The Michigan State House Transportation Committee was in Traverse City yesterday (Mar 8). Because Michigan is unable to match federal transportation funds, the state is losing out on the federal dollars. As a result, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has been forced to delay indefinitely a significant portion of road improvement projects.
7&4 News was [...]
The Cadillac News has this story on a $150,000 grant to improve Cadillac's Gunn/Seventh streets:
"Cadillac will use the money toward improving .15 miles of Gunn/ Seventh Street to approve access to the city’s industrial parks, City Manager Marcus Peccia said Wednesday. The project calls for street resurfacing, new curbs and gutters, and water/ storm sewer [...]
February 26, 2010 – 1:34 pm
The Cadillac News has this story looking ahead to projects the Cadillac Area Land Conservancy will be undertaking in 2010:
"The Cadillac Area Land Conservancy is anticipating a busy year this year as it works on obtaining three more conservation easements and hosting fundraisers.
"The conservancy today monitors 14 easements, including three that were created in 2009, [...]
February 19, 2010 – 11:12 am
The Cadillac News has this story on roads in the Cadillac region:
"While the headlines recently have talked about various road commissions in the state having to convert paved roads to gravel as a result of the lack of funding, locally that doesn’t appear to be an issue - yet.
"About five years ago, the Wexford County [...]
February 11, 2010 – 1:12 pm
The Cadillac News has this story on the next stage of road construction for Cadillac's Mitchell Street:
"The Michigan Department of Transportation is looking at starting the next phase of Mitchell Street work by Aug. 1, an MDOT official told the Haring Township Board on Monday.
The board invited Rick Liptak, manager of MDOT’s Transportation Service Center [...]
January 28, 2010 – 3:55 pm
There has been quite a bit of wind energy news in the headlines the past week. Here is a quick round-up:
VIDEO: A forum on the potential wind farm on Lake Michigan near Ludington was attended by roughly 500 people.
7&4 News has this report and 9&10 News filed this report on the forum.
The Record-Eagle has this [...]
January 15, 2010 – 12:21 pm
A revision to Wexford County's zoning ordinance is sparking debate.
The Cadillac News has this story:
"As proposed, development of agricultural property for a use other than a farm could be undertaken only if the land in question "is no longer viable for agricultural purposes" and would require a zoning amendment to the Wexford County Comprehensive Plan, [...]
January 13, 2010 – 3:27 pm
On January 19, a new bus transfer center will open in Buckley that will open up cross-county transportation options available to northern Michigan residents.
7&4 News has this story:
[Cadillac/Wexford Transit Authority] Director Vance Edwards says “For a lot of years we have had requests from people in this community to take them to and from different [...]
January 5, 2010 – 1:57 pm
2010 is a census year. Local governments and organizations are beginning to get the word out on how population counts (and the impacts of higher or lower populations) affect local communities.
The Cadillac News has this story from Wexford County:
Cadillac’s Community Development Coordinator Jerry Adams pointed out that according to a 2008 city memo, Cadillac’s population [...]
December 30, 2009 – 1:17 pm
The Cadillac News has this story on efforts to encourage growth and investment in the Cadillac area:
Jason Burton doesn’t consider himself a risk taker but acknowledges he is taking one opening a new business in Cadillac.
While pundits are claiming that the country is coming out of the recession, the signs are not as prevalent in [...]
