TV 7 & 4 has a nice video feature about student involvement in the Grand Vision Decision. They relate that students at Traverse City West High School held an assembly last fall to inform students about the project and are now working to get as many students as possible to participate.

The students say they have also been working with the Social Studies Department and talking to parents at parent teacher conferences to get the word out to kids. Schools in all six counties involved in the Grand Vision Project are working in similar ways to get the word out.

Click to watch the video.

What people in Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau and Wexford counties feel about growth. Watch below or in high-quality on YouTube.

Here’s what folks in the region have to say about our farms and our amazing natural environment. What do YOU have to say? Let us know in the comments!

Head over to YouTube and click “Watch in high quality”, and please feel welcome share it on your MySpace, Facebook or blog!

Head over to YouTube and click “Watch in high quality”, and please feel welcome share it on your MySpace, Facebook or blog!

Historic Benzie County Courthouse, photo by joseph a.

Joseph writes that the former Benzie County courthouse was built in 1912 and is listed on the National Register. He writes that Beulah is one of the most beautiful locations of any county seat he has visited.

He has a photo of the new courthouse too.

Here’s our latest video – share your vision in the comments and in October!

You can click over to YouTube to watch in high quality.

INTERLOCHEN PUBLIC RADIO (2008-08-22) A survey released by The Grand Vision this week shows people in the Grand Traverse Region think life is good and expect it to remain good. The researcher says folks in the area are keenly aware of growth issues and open to strategies for controlling sprawl.

Click to listen to an interview with Dee Allsop at IPR News Radio!

Photo: Free Sunset Included! by SNiedzwiecki

Do you have something to say? Post a comment, submit your own story or connect with The Grand Vision on YouTube, Facebook, Flickr at at thegrandvision.org!

Island Lake Road, photo by ( Jennifer ).

Jennifer took this photo in Kalkaska County, Michigan, discovering what remains with an old friend.

What can change in 50 years is astonishing. While none of us can predict or plan for everything, each of us holds a measure of what could be or an idea of what things should not become.

This blog will seek to share visions of the next 50+ years of development in Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau and Wexford counties in Northern Michigan. Some will come from The Grand Vision, others from organizations that are involved and still more from people like you.

Please share your vision. The future of our area is too important not to.