Blueprint for Social Connection: US Surgeon General Advisory
In May, the U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, released an Advisory on the Healing Effects of Social Connection and Community. Why...
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Jun 28, 20231 min read
Deepening Flourishing in Southern Holland
Southern Holland has unique characteristics. It has the greatest socio-economic and cultural diversity within the city. It is...
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Great Lakes Urban
Jun 28, 20231 min read
Blueprint for Neighborhood Flourishing
In 2022, the City of Holland set out to write what would become the Blueprint for Flourishing Neighborhoods. As the blueprint reads, The...
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Great Lakes Urban
Jun 20, 20233 min read
Unleashing the Potential of Neighborhoods
This post is part of an ongoing series discussing how Great Lakes Urban is catalyzing the 7 functions of a flourishing neighborhood....
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Great Lakes Urban
Apr 28, 20233 min read
Neighbors Stewarding Ecology
Research by the ABCD Institute has identified 7 key functions that neighborhoods play in our society. In January we started a series...
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Great Lakes Urban
Mar 19, 20233 min read
7 Neighborhood Functions Remind Us That Small is Beautiful
Research by the ABCD Institute has identified 7 key functions that neighborhoods play in our society. In January we started a series...
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Great Lakes Urban
Mar 19, 20231 min read
Small is Beautiful in Mister Rogers Neighborhood
March 20 is Fred Roger's birthday. Let's celebrate his life and impact with Won't You Be My Neighbor Day activities. It's March! That...
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Great Lakes Urban
Mar 19, 20231 min read
Meet Brigit Hassig: Our Newest Board Member
Brigit Hassig is the most recent member to join the Great Lakes Urban board of directors. We recently caught up with Brigit to learn more...
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Great Lakes Urban
Mar 19, 20233 min read
Megan Ginn: Building a Large-Scale Framework
As a new Project Director for Great Lakes Urban, Megan will be working to build a national network of Asset Based Community Development...
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Great Lakes Urban
Mar 19, 20231 min read
Take Four: 4 Ways You Can Help
We need you! Help us deepen our impact in 2023! Here are four ideas to get you started. 1. On September 9 we'll be hosting our 9th annual...
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Great Lakes Urban
Feb 24, 20233 min read
Lessons in Asset Based Community Development from the Villages of Africa
The following is reprinted with the permission by the team at Visible Hands Collaborative (VHC). This VHC blog post is based on a...
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Great Lakes Urban
Feb 18, 20234 min read
Three Pillars for Lasting Change
Large-scale problems, small-scale solutions and our large-scale framework! Author David Flemming writes that, “Large-scale problems do...
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Great Lakes Urban
Dec 5, 20221 min read
Reel Change: Help Us Spread the Word
Great Lakes Urban recently had the privilege of capturing (with the help of an UnoDeuce videographer), the critically important voices of...
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Great Lakes Urban
Dec 5, 20221 min read
Giving for Change: You Make the Difference
Our work matters now more than ever. For example, a recent Cigna-funded study by Morning Consult has found that more than half of U.S....
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Great Lakes Urban
Dec 5, 20221 min read
Growing Change: An Update from Holland, MI
3sixty, a local nonprofit organization, is committed to lasting change in the neighborhoods of Holland, MI. 3sixty cultivates connections...
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Great Lakes Urban
Dec 5, 20222 min read
Scaling Change: An Update from Grand Rapids
We enjoy bringing you updates from key partners, including Bates Place Neighbors (BPN) of Grand Rapids, MI. We recently interviewed Wayne...
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Great Lakes Urban
Dec 5, 20221 min read
Sharing for Change: A Self-Help Group Forms
Godfrey Lee is a diverse neighborhood in Wyoming, MI. Anchoring the asset based community development work in Godfrey Lee is a...
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Great Lakes Urban
Dec 5, 20221 min read
Owning Change: Meet Meadow Lanes Townhomes
Holland, Michigan's southwest corner is directing its future story. One example comes from Meadow Lanes Townhomes, a mixed income...
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Great Lakes Urban
Dec 5, 20222 min read
Organizing for Change: Meet Jonna Johnson
Jonna Johnson is an organizer and connector focused on the West of Washington (WOW) initiative through Great Lakes Urban. WOW describes a...
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Great Lakes Urban
Sep 25, 20222 min read
National "Good Neighbor Day" Campaign Builds Belonging
September 28 is national Good Neighbor Day Linda, Gerald, Stacey, Chris, Diane, Ron, Vicki, Lisa, Tim, Scotty, Joy, Ian, Zoe. What do...
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