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This is what compassion can look like when community support and creative thinking come together. 🤝🏠In Minneapolis, a fo...
09/07/2026

This is what compassion can look like when community support and creative thinking come together. 🤝🏠
In Minneapolis, a former warehouse has been transformed into Avivo Village—an indoor community with 100 private “tiny homes” for people experiencing unsheltered homelessness.
Residents receive much more than a place to sleep.
The village provides access to housing support, mental-health services, substance-use treatment, medical care and employment assistance, all in one place.
And the goal isn’t simply to keep people indoors.
It’s to help them move into permanent housing.
Since opening in December 2020, Avivo reported that 339 residents had moved into permanent housing by July 2026.
A private space.
A safe place to sleep.
Support when it’s needed.
Sometimes solving a difficult problem starts with giving people a place where they can finally begin again.

This is what compassion can look like when community support and creative thinking come together. 🤝🏠

In Minneapolis, a former warehouse has been transformed into Avivo Village—an indoor community with 100 private “tiny homes” for people experiencing unsheltered homelessness.

Residents receive much more than a place to sleep.

The village provides access to housing support, mental-health services, substance-use treatment, medical care and employment assistance, all in one place.

And the goal isn’t simply to keep people indoors.

It’s to help them move into permanent housing.

Since opening in December 2020, Avivo reported that 339 residents had moved into permanent housing by July 2026.

A private space.
A safe place to sleep.
Support when it’s needed.

Sometimes solving a difficult problem starts with giving people a place where they can finally begin again. 🤝

You've heard of Forbes Magazine "30 under 30" ... Now its time for Groundcover's "60 over 60"! Honoring elders in Washte...
09/02/2026

You've heard of Forbes Magazine "30 under 30" ... Now its time for Groundcover's "60 over 60"! Honoring elders in Washtenaw County who have made, and continue to make, this community great.

This feature list will be published in Groundcover's annual magazine, "Respect Your Elders" out September 25, 2026.

Nominee must be aged 60 or older, and must have some significant connection to Washtenaw County (live, work, retired here).

DEADLINE TO SUBMIT: Wednesday, September 9, 2026 12pm!

tinyurl.com/60over60 — nomination form only takes 2 minutes to fill out!!

Come by Crazy Wisdom this September to check out some cool local art, and support Groundcover at the same time! "NonDual...
08/24/2026

Come by Crazy Wisdom this September to check out some cool local art, and support Groundcover at the same time! "NonDualistic: The Truth of Polar Opposites" by Jack Edelstein

Opening exhibit: Saturday, September 12, 5:30-7pm

Yesterday, August 18, we completely sold out of the August 7th edition! 🎉 Congratulations to all Groundcover vendors for...
08/19/2026

Yesterday, August 18, we completely sold out of the August 7th edition! 🎉 Congratulations to all Groundcover vendors for beating our 2026 sales record... with 3 days to spare.

To make sure all vendors can continue business, we ordered the August 21st edition a day early.

We only sold out completely at the Groundcover office — some vendors still have copies to sell to customers like you!
Get the August 7th from a vendor while you still can.

On your way to the Ypsi or Ann Arbor Farmers Market? Going downtown this weekend? Pick up the August 7th edition of Grou...
08/08/2026

On your way to the Ypsi or Ann Arbor Farmers Market? Going downtown this weekend? Pick up the August 7th edition of Groundcover from your local Vendor!

🏠How I beat homelessness … for a time
👸🏽The She Team
📰Local Independent Journalism Summit
🏥Washtenaw Board of Commissioners Aug. 5 recap
📣A new way to speak up
🕊️Freedom of Speech
👂🏻Listening with cultural intelligence
🏚️Policy brief: 2026 bipartisan bill “21st Century ROAD to Housing”
🌊Exploring the Mackinac Triangle of History
⛺️People in the Bell-Kramer Neighborhood: Buddy
🚘How can we all stop buying gas
🌪️Apply for FEMA disaster assistance at AADL Westgate Aug 13-17

Ken Parks, vendor No. 490, is pictured with our new edition and a piece of art from a customer that inspired his essay published this week!

We’re honored to be Peoples Food Co-op Ann Arbor Change for Our Community recipient this August!!!! 🛒🫂🗞️We are so gratef...
08/03/2026

We’re honored to be Peoples Food Co-op Ann Arbor Change for Our Community recipient this August!!!! 🛒🫂🗞️

We are so grateful for PFC staff and customers for partnering this month with us, and always!

Thank you for shopping local, reading local, and rounding 🆙 this month ❤️

In the most recent edition The Confused Cloud writes a powerful essay attempting to address the question, “Why don’t men...
07/30/2026

In the most recent edition The Confused Cloud writes a powerful essay attempting to address the question, “Why don’t mentally ill people just take their medication?” The answer is not as simple as you might think.

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