We’re off to a fabulous start with our Celebrating Community campaign – please check out our inspiring page with videos, photos, design renderings, and invitations to free upcoming events at our green space.
We’re quickly approaching the $20,000 milestone, and now is the perfect time to join and help us celebrate the success of this first week. And remember, fordonations of $100 or more, you’ll score a free ticket to our 10th Annual Breakfast, worth $60 in itself. If your company or organization would like to become a sponsor, you’ll get 2 for 1 benefits as a sponsor of our Annual Breakfast.
Start off this new week by giving to a cause you care about it.
We’re excited about creating a space at EcoWorks that brings sustainability to life, showcases ecological harmony and resilience, and welcomes diverse, inclusive, intergenerational community. We hope you’ll be a part of this vision and invite you to join our upcoming events.
Thank you for all of your support and believing in EcoWorks.
After all Flint has endured, we know too many residents still feel that they don’t have a trustworthy source of information about the safety of their tap water. That’s why Freshwater Future has partnered with local organizations to launch the Youth Water Testing Program. We train local teens on proper sample collection methods and transport them throughout the city to collect tap water samples for testing.More
Reporters from the Detroit Journalism Cooperative sat down with gubernatorial hopefuls for substantive, one-hour interviews on the most pressing issues facing the state, as well as a few fun questions. Watch the interviews by candidate or topic at miweek.orgThis year, Michigan voters will be selecting a new governor, who will be facing important issues that will determine the health and vitality of the state for years to come. The first step in the electoral process is the state primary on August 7, when the standard bearer for both the Democratic and Republican parties will be determined.
GLREA is announcing a “Renewable Energy Photo Contest – 2018” with awards to be given at our annual meeting in December. If you have a great picture of a renewable energy system or event, submit it. Fame and fortune may be yours! The rules are simple. The photo must have something to do with renewable energy and be taken in 2018. There will be two categories, one for business entries and one for individual entries. To get a flyer with all the rules along with directions on submitting your prize winning photos, email Dave Konkle at konkle@toast.net.More
The MEECA Annual Golf Outing on July 18th attracted ninety-seven players to Hawk Hollow Championship Golf Course in Bath, MI—an increase of more than 25 percent over the inaugural event in 2017! Everyone enjoyed a fun-filled day of golf and networking. To see who won the team and individual competitions and view pictures from the event, click here. More
Three new developments totaling $102 million are planned for the Brush Park neighborhood, bringing 367 new residential units to the area, with 34% of those units at a wide-range of affordability for residents making as low as 30 percent of the Area Median Income, which is about $16,000 a year.More
Jim Newman, owner and managing partner of Newman Consulting Group, LLC (NCG) in Farmington Hills, Mich., was honored with the Engineering Society of Detroit’s (ESD) TechCentury Image Award at ESD’s annual dinner on June 20. According to ESD, the award is presented annually “to individuals who have helped promote the engineering and technical professions through involvement in the community, mentoring, public service, public speaking, and presentations to various groups.”More
Wells Fargo Bank has recently announced that its customers will no longer be able to make purchases of cryptocurrency using their bank-issued credit cards. This move is consistent with the stated practice of several other major U.S. banks including J.P. Morgan Chase, Citigroup and Bank of America as well as foreign banks including Canadian-based Toronto-Dominion Bank and the United Kingdom’s Lloyds Banking Group. Earlier this year, Mastercard and Visa reclassified cryptocurrency purchases as cash advances rather than a standard purchase.More
The past season was one of cultivation and deepening the roots of Soulardarity! We successfully offered empowering opportunities to both members and local residents of Highland Park! We held our first annual Energy, Sustainability & Tech Fair along with partners Parker Village and GLREA and celebrated the commissioning of Highland Park’s first smart solar-powered streetlight; expanded the PowerUp program with an educational event series along with improved Solar Buying options; and plan to deepen our understanding of the needs of the community we serve through the Blueprint for Energy Democracy Community Survey, these initiatives build power and solves problems in our community & organization.More
Utilities and Public Interest Groups Announce Breakthrough
By Douglas Elbinger, Energy Systems Analyst, Newman Consulting Group
After being left behind in the dust by dozens of other states in respect to clean energy policy, Michigan has stepped up to a leadership position with a progressive new energy policy without the use of ballot proposals or legislative action.
In a voluntary agreement with public interest groups, led by the Clean Energy, Healthy Michigan (CEHM) committee, Michigan’s two largest utilities jointly announced on May 18, 2018, that they are “targeting at least a 50 percent Clean Energy Goal by 2030“. The specifics of the initiative will be included in their upcoming Integrated Resource Plans, which the utilities are required to present to the Michigan Public Service Commission. The utilities say they will reach most of the goal through energy efficiency initiatives, but at least 25% of the result will come directly from renewable energy.More
After all Flint has endured, we know too many residents still feel that they don’t have a trustworthy source of information about the safety of their tap water. That’s why Freshwater Future has partnered with local organizations to launch the Youth Water Testing Program. We train local teens on proper sample collection methods and transport them throughout the city to collect tap water samples for testing.More
GLREA News
2nd Annual Golf Outing a Rousing Success!
Three new developments totaling $102 million are planned for the Brush Park neighborhood, bringing 367 new residential units to the area, with 34% of those units at a wide-range of affordability for residents making as low as 30 percent of the Area Median Income, which is about $16,000 a year.More
Jim Newman, owner and managing partner of Newman Consulting Group, LLC (NCG) in Farmington Hills, Mich., was honored with the Engineering Society of Detroit’s (ESD) TechCentury Image Award at ESD’s annual dinner on June 20. According to ESD, the award is presented annually “to individuals who have helped promote the engineering and technical professions through involvement in the community, mentoring, public service, public speaking, and presentations to various groups.”More
Wells Fargo Bank has recently announced that its customers will no longer be able to make purchases of cryptocurrency using their bank-issued credit cards. This move is consistent with the stated practice of several other major U.S. banks including J.P. Morgan Chase, Citigroup and Bank of America as well as foreign banks including Canadian-based Toronto-Dominion Bank and the United Kingdom’s Lloyds Banking Group. Earlier this year, Mastercard and Visa reclassified cryptocurrency purchases as cash advances rather than a standard purchase.More
The past season was one of cultivation and deepening the roots of Soulardarity! We successfully offered empowering opportunities to both members and local residents of Highland Park! We held our first annual Energy, Sustainability & Tech Fair along with partners Parker Village and GLREA and celebrated the commissioning of Highland Park’s first smart solar-powered streetlight; expanded the PowerUp program with an educational event series along with improved Solar Buying options; and plan to deepen our understanding of the needs of the community we serve through the Blueprint for Energy Democracy Community Survey, these initiatives build power and solves problems in our community & organization.More
