The Leelanau Enterprise reports that the homes for the annual Northport Womens Club Home Tour (Wed, July 18 from 9:30 - 4:30) have been set. The five homes include Dan and Sue Brondyk’s chameleon home on M-22 between Leland & Northport (pictured right) and the Putnam Cloud Tower House in Omena, home of the Omena Historical Society & Museum.
Tickets are available at locations around Northport & Omena - click over to the Enterprise for additional contacts!
Photo credit: ? by jonwilli.
The latest issue of the Leelanau Enterprise has interesting and in-depth profiles eleven Leelanau residents: Ed Love, Steve Baker, Jim Wetherbee, Bob Ooley, Tim Lewis, Peter Miller, Richard Miller, Jenny Evans, Jackie Freeman. They also profiled two iconic Leelanau residents, "Editor" Nelson of the Leelanau Enterprise and Michigan legal pioneer Emilia Schaub (a member of the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame)
It's probably a good opportunity to point out their still relatively new web site which we helped to build. Leelanau news & features are all organized so that you can check in on recent photos, the sports page or stories from Glen Arbor township with just a click.
The site also added a really cool real estate section with hundreds of Leelanau County real estate listings.
The Traverse City Business News has a great feature on the properties, people and products to watch in the Grand Traverse region. The properties include the State Theatre, the Barns at the old State Hospital, the Harleysville Lake States Insurance building (that one with the gulls on it) and the Clinch Park Zoo. From Leelanau, Fishtown and (of course) Sugar Loaf are on the list. Regarding the Loaf they write:
Okay, stay with us here. We've been through bankruptcy, a jailed former owner, disputes over sewer service—but still no skiing again this winter. However, progress is on the horizon. Sugar Loaf has finally reached a tentative agreement with the Sugar Loaf Service Company to resolve the wastewater dispute, pending an okay by Sugar Loaf's primary lender. Meanwhile, Cleveland Township is finishing zoning changes that will clear the way for Sugar Loaf's redevelopment. Now owned by Kate Wickstrom, "The Loaf" will submit a redevelopment plan in the coming months. Wickstrom's attorney Joe Quandt says, "We look forward to the approval of the redevelopment plan and reopening the ski operations and a portion of the hotel, including food and beverage service, in 2007."
Read People, Products & Properties to Watch in '07 in the TC Business News.
Photo credit: State Hospital Barn by sunliner 500.
