On March 24, Jim Ridgway, of Environmental Consulting & Technology, Inc. and David Flowers, of Natural Water Solutions, LLC., will be in Leelanau County to talk about decentralized water and wastewater treatment.
From the Leelanau County website:
"Two (2) national experts will share their experiences on low cost, small scale decentralized water & wastewater treatment opportunities. [...]
This year, go green on St. Patrick's day in a different way. With green energy.
The Grand Vision Energy Working Group will host a Renewable Energy forum on March 17.
It starts at 7pm and will be held at the Traverse Area District Library.
Michigan currently receives only 3% of its electricity from renewable energy. By law, electricity [...]
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 [...]
February 12, 2010 – 1:16 pm
The "Farm to School: Setting the Table for Wellness" conference is offering scholarships to students of Northwest Lower Michigan schools.
In a press release issued yesterday, the conference organizers announced:
Schools in northwest Lower Michigan have until Feb. 22 to take full advantage of significant scholarships that cover registration costs and substitute pay for sending seven people [...]
February 8, 2010 – 1:05 pm
Interested in developing a resort in Northern Michigan? According to a report presented at the Leelanau county Government Center last Friday (Jan 5) $40 million dollars is the investment needed for the Sugar Loaf Resort in Cedar.
From the Leelanau Enterprise:
"A plan is now in place for someone – anyone – to redevelop Sugar Loaf Resort [...]
February 5, 2010 – 3:50 pm
The Record-Eagle has this article on the decline of home values in the region:
"Property tax assessment notices will begin showing up in regional mailboxes in about a month, and initial studies by county equalization directors in Grand Traverse, Leelanau, Benzie, Antrim and Kalkaska counties show residential assessments will drop on average 6.5 percent in Grand [...]
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 [...]
January 5, 2010 – 2:42 pm
Young photographers this one is for you.
The Traverse Area Camera Club is holding an open competition for students in grades 9-12 who live in Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau and Wexford counties.
You can submit up to three photos in a variety of categories.
According to the Record-Eagle:
Photographer Don Rutt, Todd McMillen of Creative Custom Framing [...]
December 8, 2009 – 2:40 pm
On October 29 The Grand Vision was featured on Interlochen Public Radio's Points North program.
Guests included Marsha Smith, Executive Director of Rotary Charities and Chair of the Coordinating Group of The Grand Vision, and Matt Skeels, Director of Traverse City Transportation And Land Use Study (TC-TALUS). Also interviewed was Leelanau County Commissioner Jean Watkowski.
Tough questions [...]
December 2, 2009 – 2:27 pm
The Leelanau News reports residents of the village of Empire turned out for a public hearing to prioritize ideas for improvements.
About 80 people attended a public hearing to review and provide opinions on proposed improvement ideas to the village and its parks. Council President Sue Carpenter said Monday that the majority of suggestions for North [...]
