Fall 2013 - Michigan Land Use Institute

environment. economy. community.
FALL 2013
From Executive Director Hans Voss
Building Resilience
The Michigan Land Use Institute can seem like a complex organization: We engage in
local, state, and national issues; and we research, educate, and organize. But our work can
really be distilled into three basic human needs: food, energy, and transportation.
The outcomes we produce in these core areas benefit everyone. They support the local
economy, promote social justice and public health, and protect the environment.
I know that’s a big statement, but let me give you a few examples.
smart commute!
Biking or carpooling to work three
times a week could save you nearly
$1,700 annually.
eat local!
If northwest Michigan households
spent just $10 a week on local farm
foods, our regional economy would
gain nearly $5 million in new revenue
each year.
If you buy and eat a locally grown beet, it’s not just good for your health and the local
economy. It also keeps our agricultural landscape productive, and environmentally, it
makes a lot more sense than buying a beet that has been trucked across the country.
Or consider what happens when you weatherize your home to save energy. It cuts down on energy bills, and utilities
don’t have to produce as much power, which is good for the environment. Also, because so many of our energy dollars
leave our community, the money that is saved is redirected into the local economy.
And did you know that the average annual cost of owning and operating a car in Michigan is $9,000, and 86% of that
immediately leaves the region? Our work to make it easier to choose biking, walking, and transit makes it possible for
families to live with one less car, with tangible economic, health, and environmental benefits.
Taken together, our efforts to localize the food system, conserve energy, and expand transportation choices are central
pillars of community resilience. Our friend Bob Russell, a great leader who passed away recently, described resilience as
“a community’s ability to adapt to unpredictable change.”
This fall, we’re celebrating both the simplicity and the power of our work, and how the pieces come together to support
community resilience. And we’re launching a really fun resilience reading project. Check out the details inside.
save energy!
A regional energy efficiency plan
could save the region more than
$200 million over 30 years and
employ about 76 people annually.
There’s one more type of resilience that I really appreciate: organizational resilience. Just as a community needs to build
the local assets to create durability for the long haul, MLUI needs to build its strength and organizational health to
keep momentum strong and achieve specific goals.
And that kind of resilience comes from committed people who stay involved, contribute financially, and participate in
advancing our shared mission. People like you.
Thanks for doing your part.
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clean Energy
The Power of Energy Efficiency
Buildings consume 40 percent of the nation’s
energy, and most of them are terribly inefficient—
consuming two to three times more energy than
similar buildings in comparable European climates.
MLUI’s latest report, “The Power of Energy
Efficiency,” argues that there’s plenty to be done in
northern Michigan.
The report introduces the people already making
the region “efficiency ready”: homeowners, business
people, contractors, officials, and experts with firsthand knowledge of just how well energy efficiency
works and the impact it can have on the economy.
It follows up on a 2012 MLUI study, coauthored with the nonprofit SEEDS, that found
cutting energy use by 25 percent for all residential
and half of all commercial and public buildings
in Grand Traverse County would provide 76 jobs
each year and save an additional $200 million in
energy costs over 30 years.
Read the new report online at mlui.org/efficiency.
food & farming
‘10 Cents a Meal’ Under Way
A regional initiative to provide schools with
extra funding to buy more locally grown fruits
and vegetables is now a reality thanks to strong
support from local businesses.
The program, 10 Cents a Meal for School
Kids & Farms, started this fall at Glen Lake
Community Schools and the elementary schools
of Traverse City Area Public Schools and Suttons
Bay Public Schools. The 10 Cent Fund will
provide nearly $29,000 for healthy, locally grown
produce served to school children in the three
districts for one school year—three times a week
in fall, once a week in winter, and twice a week
in spring.
The districts are matching this 10-cent
reimbursement with their own 10 cents from
existing school lunch dollars, for a total of nearly
$58,000 of produce for students and for the local
food economy.
Thriving Communities
Local Motion: Just the Facts
Did you know that the
average Grand Traverse
area family spends
about $15,000 a year
on transportation alone?
That family could save
$9,000 each year just by
eliminating one of two cars.
That’s just one of the interesting facts our Local
Motion program is highlighting to raise awareness
about the true cost of our transportation habits—
on our time, our health, and our pocketbooks.
The goal: To improve transportation choices in
northern Michigan and make it easier to carpool,
bike, bus or walk to work. The new Local Motion
fact sheets are available at mlui.org/facts.
WHAT’S NEW AT MLUI
TC’s Newest Bus Rider
Taste the Local Difference
TCSaves returns
Over the past year and a half, the TCSaves
program has helped more than 550 homeowners
make their houses more comfortable, cut down on
their energy costs, and support local contractors.
This fall, homeowners in Traverse City once again
have a chance to participate through a renewed
partnership among MLUI, Traverse City Light &
Power, and SEEDS. For more information, visit
TCSaves.com.
It’s been a big year for the Taste the Local
Difference program, with a new logo, and new
maps and smartphone apps to make finding local
food easier for consumers.
Now the program is launching
its first marketing push. New
TLD shelf-talkers are designed
to help shoppers find local
foods at local stores. They’re
already showing up at Tom’s
grocery stores, and soon, other retailers will
feature the new TLD logo.
The focus of the TLD newsletter has also
changed, and it’s now featuring short articles on
our local food partners, and where you can buy
the freshest and best local foods in northwest
Michigan. If you don’t already receive it in your
inbox, visit mlui.org/tldsignup to subscribe.
BOB RUSSELL RESILIENCE READING PROJECT
idea is a simple one: In
each season of the year,
a broad community
will come together to
read one of the books
Bob emphatically
recommended from
his carefully curated
resilience reading list.
Resilience is not about our ability to bounce
Our First Selection
back; it’s about our ability to adapt to
In our first selection,
unpredictable change.” -Bob Russell
Bob Russell’s passing left a huge void in northern
Michigan; he was a special man. Bob had many
talents indeed, but it was his passion for learning—
his discipline to study and his unyielding drive to
gather information—that, as much as anything,
defined his effectiveness as a leader.
In the spirit of spreading knowledge and the
love of learning, MLUI—in partnership with the
Neahtawanta Research and Education Center and
many other groups and businesses—is launching
the Bob Russell Resilience Reading Project. The
“Cooked,” author
Michael Pollan argues
that our own health and the health of our food
system depend on one rule: Cook your own food.
The book taps into northern Michigan’s incredible
agricultural heritage, our love of great dishes, and
our booming local food economy.
Pick up your copy at Horizon Books or your
local library, and follow along with fellow readers
at mlui.org/resilience. Then join us in February for
the inaugural book club meeting at Horizon. Stay
tuned for details.
Congratulations to MLUI’s transportation policy
specialist, James Bruckbauer, and his wife Danielle
on the birth of their son, George Edson. If he’s
anything like his dad, expect to see him on the
bus—or on two wheels darting around town—very
soon.
Welcome, Meghan and Katie
MLUI is excited to introduce the two new
FoodCorps service members who will be working
from our office to promote and encourage local
food and healthy eating at area schools. Meghan
McDermott is helping schools feature more locally
grown foods in the cafeteria and in the classroom,
and Katie Zbrozek is leading school garden efforts
and assisting in nutrition education.
Calendar of Events
• Farmland 5K - Saturday, Dec. 7 - Noon
Sign up for this 5K run or the new
bike race on a pristine centennial
farm in northern Michigan. $2
from every registration benefits
Taste the Local Difference. 500
spots are going fast!
• First Annual MI Beer Run - Saturday, Dec. 14
Take one-part 5K race, mix it with three-parts
bar crawl, and you are starting to understand the
Beer Run. Thanks to organizers at the Idea Farm
Design Studio, 100% of the proceeds will benefit
MLUI!
• MLUI Holiday Party - Friday, Dec. 20 Billy
Strings and Don Julin
Kick off your holiday weekend with us at our
annual member gathering on Friday, Dec. 20 at
the InsideOut Gallery in Traverse City. The party
starts at 4:30 p.m. with appetizers and a cash bar.
And stick around for Billy and Don; the tunes
start at 8 p.m.!
For registration details, and other upcoming
events, visit mlui.org.
HURRY!
YOUR
DONATION
CAN BE
MATCHED...
MLUI Board members have planted a seed and set up a challenge for you. They have
created a $75,000 pool that stands available to match every dollar you can give over
and above last year’s giving—but only if we reach that $75K goal by the end of the
year. That means if you are a new member, your entire gift will be doubled! If you are
already a member, the amount you increase will be matched (don’t worry, we will do
the math for you!). We are more than two-thirds of the way to achieving this ambitious
challenge. We’re certain that, with your help and
continued patronage, we can get there. So, visit
mlui.org/donate or fill out
the card on the next page
to help us reach the goal.
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december 2013 goal
$75,000
The following individuals and
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1, 2012, and September 30, 2013.
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Stone, Victor and Susan
Strom, Michael
Strunch, Ted and Jane
Sundstrom, Gregory and Audrey
Swanson, Robert and Janet
Sweeny, Andrew
Tacke, Carl and Eleanor
Taphouse, Carl and Emily
Taylor, George and Debra
Taylor, Lawrence and Jean
Terry, Michael and Elizabeth
Thaden, June
Theodore, Donald and Karen
Thompson, Valerie
Tiedeck, Mike
Timmons, Carolyn
Tompkins, Bruce and Lois
Underwood, Carole
Valovick, Catherine
Vander Stoep, Dr. Gail
VanDeWeghe, Richard and Judy
VanHammen, Esther
Vaughan, William and Barbara
Vettraino, Camille
Visser, Larry
Waddle, Mark and Elizabeth Dell
Walker, Mary
Walrad, Ken and Joanne
Walton, Bob and Marsha
Warren, Bonnie
Wawrzyniak, James and Sharon
Webb, Jill
Weeks, David
Welburn, Dan and Polly
Wertz, Thomas
West, Byron and Laura
White, Philip and Jolene
Whitney, Tim
Wilcox, Timothy and Barbara
Wild, David and Shari
Williams, David
Williams, David and Judy
Williams, Don
Williams, Muriel
Willson, Sarah
Winter, Emma
Wolfe, Joan
Wood, James
Woodburne, James and Sue
Worden, Michele
Workman, Wayne and Sharon
Works, Gabriel and John O’Connor
Wunsch, John and Laura Wigfield
Zobel, Pat
Anonymous
BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATION
MEMORIAL GIFTS
Gifts were given in memory of names
in bold
Sue Kellay Decuypere
Ellen Kellay
MILIKEN CIRCLE ADVOCATE
($2,500-4,999)
Ann Mathews
Dave Mathews
Helen Milliken
Ann Arbor SPARK
Berg, Charles Robert
Bogley, Gilbert and Anne
Concerned Citizens of
Acme Township
Couyoumjian, Karl and Nancy
Engel, Elfriede
Griffith, Nicki
Hagerty Insurance
Herman, Mark
Kimpton, Jeffrey and Julie
Long, Elma
MacGregor, Gay
MacInnes, James and Christine
Magoun, Anne
Mahaney, Dan and Lillian
Mulder-Berry, A.A.
Oberschulte, Diana and Marc
Olson, Jim and Judith Bosma
Penskar, Michael and Maureen Martin
Ragland, Royce and Ken Bloem
Raphael, Megan and Peter
Sanders, Mary
Schneider, Keith
Skubick, Timothy
Straus, Francis and Lorna
Turner, Dori
Van Valin, Mary
Weeks, The Family of Mollie
WXYZ-TV
Zachman, John and Peggy
Jean Williamson
Carolyn Timmons
C. Troy Yoder
Trout Lake Properties
HONORARIUM GIFTS
Gifts were given in honor of names
in bold
Beauchamp, Brian and
Sarna Salzman
Knott, Andy and Denise Baker
We strive to make our list as
accurate and complete as
possible; if you find an error
or omission please contact
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or 231-941-6584, ext. 12.
If your name should be here
and it’s not—lunch is on us!
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Milliken Circle Leader ($5,000+)
Cherry Capital Foods
Cherry Republic
Crystal Mountain Resort and Spa
Keen Technical Solutions
Pierce & Associates
Record Eagle
Tom’s Food Markets
Voss Equipment
Black Star Farms
Chocolate Exotica
Hagerty
Higher Grounds Trading Company
Northwest Michigan Council of Governments
Oryana Natural Foods Market
Progress Printers
Trattoria Stella
MILIKEN CIRCLE CHAMPION
($1,000-2,499)
Chelsea Bay Design
Epicure Catering
Flight Path Creative
Grain Train Natural Food Market
Interlochen Public Radio
Pond Hill Farm
Public Sector Consultants
St. Michael Catholic Community
The Cottage Company
Traverse City State Bank
PATRON CIRCLE ($250-999)
5 Lakes Energy
American Spoon
Amical
Art’s Tavern
Betsie Bay Furniture
Burritt’s Fresh Markets
Claybour Architects
CS Mott Chair of Sustainable
Agriculture at MSU
Farmland 5K
Food For Thought
Good Harbor Grill
Grand Traverse Resort and Spa
Honey Boy Bob
Honor Bank
Leelanau Books
Laser Printer Technologies
Local Plates
Mercedes-Benz of Traverse City
Michigan Environmental Council
Midwest Refrigeration
Northwestern Michigan College
Odom Re-use Company
Oleson’s Food Stores
Paradigm Energy Services
Sears Architects
Serbin Real Estate
St. Clair Flats Financial Services
TART Trails
The Riverside Inn
The Village at Grand Traverse Commons
Traverse Area Association of Realtors
Traverse Gourmet
Vinci Hamp Architects
Watervale Inn
Webber Insurance Agency
Wineguys Restaurant Group
SUSTAINING MEMBER ($100-249)
Aral Peak Farms
Cone Drive
Cottonwood Springs Farm/Leelanau
Natural Beef
Cream Cup Dairy
Crescent Bakery and Cafe
Darpel & Associates Builders
Field Crafts
Fifth Third Bank
Gallagher’s Farm Market
Garden Club of Michigan
Gillison Excavating
Grand Travese Democrats
Grand Traverse Distillery
Grand Traverse Industries Truck Garden
Great Lakes Ranch
Greenlight Marketing
Harwood Heritage Gold Maple Syrup
Products
Hilltop Soda Shoppe
Hoxsie’s Farm Market
ISLAND
Julienne Tomatoes
Kiteley Farms
Leelanau Cheese
Leelanau County Democrats
Leelanau Peninsula Maple Sugar Bush
Martha’s Leelanau Table
Mason, Kammermann & Rohrback
Michigan Energy Options
Mission Table Restaurant
Northern Express
Pahl Farms
Renewable Services
Richard Neumann Architect
Rising Star Wellness Center
Roast and Toast Coffee & Cafe
SolidFuel Sales
Steiner Farm
Urka Farms
Ward and Eis Gallery
Wind Resource
Woods Farm
SUBSCRIBING MEMBER ($10-99)
Anthology
B & B Farms
Baatz Blueberry Farm
Bardenhagen Farm
BATA
Bellwether Gardens
Bill’s Farm Market
Big Medicine Ranch
Brauer Productions
Buchan’s Blueberry Hill
Bufka Brothers Farm
Cedar Sol Hydro Farm
Champion Hill Farm
Cherry Connection/Edmondson Orchards
Currey Farms Pure Maple Syrup
Dear Feed Garden Goods
Duncan Cottages
EDA UC for Economic Diversification
Edgecomb Farm
Farmer White’s
First National Bank of America
Flow
Funistrada
Gallagher’s Centennial Farm Natural Meats
Groleau’s Farm Market
Grossnickle Farms
Guntzviller’s Berry and Veggie Farm
Harvest Michigan
Hubbell Farm
Kastanu Farm
La Casa Verde Produce
Laman Farm
Law Office of Ellen A. Fred
Leelanau Lavender Breezes Farm
Maple Crest Farm
Monroe Achers Farm
Norconk Farm
North Star Organics
Pamela Burke
Pellston Farmers Market
Pere Marquette Chapter - MI Wild
Turkey Hunters Assoc.
Potter Road Raspberries
Putney’s Blueberries and Peaches
Richmond Architects
Robbins Farm Market
Rodger’s Grass Fed Beef
S&S Lamb
Saskatoon MI Farm and Nursery
Shangri-La Too
Sievert Maple Syrup
Six Lugs
Sleeping Bear Orchards
Spring Hill Farm and Vineyard
Stowe Farms
Sweeter Song Farm
The Copy Shop
WECC
Williams Orchards
Wilson Orchard