NorthWest Initiative leading the way

Neighborhood… What? Creating Great Places is a conference designed to engage, inspire and inform residents to take ownership in making Lansing neighborhoods safer, healthier and more connected.

Click for more info or to register for this exciting opportunity coming up October 23rd, including guest speakers, workshops, and community resource exhibits.  This conference is just one example of the great work being done by local non-profit the NorthWest Initiative.

Among their many programs include the Food Systems Project, which is a huge undertaking unto itself.  The FSP supports a slew of nutrition and health education programs, and even got several local Quality Dairy stores to carry local fruits and vegetables when before their offerings for healthy foods were, well, slimmer pickings.  This Corner Store Produce Project is one of many inter-related efforts to improve our local food system here in greater Lansing.