Request for Proposals for Advocacy Grants Consultant Our small advocacy nonprofit is seeking an experienced fund development professional to assist in expanding our organizational capacity through grant seeking. We have received past grants from private, family, and community foundations in the range of $5,000 – $60,000 and hope to apply for more of the same, up to $150,000 range. Some […]
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Tuesday night, Warren Evans gave one of the most compelling and well-reasoned transit speeches this region has ever heard. Here are a few highlights of his State of the County address: Transit is the intersection of moral and economic imperatives…. While the moral reasons, alone, should move us to improve transit, I’m okay focusing on the
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Thank you to everyone who came out to TRU’s big State of the Region’s Transit 2018 Annual Meeting! Over 150 people came together on Wednesday, January 31 to discuss The State of Transit. Extra special thanks to our speakers for sharing their perspective and to our sponsors and contributors who made the event possible! The State
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Thank you to everyone who came out to TRU’s big State of the Region’s Transit 2018 Annual Meeting! Over 150 people came together on Wednesday, January 31 to discuss The State of Transit. Extra special thanks to our speakers for sharing their perspective and to our sponsors and contributors who made the event possible! The State
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TRU is honored to recognize four outstanding people and projects that have done exemplary work to advance and improve transit in the greater Detroit area: .
1) SMART’s new FAST service for substantial improvements in the frequency of cross-county express service on the region’s busiest corridors;
2) Dearborn Economic Development Director Barry Murray for dedicated work to develop the John D Dingell Transit Center and to otherwise enhance mobility;
3) M-1 Rail VP of External Affairs Sommer Woods for work to expand public engagement in transit planning and incorporate Detroiters into the transit workforce; and
4) David Gifford for his self-driven efforts to promote public transit and increase ridership of the RefleX service through social media promotion.
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