State Representative
Betsy Coffia
Traverse City | 103rd House District
Serving 93,426 constituents in Acme Township, East Bay Township, Traverse City, Peninsula Township, Garfield Township, Long Lake Township, Almira Township, Platte Township, Empire Township, Glen Arbor Township, Cleveland Township, Kasson Township, Solon Township, Elmwood Township, Bingham Township, Centerville Township, Leland Township, Suttons Bay Township, Leelanau Township
BetsyCoffia@house.mi.gov
(517) 373-3817
Office: S-1387 House Office Building
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Recently, I joined State Rep. John Roth and Warren Call, CEO of Traverse Connect, for a demonstration of the Munson Healthcare drone delivery project. Many rural communities are in health care deserts, limiting their ability to access the health care they need when they need it.
Munson Healthcare's new delivery system will supplement the ongoing courier system of drivers and help cut down wait time for the most urgently needed medicines and test results to be transported across our rural hospital system. To help expand this life-saving system for Northern Michiganders, Traverse Connect will receive an additional $949,000 through Governor Gretchen Whitmer's Michigan Advanced Air Mobility (AAM).
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There are counseling supports available free of charge for anyone who needs them after yesterday’s mass knife attack.
Community Resources have been set up for counseling for all community members. They are as follows:
Community Counseling Center
NMC Innovation Center
1701 E. Front Street
Monday - Wednesday
10 am - 7 pm
Grand Traverse Mental Health Crisis & Access Center
410 Brook Street
24 hour counseling
Crisis Hotline
833-295-0616Community Resources
Resources have been set up for counseling for all community members.
Community Counseling Center
NMC Innovation Center
1701 E. Front Street
Monday - Wednesday
10 am - 7 pm
Grand Traverse Mental Health Crisis & Access Center
410 Brook Street
24 hour counseling
Crisis Hotline
833-295-0616
24 hours
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Yesterday‘s official information about the tragic knife attacks in our community, did not include official information about the role that bystanders had in helping stop the attacker from hurting more people. We now have more information so it is very important to me to acknowledge the heroic actions of these individuals.
As Grand Traverse County Sheriff Michael Shea said at today’s press conference, multiple citizens acted quickly, one armed with a pistol and several unarmed, to subdue the suspect in the Walmart parking lot, preventing additional attacks.
“For all of those people involved, first of all I’d like to commend them,” Sheriff Shea said. “It’s not very often we have citizens that are willing to step up and take action and I ask that we grant them the privacy they need right now. If they choose to make a public statement, they will but I would ask that we all give them a little space and say, ‘atta boy.’”
I fully agree it’s crucial we support their right to process this terrible and traumatic event with their loved ones in privacy.
That said, I know that the whole community is incredibly grateful for the brave decision each person made to act together to protect the people around them from further harm.
Thank you to these individuals from all of us in northern Michigan!!♥️🙏🏽
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WATCH: Grand Traverse leaders give update after Walmart stabbing leaves 11 injured
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Press conference at 2 pm today. Munson Healthcare will livestream from its Facebook page.
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Please continue to uphold all the victims and the medical professionals caring for them. 🙏🏽♥️
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As Mister Rogers said, “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”
Thank you BATA Transit Official and Victor. 🙏🏽♥️
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Coffia Responds to Federal Cuts Threatening Key Michigan Services, Applauds Planned Congressional Town Hall
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., March 5, 2025 — Recent workforce cuts and funding freeze threats by the Trump administration under Elon [...]
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Recently, I joined State Rep. John Roth and Warren Call, CEO of Traverse Connect, for a demonstration of the Munson Healthcare drone delivery project. Many rural communities are in health care deserts, limiting their ability to access the health care they need when they need it.
Munson Healthcare's new delivery system will supplement the ongoing courier system of drivers and help cut down wait time for the most urgently needed medicines and test results to be transported across our rural hospital system. To help expand this life-saving system for Northern Michiganders, Traverse Connect will receive an additional $949,000 through Governor Gretchen Whitmer's Michigan Advanced Air Mobility (AAM). ... See MoreSee Less
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There are counseling supports available free of charge for anyone who needs them after yesterday’s mass knife attack.
Community Resources have been set up for counseling for all community members. They are as follows:
Community Counseling Center
NMC Innovation Center
1701 E. Front Street
Monday - Wednesday
10 am - 7 pm
Grand Traverse Mental Health Crisis & Access Center
410 Brook Street
24 hour counseling
Crisis Hotline
833-295-0616Community Resources
Resources have been set up for counseling for all community members.
Community Counseling Center
NMC Innovation Center
1701 E. Front Street
Monday - Wednesday
10 am - 7 pm
Grand Traverse Mental Health Crisis & Access Center
410 Brook Street
24 hour counseling
Crisis Hotline
833-295-0616
24 hours ... See MoreSee Less
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Yesterday‘s official information about the tragic knife attacks in our community, did not include official information about the role that bystanders had in helping stop the attacker from hurting more people. We now have more information so it is very important to me to acknowledge the heroic actions of these individuals.
As Grand Traverse County Sheriff Michael Shea said at today’s press conference, multiple citizens acted quickly, one armed with a pistol and several unarmed, to subdue the suspect in the Walmart parking lot, preventing additional attacks.
“For all of those people involved, first of all I’d like to commend them,” Sheriff Shea said. “It’s not very often we have citizens that are willing to step up and take action and I ask that we grant them the privacy they need right now. If they choose to make a public statement, they will but I would ask that we all give them a little space and say, ‘atta boy.’”
I fully agree it’s crucial we support their right to process this terrible and traumatic event with their loved ones in privacy.
That said, I know that the whole community is incredibly grateful for the brave decision each person made to act together to protect the people around them from further harm.
Thank you to these individuals from all of us in northern Michigan!!♥️🙏🏽 ... See MoreSee Less
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As Mister Rogers said, “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”
Thank you BATA Transit Official and Victor. 🙏🏽♥️ ... See MoreSee Less
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