In May, the U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, released an Advisory on the Healing Effects of Social Connection and Community. Why...

Southern Holland has unique characteristics. It has the greatest socio-economic and cultural diversity within the city. It is...

In 2022, the City of Holland set out to write what would become the Blueprint for Flourishing Neighborhoods. As the blueprint reads, The...

This post is part of an ongoing series discussing how Great Lakes Urban is catalyzing the 7 functions of a flourishing neighborhood....

Research by the ABCD Institute has identified 7 key functions that neighborhoods play in our society. In January we started a series...

Research by the ABCD Institute has identified 7 key functions that neighborhoods play in our society. In January we started a series...

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...

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...

As a new Project Director for Great Lakes Urban, Megan will be working to build a national network of Asset Based Community Development...

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...

The following is reprinted with the permission by the team at Visible Hands Collaborative (VHC). This VHC blog post is based on a...

Large-scale problems, small-scale solutions and our large-scale framework! Author David Flemming writes that, “Large-scale problems do...

Great Lakes Urban recently had the privilege of capturing (with the help of an UnoDeuce videographer), the critically important voices of...

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....

3sixty, a local nonprofit organization, is committed to lasting change in the neighborhoods of Holland, MI. 3sixty cultivates connections...

We enjoy bringing you updates from key partners, including Bates Place Neighbors (BPN) of Grand Rapids, MI. We recently interviewed Wayne...

Godfrey Lee is a diverse neighborhood in Wyoming, MI. Anchoring the asset based community development work in Godfrey Lee is a...

Holland, Michigan's southwest corner is directing its future story. One example comes from Meadow Lanes Townhomes, a mixed income...

Jonna Johnson is an organizer and connector focused on the West of Washington (WOW) initiative through Great Lakes Urban. WOW describes a...

September 28 is national Good Neighbor Day Linda, Gerald, Stacey, Chris, Diane, Ron, Vicki, Lisa, Tim, Scotty, Joy, Ian, Zoe. What do...