Newsletter
MCWC: Transitions and Triumphs
Oil Pipeline Impacts
Potash Mining
Water Affordability
Water Grabs
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Newsletter: Fall 2024
MCWC has been going through some necessary transitions the last few years and we want to update our members and supporters briefly on what we’ve been up to. As you know COVID 19 set all non-profits back a bit and changed the ways we could do business for almost three years. We moved to Zoom, stopped doing in-person events, and a number of us had to deal with health issues. We also lost some of our key leaders and the founders of our organization. See the memorials for the most recent losses below.
During this time we also were given the remarkable gift of a property in Lake County upon the passing of one of our members, JoAnna Graves. For a non-profit that was in debt due to our legal challenges, and were restricted in our fundraising options due to Covid, this gift was very important. We spent a year and a half cleaning out the house and preparing the property for sale. At the same time we continued to work on stopping the potash mine fiasco in Hersey. And we increased our involvement with the People’s Water Board in Detroit to promote affordability legislation at the state level. Read more on these below.
We also found ourselves challenged by our attempts to create a new website through a grant from Fresh Water Future. That website is still in the works and our current website is still quite incomplete. We are hoping to correct this situation soon and be able to upgrade the website as well as much of our educational literature and internet presence. We are also getting out into the public arena once more to continue our advocacy work.
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Debt Relief!
MCWC has sold the property donated to us a year and a half ago by JoAnna Graves. We sold it with a restrictive deed that protects Sanborn Creek and the surrounding forest as she would have wished. MCWC is now responsible for enforcing that restrictive deed going forward. We are pleased to announce that we have paid off our remaining debt from the Contested Case. We are finally able to update our educational materials, finish work on our website, and return to more active engagement with the public on our priority issues. We will be able to offer stipends for selected work and contract for some services to modernize our operations.