Sites related to The Village project, & favorite links
The Village Community Business Directory: Commerce at The Village
A listing of businesses currently residing at The Village at Grand Traverse Commons.
Traverse City State Hospital History & Info Page
A wealth of information on the history of the former Northern Michigan Asylum, as well as the more recent history of the property as assembled by local resident Chris Miller and others.
Brainstorming the Barns
Creating a community vision for the barns and surrounding property.
Congress for the New Urbanism
CNU works with architects, developers, planners, and others involved in the creation of cities and towns, teaching them how to implement the principles of the New Urbanism. These principles include coherent regional planning, walkable neighborhoods, and attractive, accommodating civic spaces.
Smart Growth
Many believe that current development patterns -- dominated by what some call "sprawl" -- are no longer in the long-term interest of our cities, existing suburbs, small towns, rural communities, or wilderness areas. Spurring the smart growth movement are demographic shifts, a strong environmental ethic, increased fiscal concerns, and more nuanced views of growth.
Urban Land Institute
ULI is a community of practice for those engaged in the entrepreneurial and collaborative process of real estate development and land use policy-making. The mission of the Urban Land Institute is to provide responsible leadership in the use of land in order to enhance the total environment.
Architecture for Humanity
Architecture for Humanity is a volunteer non-profit organization founded for the promotion of architectural and design solutions to global, social and humanitarian problems.
Munson Medical Center
A neighbor on the Commons. Repeatedly named one of the Top 100 Hospitals in the country, Munson Medical Center is a regional referral center, serving patients from 32 counties. With 368-inpatient beds and nearly 350 physicians representing 40 specialties, Munson is the largest hospital in northern Michigan, just a short walk from The Village. It is named after Dr. James Decker Munson, the long-serving first superintendent of the Northern Michigan Asylum.
The Grand Traverse Pavilions
Our next door neighbor on the Commons. They offer a varied-age constituency a broad range of health care and residential programs and services. Programs and services range from adult day and overnight respite, to child care, long-term skilled nursing, therapy services, and Alzheimer’s and related dementia care, to independent and assisted living. The have beautifully renovated several of the former State Hospital's North Cottages.
Grand Traverse Commons Redevelopment Corporation
The public organization formed in 1993 to oversee the redevelopment of the former TC State Hospital property.
Forgotten Photography
Providing a photographic journey through some of our nation's historical asylums and state hospitals.
Abandoned Asylum
A pictorial tour through asylum architecture and history.
Kirkbride Buildings
A web site devoted to Kirkbride buildings. Includes
short histories and contemporary photographs of several Kirkbrides, including Building 50 at the Grand Traverse Commons.
Dietrich Floeter Photography
A customer focused photographer, exceeding clients demands.
Absolute Michigan
All Michigan, All the Time.
Traverse City Film Festival
A charitable and educational non-profit organization that holds an annual event in TC. The festival is committed to showing "Just Great Movies" and helping to save one of America's few indigenous art forms — the cinema.
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