BATA also shares information and discusses current and future services with a volunteer Local Advisory Council consisting of community members representing various groups throughout Grand Traverse and Leelanau Counties. The Local Advisory Council meets every January to discuss and approve BATA's Accessibility Plan for MDOT, then twice more in the year for updates, comments, and generating ideas. Please contact us at info@bata.net if you're interested in participating. 

 

Upcoming Meeting:

May 20, 2025.  Noon - 1 PM at BATA's new Headquarters on Hammond Rd.

 

Past Meetings:

 

January 21, 2025. (agenda) (presentation) (video recording) (minutes)

October 7, 2024. (agenda) (presentation) (video recording) (minutes)

April 29, 2024 (agenda) (presentation) (video recording) (minutes)

January 17, 2024 (agenda) (presentation) (video recording) (minutes)

October 5, 2023  (agenda) (presentation) (video recording) (minutes)

April 12, 2023  (agenda) (presentation) (video recording) (minutes)

January 10, 2023 (agenda) (presentation) (video recording) (minutes)

September 12, 2022 (agenda) (presentation) (minutes)

May 9, 2022 (agenda) (presentation) (minutes)

January 24, 2022 (video recording) (minutes)

 

Current members include:
 

Linda Joppich, Chair, Community Representative

Dan Buron, CEO - Goodwill of Northern Michigan

Demarie Jones, Independent Living Resource Specialist - Disability Network      

Mandy Joppich, Community Representative

Michelle Krumm, Grand Traverse County Senior Center

Fern Spence, Grand Traverse County Board of Commissioners

Lena Vander Meulen, Director - Leelanau County Senior Services

Amanda Molski, Associate Director - Area Agency on Aging

Matt Moritz, Community Representative

Susan Odgers, Community Representative

Lana Payne, Director - Grand Traverse Commission on Aging

Mitch Treadwell, Commissioner - City of Traverse City

 

Updated: 02/05/2025