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2010 Home Expo Spurs Hope; Leelanau Building Permits Value down from '09

March 1, 2010 – 12:32 pm

This past weekend (Feb 27-28) was the 2010 Home Expo. The Record-Eagle was there and filed this report:
"Hundreds of builders, buyers and home improvement experts gathered Saturday at East Middle School to talk shop. Most acknowledge the ongoing economic recession hurt the construction and real estate industry in recent months, but many point to signs [...]

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Sugar Loaf: Delays, Questions of Ownership and Property Taxes

February 15, 2010 – 2:15 pm

The Sugar Loaf ski resort, in Leelanau county, has been closed since 2000 and is a site that the county would like to see redeveloped. The Record-Eagle has been following the story as it unfolds.
The Record-Eagle filed this story on delays to perform an environmental study of the resort:
"The county's Brownfield Redevelopment Authority poured about [...]

By The Grand Vision | Posted in Growth in Investment, Issue Areas | Comments (0)

DeYoung Natural Area: Elmwood Township And Leelanau Conservancy Are Partners In Preservation

February 10, 2010 – 1:22 pm

It is official. The Leelanau Conservancy has announced that last week (Feb 1-5), Elmwood Township, in Leelanau Co., received ownership of the lakefront of the DeYoung Natural Area on Cedar Lake:
“Elmwood Township very much appreciates the cooperation and foresight of the Leelanau Conservancy and the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund, and the generosity of the [...]

By The Grand Vision | Posted in Issue Areas, Natural Resources | Comments (0)

Farming News Roundup: Viticulture at NMC, Free-Range Chickens, Buckley's Organic CSA, & Food Safety Op-Ed

February 8, 2010 – 1:27 pm

Here is a look at farming news making headlines in the region:
The Record-Eagle has this story on Northwest Michigan College's new viticulture program:
"Northwestern Michigan College will partner with Michigan State University and Missouri State University to offer the area's first viticulture certificate. The program offers an option to complete an associate's degree and will begin [...]

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Centerville Township's Commercial Wind Ordinance

January 27, 2010 – 2:07 pm

When it comes to Commercial Wind Ordinances you may not find one more comprehensive than the draft in front of the Centerville Township Planning Commission. (Read the ordinance here.)
The result of nearly four years worth of work, the original was compiled by the Commercial Wind Energy Systems (CWES) Sub-Committee. The members of the sub-committee traveled [...]

By The Grand Vision | Posted in Energy, Issue Areas | Comments (0)

Public To Weigh-In On Groundbreaking Wind Ordinance for Leelanau County

January 25, 2010 – 1:23 pm

This Tuesday (Jan 26), at 7 p.m. in Cedar's fire hall, the public will weigh-in on a proposed wind ordinance for Centerville township.
As the Leelanau Enterprise reports, such an ordinance ("governing commercial wind operations") would be the first of its kind for Leelanau County:
“This began in February 2006 when Noble Energy came in and started [...]

By The Grand Vision | Posted in Energy, Issue Areas | Comments (0)

Leelanau County's Northport Examines Idea of DDA

December 23, 2009 – 11:17 am

A Downtown Development Authority has been proposed for Leelanau County's Northport village this month. The village council took up the idea at a special December 10 meeting.
The Leelanau Enterprise has this report:
During a special meeting Dec. 10, Ann Marie Mitchell of the economic development committee of the Northport-Omena Chamber of Commerce gave a PowerPoint presentation [...]

By The Grand Vision | Posted in Growth in Investment, Issue Areas | Comments (0)
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