Dear YourPlace Reader,
There's a new issue of YourPlace online today! Log on...Listen ...Review ...Comment!!
Features in this issue include: an informative Green Building essay by local builder Tom Karas that highlights the resource efficiency, energy efficiency, and indoor air quality principals of building green; An audio segment on a society of ornithologists and locals that participate in the Leelanau County Christmas Bird Counts every year; and an informative look at the business of winter recreation in Northwest Michigan.
In addition to the two interviews with Mayor Smyka and Dave Hoejke in this months issue, a young essayist from Glen Lake shares with the YourPlace readers a reflection on her silent lair in the woods. Also, meet the Mad Angler in a poetic pronouncement by Michael Delp.
The downtown happenings segment features interviews and commentary on the recent Traverse City adoption of the Mayors Climate Protection Agreement. And don't forget to listen for February's Northern Michigan Songwriters in the Round segment by Paul Koss.
YourPlace is proud to announce the creation of special Cost of Sprawl issue slated for April 2007. We are currently accepting submissions on the following topics: urbanization, transportation, the environment, open space, density, agricultural productivity, and smart growth. Please email yourplace@liaa.org with your ideas and for more information.
Don't forget to map your Great Places in the Grand Traverse Region. This month post your favorite winter recreation spot or just click on the map to see some of the past Great Places.
Thanks for reading, and please don't be shy about posting comments, pictures, and great places. Your comments make YourPlace a real community conversation.
