DECEMBER 29, 2023 READER FEEDBACK What do you like to read? Weigh in on Groundcover content homelessness. It also provides opportunities and a voice for low-income people. Our newspaper relies on the community for support, feedback and participation. There are many ways that you can get ERICK BROWN Groundcover vendor No. 617 We have some exciting news to share with you! We are planning to introduce new and diverse content to our publication. Our goal is to provide more stories that are relevant, interesting and engaging to you and your community. As you may know, MLive, one of the major news networks in our area, moved their office out of Ann Arbor last year, leaving a gap in the local news coverage. We see this as an opportunity and a responsibility to fill that gap. We believe that our newspaper can be a source of information, inspiration and empowerment for the community. We are thinking about adding more stories on topics such as science and technology, health and wellness, education and learning, environment and sustainability, arts and literature, history and trivia, humor and satire and more. We will also continue to cover the issues of poverty and homelessness, as well as the local politics, events and culture that affect your lives. However, these changes are not going to happen overnight. We need your help to make them possible. We need more advertisers to support our newspaper financially. We need more people to send in stories that they want to share with the world. We need more feedback and suggestions from you, our loyal readers, to improve our content and serve you better. Groundcover is a community-run newspaper that covers local news, especially when related to poverty and involved and help out our newspaper, such as: • Filling out this short questionnaire and letting us know what kind of stories you want covered in our newspaper. Your feedback will help us improve our content and serve you better. • Advertising with our newspaper or sponsoring a story or a section. You can contact us by email, phone or social media for more details and rates. • Sending us your stories or ideas that you want to share with the world. You can email your stories to submissions@groundcovernews.com or pitch a story on our linktr.ee. • Volunteering to help with writing, editing, designing, distributing or fundraising. You can contact us by email, phone, or social media to find out more about our volunteer opportunities. • Donating to our newspaper. You can make a donation online through our website or in person at our office. Every donation counts and helps us keep our newspaper running. • Spreading the word about Groundcover and inviting others to join our community. You can share our stories and information on your social media, email or by word of mouth. You can also encourage your friends and family to read our newspaper and give us their feedback. Please take a few minutes to fill out the questionnaire on page 10, cut it out and give it to a vendor, or mail it / drop off to our office. You can also fill it out online at linktr.ee/groundcovernews. Your feedback will help us improve our content and serve you better. Thank you for your participation and support. We hope you enjoy our new and improved newspaper! GROUNDCOVER NEWS 7 Shop at the Kiwanis Thrift Sale! Holiday Gifts, Decorations, Tree Sale November 3 - December 30 November 24 - December 30 Toy Sale { Fridays from 9 am - 1 pm and Saturdays from 9 am - 3 pm } Kiwanis Center in Scio Township 100 N Staebler Rd off Jackson Rd Kiwanis will be open for normal business hours through the 2023 holiday season PANEL from last page mainstream housing, I expressed my frustration that the systemic issues of storage and available showers go unaddressed. I noted how this leads to more people who are unhoused not being able to move freely or be presentable for job interviews. Dan Kelly, who is the director of the Delonis Center in Ann Arbor, agreed with the need for better storage solutions and is making plans to address the problem in an upcoming meeting, which is a positive sign that listening to those with lived experience can be productive. When asked for suggestions for change, Powers talked about more direct giving and Bongo and I addressed the need for supervised, WiFi-equipped parking lots designed for people who are living in vehicles. While this panel was a significant step in the right direction and holds the promise of more inclusion for the unhoused community, it still feels symbolic — even experimental. Unfortunately, there are no plans in the near future for similar panels, and with the exception of some input for storage solutions for Delonis, none of us were invited to be a part of any major decision making going forward. Yet, for a government agency to hear our voices and provide compensation for our time seems to indicate there is real hope that more inclusion is on the horizon.
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