TOPOnexus - Center for Learn Local

12/30/2025

🌟Highlight from 2025🌟

November took Molly to the GLSI (Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative) conference at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, MI.

⭐️ 33 adults from around the country attended her workshop “Learn Local, Wherever You Are: Usable Tools to Promote Sense of Place”. Learners

🌎 Experienced easy-to-adapt routines that promote “sense of place”
🔎 Explored concepts of ‘local literacy’ and ‘sense of place’
🤓 Built collective knowledge
📗 Received a copy of Learn Local, Wherever You Are: A Field Guide to Place-Based Learning

A beautiful day added to the all-outdoor workshop of classroom learning!

12/24/2025

12/23/2025

🌟Highlight from 2025🌟
In late October, Molly and Old School Heritage Solutions put on a 4-day “How to Teach” workshop in Frederick, MD. ‘Participants had a combined 306 years of experience in preservation trades’ (per ), and left with
🔨 New teaching tools
🪚 Active hands-on learning experiences
🧰 Fun and long-lasting methods to implement

From Joni, a participant: “As a hands-on preservation trade instructor and a Special Education classroom teacher, this workshop was invaluable to both in that it taught me how to get my students to connect to the subject, take ownership of their learning and get motivated about it all in the process.”

12/19/2025

🌟Highlight from 2025🌟

73 Harbor Springs 8th graders filled the downtown for our annual Career Pathways with the help of 35 professionals and 6 support crew.
Our students learned interview skills and phone etiquette, and interacted with professionals all around town, such as a(n)
* architect * highline city electrician * librarian * woodworker * realtor * boat rigger * postal carrier * builder * attorney * chef * physical therapist * auto mechanic * AV technician..to name a few!

12/17/2025

What has TOPOnexus been up to?, you may have wondered! A lot has been happening behind the scenes, including

🧭Our name: We are now Center for Learn Local - Our tagline has become our main line!
🧭Our location: Still in Harbor Springs, but now at 131 E. Bay Street (across from beautiful Little Traverse Bay)
🧭Our website: Changes in process

Stay tuned for more updates!