TC experiencing third 'golden age of movies' - 08/04/19

Milestone approaches in grayling restoration - 08/04/19

Timeline: The Iconic Traverse City State Theater - 07/22/19

Rotary Charities receives Lyle DeYoung Award - 06/07/19

New life for teen parent mentoring program - 06/01/19

Glen Lake Library to close, move, expand - 05/15/19

Workshop aims to spur breakthrough thinking, solutions - 05/13/19

Oden hatchery readies for 10,000 Arctic grayling eggs - 05/13/19

Showtime: Michigan’s restored golden-age movie theaters are places to see and be seen - 05/11/19

Connections that change - 04/30/19

New program helping youth get a secure place of their own - 04/29/19

Glen Lake Library to expand, put out welcome mat at temporary green digs - 04/07/19

Railroad Square timetable booked for summer - 03/30/19

State dollars awarded to water route - 03/11/19

Green digs for Parallel 45 - 02/15/19

Josh Stoltz selected for trips to Russia - 02/11/19

Autism Alliance seeks to match job seekers with jobs - 01/27/19

Citizen scientist initiative launches - 01/23/19

Benzie’s Stoltz heads for UK on first Changemaker Fellowship - 01/20/19

Fund created in name of retired Rotary Charities leader - 12/26/18

Housing partnership forms - 12/25/18

Rotary Charities awards grants - 12/13/18

Rotary Charities announces fall grant recipients - 12/12/18

Adapted in TC: Searching for common ground, common good - 11/18/18

Marsha Smith named Mudgett Trail Pioneer - 10/24/18

Interlochen, Glen Lake Library Lead Arts Grant Recipients - 09/13/18

$1 Million Grant Paves Way For Downtown Traverse City Square - 08/29/18

$1M for public plaza - 08/29/18

Park Place reinvented - 08/08/18

DDA backs civil square proposal - 07/21/18

Momentum Builds For Civic Square In Downtown TC - 07/19/18

Donation decisions: To give or not to give - 07/15/18

Opportunities for all - 07/15/18

New video highlights Boardman Lake Trail plans - 07/12/18

New park in the works - 06/10/18

Pool upgrades funded - 05/16/18

Grants to pay for improvements to well-used Elberta Village park - 05/15/18

Easling Pool fundraising goal met - 05/12/18

Arctic Grayling project swims on - 05/11/18

Two in Traverse City awarded - 05/11/18

Arctic Grayling program boosted - 05/10/18

Governor Names Local Recipients Of 2018 Service Award - 05/04/18

Local organizations land MCACA grants - 04/24/18

Rotary Charities, Camps and Services choose new director - 04/19/18

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