Traverse City Travel Blog

Harriet is sure-footed as she navigates the Indoor Farmers Market inside the Village at Grand Traverse Commons. Every Saturday after her swim at the YMCA, she heads over to Building 50 to chat with her farmer friends and pick from their selection of produce and other locally produced items.

Tell us a little about what a "Sports & Group Account Executive" does at Traverse City Tourism.
I love the versatility of my job. On any given day I can be found researching area venues for events, completing Requests for Proposals (RFPs) to host future sporting events, creating itineraries for

For over a decade, one of our star attractions has been the Village at Grand Traverse Commons -- Traverse City's former mental hospital -- whose stately buildings are being transformed into a bustling residential and entertainment district. More recently, though, the old asylum is attracting

The Village at Grand Traverse Commons, seen across the Munson Arboretum Lawn

TRAVERSE CITY, MI– When Ray Minervini agreed to take over the redevelopment of Traverse City’s 117-year-old mental asylum , more than a few people thought the idea was, well… crazy. The job was to transform a campus of