2 GROUNDCOVER NEWS GROUNDCOVER GROUNDCOVER STAFF Get excited for the first-ever Groundcover Community Choice Awards! Throughout the month of September we complied the following categories and nominations from Groundcover News vendors. Over the next two weeks we will be polling in the community to determine the winners! Buy the next edition (October 18, 2024) of Groundcover News to see who the community chooses! Best Public Park • County Farm Park • Argo Nature Area • Waterworks Park (Ypsi) • West Park • Frog Island • Wheeler Park Best hot, free meal • St. Andrew’s Breakfast Church • Delonis Center • Fed-Up Ministries • Mercy House pancake breakfast • Bellflower Best affordable restaurant • Fleetwood Diner • New York Pizza Department • Mama’s Pizza • Pilar’s Tamales • Detroit Pizza Pub Best cup of coffee • Groundcover News office • Downtown Home and Garden • Argus Farm Stop • Bridge Community Cafe Best place to hear live music • Crazy Wisdom on Friday night • Sonic Lunch • Blue Llama • Ziggy’s • LIVE • Downtown A2 streets Best dispensary • Misty Mountain • Cross Street Shop • Jars • Bloom • House of Dank Best nonprofit / social service / homeless grassroots organization • Delonis Center • Groundcover News • Washtenaw Camp Outreach • Hospitality House Ypsi • Mercy House • Pizza in the Park OCTOBER 4, 2024 2024 Community Choice Awards coming soon! Best free daytime activity • Pizza in the Park • BBQ at the park • Go to the library Most supportive faith community • St. Andrew’s Church • St. Luke’s (Ypsilanti) • Trinity Lutheran Church • Karuna Buddhist Center • Bethlehem United Church of Christ Best mural • Pure Roots Alley • Bomber restaurant • Challenge everything. Create anything (Huron St.) • Flowers on Huron St. underpass • Geometric Rainbow on 432. Michigan Ave PROVIDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR SELFDETERMINED INDIVIDUALS IMPACTED BY POVERTY, PRODUCING A STREET NEWSPAPER THAT GIVES A PLATFORM TO UNDERREPRESENTED VOICES IN WASHTENAW COUNTY, PROMOTING AN ACTION TO BUILD A JUST, CARING AND INCLUSIVE SOCIETY. Groundcover News, a 501(c)(3) organization, was founded in April 2010 as a means to empower lowincome persons to make the transitions from homeless to housed, and from jobless to employed. Vendors purchase each copy of our regular editions of Groundcover News at our office for 50 cents. This money goes toward production costs. Vendors work selling the paper on the street for $2, keeping all income and tips from each sale. Street papers like Groundcover News exist in cities all over the United States, as well as in more than 40 other countries, in an effort to raise awareness of the plight of homeless people and combat the increase in poverty. Our paper is a proud member of the International Network of Street Papers. STAFF Lindsay Calka — publisher Cynthia Price — editor Michelle Lardie-Guzek — intern ISSUE CONTRIBUTORS Elizabeth Bauman Ramón Roberto Isla Caballero Jamie Cameron Dezz Clark David KE Dodge Cindy Gere Mike Jones James Manning Ken Parks Denise Shearer Shawn Swoffer GROUNDCOVER NEWS ADVERTISING RATES Size 1/8 1/6 1/4 1/2 full page Black/White $110.00 $145.00 $200.00 $375.00 $650.00 Color $150.00 $200.00 $265.00 $500.00 $900.00 Dimensions (W x H in inches) 5 X 3 or 2.5 X 6.5 5 X 4 5 X 6.25 5 X 13 or 10.25 X 6.5 10.25 X 13 PROOFREADERS CONTACT US Kendall Artz Susan Beckett Elliot Cubit Christopher May Anabel Sicko VOLUNTEERS Jane Atkins Jessi Averill Sim Bose Zachary Dortzbach Luiza Duarte Caetano Glenn Gates Alexandra Granberg Jacob Fallman Robert Klingler Stella Lansill Melanie Wenzel Mary Wisgerhof Max Wisgerhof Office: 423 S. 4th Ave., Ann Arbor Mon-Sat, 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Phone: 734-263-2098 @groundcover @groundcovernews DONATE, LISTEN TO A STORY + LEARN MORE www.groundcovernews.org PACKAGE PRICING Three Months/Six Issues: 15% off Six Months/Twelve Issues: 25% off Full Year/Twenty-four Issues: 35% off Only run for two weeks/one issue: 40% off Additional 20% discount for money saving coupons Story and photo submissions: submissions@groundcovernews.com Advertising and partnerships: contact@groundcovernews.com
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