Coming in Spring 2023: New website!
In addition to updating our services and other pages, it will include the profiles of our Hive Partner organizations. Hive Partners utilize Grow Benzie’s space and/or services such as administrative support, outreach and marketing, and volunteer recruitment.

• Bay Area Youth Initiative

• Benzie County Days for Girls

• Benzonia 5toONE Neighborhood Center

• Benzie Human Services Collaborative

• Benzie Young Professionals

• Benzie Bee Guild

• Benzie Seed Library

• BEST Benzie County

• Fermentation Guild

• Great Start Collaborative

• Grow Benzie Incubator Farm

• Grow Benzie Farmers Market

• FiberShed

• Shared Family Care

• Volunteer Benzie County

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

Sally Blackburn (President)
sallyb42 at gmail.com
Retired from retail marketing management; Current board member and treasurer of the Friends of the Glen Ellyn Library; Founding board member of Indiebound Naperville

Mike Zielinski (Vice-President)
zielinskim at benzieschools.net
Director of Facilities and Maintenance, Benzie County Central Schools

Jessica Carland (Treasurer-Secretary)
jessica at benziebus.com
Executive Director for the Benzie Transportation Authority (Benzie Bus); MA in Sustainable Urban and Regional Planning

Kathy Grosso
grosso.kathy at gmail.com
Coach, Facilitator, Trainer. Currently working as a coach after a career in education and leadership

Jane Klieve
jebklieve at gmail.com
Retired nonprofit consultant, facilitator and executive leadership coach. 

Erin Melcher
erinm at theginghamgardener.com
Retired college professor and school administrator; Owner, The Gingham Gardener; MSU Master Gardener, Current board member of Frankfort Garden Theater, member of Periwinkle Garden Club