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Independent organizations, each in its own dedicated space: workforce housing, food and drink, performing arts, early childhood education, wellness, and co-working. All at 414 East Eighth Street.
Michigan's first community-owned real estate cooperative. Eat, gather, learn, live, and take ownership in it.
Commongrounds is one of the country's most compelling examples of civic placemaking, operated in service of everyone, not just those who can afford to be here.
A local success story, and a blueprint for communities everywhere.
In Traverse City, only 11% of the people who work here also live here. Commongrounds' eighteen income-based apartments help change that, with long-term, affordable homes within walking distance of downtown for the local workforce.
Shows, classes, tastings, and gatherings. Programming is the heartbeat of Commongrounds. Find your next night out, day in, or reason to come back.
Inside the House
Independent organizations, each in its own dedicated space: workforce housing, food and drink, performing arts, early childhood education, wellness, and co-working. All at 414 East Eighth Street.
Arts
A world-class listening room, immersive art exhibits and an event venue.
Visit The Alluvion
Food
From the team behind La Bécasse, Colibri brings a European-inspired wine bar to the Boardman: 40 wines by the glass, an oyster bar, and small plates, in an intimate Art Deco room with a riverfront deck.
Visit Colibri
Books
An independent bookshop and community gathering space: new and used books, local art, coffee, and live events, in a warm and inclusive room.
Visit The Folded Leaf
Work
Coworking and shared offices, a flexible home base for the small businesses, founders, and nonprofits building Northern Michigan's next chapter.
Visit Grove
Food & Farms
A Northern Michigan nonprofit advancing good food, working farms, and clean-energy policy, turning local ideas into regional change from an office inside the co-op.
Visit Groundwork
Coffee
An extension of Higher Grounds Coffee, the Lab is the region's resource for sensory and beverage education: public classes and professional training in specialty coffee, tea, wine, and spirits, upstairs in the Teaching Kitchen.
Visit the Learning Lab
Family
A teacher-led, parent-supported Montessori program for children 14 months to six, purpose-built early childhood care for the families who live and work in the building and the NoBo neighborhood around it.
Visit Northern Blooms