Common Groundwater
Michigan is defined by the Great Lakes that surround it. But there's a so-called sixth lake that’s critical to our state, too: our groundwater. It flows deeply through every community and to every corner of our peninsulas. Yet, we have so much more to learn about this natural feature.
Like groundwater, this podcast shows environmental issues felt deeply, widely and personally across the state. It tells stories around those issues and the solutions to them. It goes beyond the headlines to bring listeners and viewers something grand yet personal to us all.
Common Groundwater
Transit is a Small-Town Value
Wexford County in the northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan has about 33,500 residents across it’s 575 square miles. The WexExpress, the county’s transit system, provided 155,000 rides last year alone... and that number is rising.
Parents use it take toddlers to Head Start programs. Teens take it to class and after-school activities. Adults take it for manufacturing jobs. Seniors take it to get to the doctor’s. All sorts of people take it for appointments and fun trips and rides home from the bar. It's for everyday life.
Carrie Thompson, executive director of WexExpress joined Common Groundwater to discuss the unique needs a rural county like Wexford has, how transit serves them and what challenges still exist. Transit is a small-town value.
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To learn more about the WexExpress and its programs, go to wexexpress.us. To help expand funding for WexExpress and the transit agency that serves you, click here.
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Common Groundwater is hosted by the Michigan Environmental Council and Beau Brockett Jr.
Our music is "The Four Seasons" by Antonio Vivaldi, arranged by Derek Zhang and performed by Jackson resident Taj Wallace.
