Grand Traverse Industries

09/06/2025

Carey and Austin talk about Grand Traverse Industries
Visit https://www.grandtraverseindustries.com to learn more about GTI.

09/05/2025

🎳 We had an absolute blast bowling at Incredible Mo's ! 10/10, Highly recommend! 🙌✨

09/04/2025

GTI employee and disability advocate, Mason Hengartner, was among those selected from around the country to attend the annual SourceAmerica® Grassroots Advocacy Conference on Capitol Hill, Sept. 8-11 to speak with members of Congress about employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

Mason proudly cleans the Federal Aviation Administration ’s Cherry Capital Airport - TVC air traffic control tower, contract work through the AbilityOne Commission.

At the conference, Mason will share his experiences as an employee with a disability and speak with policymakers to help shape employment policy for people with disabilities. Among the policymakers Mason will meet are Rep. Jack Bergman and Senator Elissa Slotkin.

Please join us in congratulating Mason on this huge honor!

09/03/2025

🎉🎂 Today we got to do something special… sing Happy Birthday to the one and only Becky Newman! 🥳

Becky has been with GTI for 22 years (👏👏👏), and every other year she’s taken her birthday off. But this year, we got to celebrate her right here at work—with flowers, laughter, and a slightly off-key team performance. 🎶😂

Thank you, Becky, for everything you do as our amazing Work Services Supervisor. You make us better every day, and we’re so glad we got to cheer for YOU today! 💙✨

Happy Birthday, Becky!! 🎈🎁🎂

09/03/2025

As a society, we must value people with disabilities not just for the incredible things they can do, but for who they are—equal members of the human family.

09/02/2025

Thank you for filling our day with fun, smiles, and bubbles! 🫧✨

09/02/2025

A huge thank you to the Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation for believing in and supporting the people we serve at GTI. 💙 Because of their generosity, our team members have more opportunities to enjoy recreation, connect with their community, and experience greater independence.

From accessible transportation to new ways of enjoying Friendship Park, these grants make a real difference in our team members lives every day.

With support from the Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation's diversity, equity, inclusion grants, Grand Traverse Industries is expanding access to recreation and community life for individuals with disabilities in Northern Michigan.

09/01/2025

Our third annual Bubble Palooza was a hit! 🎉 Big thanks to for the joy you bring to our team members and to the Traverse City Record-Eagle for highlighting this fun tradition!

IN TODAY'S E-PAPER 🗞:

- ‘Expect the unexpected’ on area roads as students head back to school
- Boater rescued from Grand Traverse Bay after hit-and-run crash with pontoon
- Solar eruption may bring Northern Lights; plus more.

Go to record-eagle-cnhi.newsmemory.com to read today's edition.

08/29/2025

So proud of Kat and all she’s accomplished! 🌟🙌 Thank you, 9&10 News, for shining a spotlight on this incredible woman. 💐💙

Kathleen Prince, a woman with cerebral palsy who has been using a communication device since the age of 3, is inspiring others by speaking on panels and at conferences.

08/29/2025

✨ Thank you to 100 Women Who Care – Elk Rapids for selecting GTI as the recipient of your grant last night! We are so grateful for your support of our Mancelona program. Thanks to your generosity, we’ll be able to provide safe transportation for our team members to get to work and activity sites. 🚐💙

Congratulations to Grand Traverse Industries on being the most recent recipient of the collective gift from 100 Women Who Care - Elk Rapids!
We had a great time at the event last night, and had some pretty interesting conversations, like:
Talking about the new food rescue app launched by Food Rescue of Northwest Michigan. When talking about Food Rescue and noting that it's a program of Goodwill Northern Michigan, we once again heard, "Isn't Goodwill a for-profit company?" The answer is a resounding NO! Goodwill is a 501c3 just like Do a Little Good, and we are very proud to partner with them.
"Why do you need food and monetary donations? Aren't breakfast and lunch free in schools?" The answer is yes, but also no. As of right now, Michigan has universal school meals budgeted until September 30. We will have to wait and see if that program makes it into the new budget.
"All the schools are going to get a raise and receive over $12,000 per pupil. Isn't that great?" YES, but also...not actually. Some school districts, like Elk Rapids Schools and Bellaire Public Schools are considered "out of formula" when their local revenue exceeds the state's guaranteed revenue. As a result, the state funding model does not apply, and the district receives no general school aid revenue. This can create a lot of challenges for schools in terms of budgeting!
All in all, it was a great night with some great people and REALLY great conversations.

PS: This photo was shamelessly stolen from the 100 Women Who Care - Elk Rapids social media!