2025 Distinguished Service Award Winner
A Traverse City community member known as the visionary of the region’s largest preservation and redevelopment projects is being honored with the 2025 Distinguished Service Award selected by the Traverse Connect Board of Directors. Ray Minervini, president of The Minervini Group, will be honored at the Distinguished Service Award Luncheon on May 13, 2026.
An experienced builder and restorer of historic buildings, Mr. Minervini and his family, through The Minervini Group, acquired the 19th-century property for $1 in 2002. With this famously nominal purchase, Ray launched the first redevelopment project of a former asylum in the country. Today, buildings once slated for demolition are now hubs of economic activity, home to nearly 90 small businesses employing 500 full- and part-time employees, and contain 276 residential units, including 68 units allocated for attainable housing. Read more about Mr. Minervini’s legacy and the upcoming luncheon through the link below.
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Business & Community Achievement Awards
Nominations are being accepted for the Business & Community Achievement Awards until April 8 to celebrate deserving businesses and individuals for recognition in four categories: Rising Star (TCYP), Leadership Grand Traverse Alum, New Business of the Year, and Economic Impact. From each category, three finalists will be announced and honored via live voting during the luncheon on May 13. You must be present to vote. Let’s come together to applaud the remarkable contributions within our community!
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→ Investor news! Northwest Michigan Works! has released an updated Hot Jobs Report, a regional workforce resource that highlights occupations with strong demand across Northwest Lower Michigan.
→ The Grand Traverse Area Manufacturing Council invites you to the Northern Michigan Manufacturing Summit, the premier gathering of industry leaders, innovators, and professionals shaping the future of manufacturing on Monday, April 13 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
→ State lawmakers say they have reached a deal to rejoin an interstate agreement to accept some out-of-state physician licenses days before the deadline.
→ The Michigan Department of Transportation is hosting two virtual webinars in late March to gather public input on the Michigan Mobility 2050 Plan.
→ Traverse City Light & Power will add an energy demonstration installation at its Hall Street center featuring solar-covered parking and its real-time energy production.
→ The Traverse City Munson Nurses Association is seeking pay increase, benefits protection, and staffing input with the Munson Medical Center nursing contract expired.
→ The Traverse City Police Department highlights female representation in law enforcement.
→ This year’s Kalkaska Citizen of the Year is Kimberly Cotton, and this year’s Kalkaska Business of the Year is Sunday Morning Flowers, owned by Leah Cox.
→ Yearly tourism spending exceeded more than $1.14 billion, according to the latest economic data presented by Traverse City Tourism at the organization’s annual meeting.
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