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Green Carpet Premiere Event on Monday, 6 pm June 21 at the State!

FREE to everyone!

Volunteers for the partner organizations have been hard at work on short videos covering a wide range of topics, from Sunrise on the Boardman to Alien Invaders of our Waters. Come and celebrate our unique environment and the passion of your neighbors at the Green Carpet Gala Premiere event at the State Theater on Monday, June 21, 6:00 PM. There is no charge to attend, though you will need a ticket (available at the State Theater box office).

Anyone who wears green to the event gets free popcorn!

These videos are the result of the Focus on the Watershed project. This is a joint project of the UpNorth Media Center, Grand Traverse Conservation District, Inland Seas Education Association and the Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay.

Visit Up North Rentals is hosting an Open House this week. Visit their new location at 600 W Front Street in Traverse City anytime between 1pm - 4pm for light refreshments. On Friday, they will have their official Ribbon Cutting, celebrating with hot dogs and burgers!

At your visit, learn about their summer photo contest, where you could win a FREE 3 night stay at one of their cottages or condos.

Visit Up North Rentals has properties available throughout northern Michigan. New properties added daily! Let them make one of their vacation homes, your home away from home.

From The Grand Vision:

ACTION FOR TOMORROW!

The Grand Vision Citizen Action Expo takes place on Monday, May 10th at Northwest Michigan College's Hagerty Center in Traverse City from 5:30 - 7:30 PM.

Grand Vision WorkshopsOver the past three years, nearly 15,000 residents from Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau and Wexford counties participated in the Grand Vision: attending workshops, filling out scorecards and generating an unprecedented level of community support in selecting a preferred growth scenario for the next 50 years.

Now the time for action has come. On May 10, 2010 the Grand Vision Citizen Action Expo will kick off a six-county wide action campaign to implement the Grand Vision.

This event will kick off our citizen action campaign and offer folks in the region a chance to learn how to get personally involved with implementing the Grand Vision. Participants will engage in a hands-on session that will guide them through specific action opportunities to implement the Grand Vision. Opportunities range from personal action, to volunteer partnerships with local organizations and non-profits, and community leadership roles. In true Grand Vision fashion, the whole process will be citizen led.

Dozens of local organizations, non-profits and businesses who are building the Grand Vision will be on-hand to offer information and support. Plus, there will be a fresh update on the progress of the Grand Vision working groups and the Grand Vision Transportation study.

The Grand Vision Citizen Action Expo will launch a series of expos that will take place in Antrim, Benzie, Kalkaska, Leelanau and Wexford counties. More information on those events will be coming soon.

What: Grand Vision Citizen Action Expo

Help us promote the Grand Vision Expo!

Download and print the 2010 Grand Vision Expo Poster!

Promote the Grand Vision Citizen Action Expo by joining our cause on Facebook!

The Traverse Area Photography Club is hosting their 11th annual Student Photography Competition.

The Record Eagle reports:

Geared to spark young photographers, these enticing words blaze from posters advertising the 11th annual Student Photography Competition. A yearly event hosted by the Traverse Area Camera Club, the contest is open to students in grades 9-12 in Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau and Wexford counties.

With an entry deadline of Jan. 26, students are invited to enter up to three photos in the following categories: landscapes and waterscapes, architecture, human interest and photographer's choice. Printed photos may be film or digital, black and white or color, Photoshopped or straight up -- the sky's the limit. Entries should be unframed and unmatted; it's all about the image.

For more information, read the rest of the Record Eagle article here. Or visit the Traverse Area Photography Club's website! Good luck to all the students!

Photo credit: Haven Steinebach, TC West Junior

From the Grand Vision:

BATA, the Bay Area Transportation Authority, needs your help to create its public transportation strategy for 2010 and beyond.

Please provide your input by completing a short questionnaire. Look for the survey in your local newspaper or go to www.BATAsurvey.com to fill it out online. All registrants qualify for a prize drawing on December 15th. You could win one of several prizes. BATAsurvey.com

There's just two days left to fill out your Grand Vision Scorecard and weigh in on how you think our region should grow. Leelanau.com developed the web site for The Grand Vision, and we feel it's critically important that everyone take a little time to think about how our region will accommodate the tens of thousands of new residents that will move to northwest Michigan in the coming years. The results of the Grand Vision will help guide how money is spent on transportation in our region for years to come.

Please take the time (just 10 or 15 minutes) to fill out your scorecard and please also pass it along to your friends & family!

Today begins a 3 week period in which year-round and seasonal residents from all across the region will fill out "The Grand Vision Scorecard", a survey designed by The Grand Vision to establish a long-term vision for the next 50+ years of development in Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau and Wexford counties.

The Leelanau County Kickoff event takes place next Monday (October 13) at the MSU Horticultural Research Station.

Visit thegrandvision.org to fill out your scorecard online and get a list of locations where you can pick one up around the county!

Full disclosure: Leelanau.com is working for The Grand Vision!

In just over a month, residents of Leelanau County (also also Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, and Wexford counties) will be asked to help decide the next 50+ years of transportation and land use development in our region through a project involving community, government, business and citizens known as The Grand Vision.

Leelanau.com has been working on videos that explore what people across the region feel about issues surrounding the growth of the area. Here's the latest (click to YouTube to watch in high-quality) - please share this important effort with your friends & family and click over to thegrandvision.org to see more videos, learn more about the project and how you can get involved!

The Traverse City Record-Eagle reports that the League of Women Voters of the Grand Traverse Area will host a "State of Our Counties" forum at 4:30 p.m. March 22 at the Traverse Area District Library in Traverse City. Administrators from Grand Traverse, Leelanau, Antrim and Benzie counties will discuss services provided by local governments and the challenges their counties face.

Read forum to focus on local service in the TCRE
League of Women Voters of the Grand Traverse Area web site