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Commongrounds is a real estate cooperative in Traverse City, Michigan. We are developing a building at 414 Eighth Street, owned by its tenants and our community — so we can make the community we love even better, together.

 
 
 

 

How 414 E. Eighth St. Works:

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414 E. Eighth Street is more than a building project:

It will help provide a backbone for people, organizations, and our environs and community to be healthy, connected, creative, and inclusive; increase our adjacent possible; and integrate food, family, arts, and wellness to achieve collective impact on the nine dimensions of individual and community wellbeing. 

Together, we will provide shared value and triple bottom line returns on investment by tenants, partner organizations, and people working, living, learning, and playing in the region.

 
 

THE LATEST

FROM THE BLOG
CommonThreads: Tom’s Food Markets
CommonThreads: Tom’s Food Markets

Our friends at Tom's Food Markets joined us to share how they celebrated their 75th anniversary with a collaboration with Iron Fish and how they celebrate community spirit by supporting community-forward organizations in our region.

CommonThreads: Ray Kendra: Environment Architects - A Sneak Beak of the Building Design
CommonThreads: Ray Kendra: Environment Architects - A Sneak Beak of the Building Design

This episode features a tour of our building’s design by the architect of the Eighth Street building, Ray Kendra of Environment Architects.

CommonThreads: The Boardman Review
CommonThreads: The Boardman Review

Our CommonThreads series highlights the stories of Commongrounds tenants and partners. This episode featured Commongrounds partner, The Boardman Review, the creative culture and outdoor lifestyle journal of Northern Michigan. The Boardman Review co-founders Nick and Chris Loud joined us to share what's new with The Boardman Review, including their new podcast and their Spring issue

CG Hero: Chris Treter, Owner and Co-Founder of Higher Grounds Coffee
CG Hero: Chris Treter, Owner and Co-Founder of Higher Grounds Coffee

This piece is second in a series highlighting the incredible members of the Commonground’s flock who have played a leading role in blazing our flight path. As our building takes shape on 8th Street, we’re looking back at when Commongrounds was just an awesome idea Chris Treter and a few other local dreamers had.

CommonThreads: Higher Grounds
CommonThreads: Higher Grounds

The CommonThreads series is designed to introduce you to the Commongrounds building, its tenants, and its partners. The first episode in the series features a Q&A with Jennifer Yeatts, Director of Coffee at Higher Grounds Trading Company, one of our flagship building tenants. She filled us in on what Higher Grounds is brewing for their cafe and educational spaces in our new building, Higher Ground’s mission and story, and how to make the perfect pour over.

GroundBEAKing Celebrates Construction Kickoff for Commongrounds
GroundBEAKing Celebrates Construction Kickoff for Commongrounds

We really wanted to have a great big party in person to celebrate this milestone, but alas, the times prevented a groundbreaking bash. Instead, we celebrated virtually on Facebook Live.

Ray Kendra, Environment Architects Brings Collaborative Commongrounds Vision to Life
Ray Kendra, Environment Architects Brings Collaborative Commongrounds Vision to Life

Commonplace and Higher Grounds knew that it would take a special architect for the project to be successful - one that was not only engaged in the project, but also committed to Commonground’s mission, goals, value and culture. Ray fit that bill.

Cooperative Principles: What they Are and What they Mean to Commongrounds
Cooperative Principles: What they Are and What they Mean to Commongrounds

These principles drive the work we are doing together as a cooperative community. Here’s what our fundamental principles mean to you (our community owners).

Feedback Needed: Interest in Wildflower School Model
Feedback Needed: Interest in Wildflower School Model

Commongrounds needs your feedback! If you are invested in providing care to kids on our region, please take a moment to read and complete the survey and/or share with people you know that might be interested.

Cooperative Ownership: What it is, what it means, and how it supports a sustainable future
Cooperative Ownership: What it is, what it means, and how it supports a sustainable future

Many of our wonderful community owners and prospective owners know they love the idea of supporting our community, but have questions about what exactly it means to own a building with your neighbors. If that sounds familiar: this post is for you.