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Northshore October 2025
Growth is a key part of Heather McMann’s life, both personally and professionally, and sometimes growth requires pushing yourself a bit outside your comfort zone.  On the professional side, that growth has been especially rewarding. When she took over as executive director of Groundwork Lawrence in 2009, the community development nonprofit organization had a budget of less than $500,000 a year. Since then, its budget has grown to more than $3 million, allowing it to devote even more resources to its work on the environment, fresh food programs, youth education, employment initiatives, and community engagement. “Groundwork’
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