One Year Later, Sugar Loaf is Still Waiting

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Click the “more” link for a photo of Sugar Loaf, a look back and discussion of the future of this Leelanau County institution.

Waiting, photo by andrew mcfarlane.
A little over a year ago, Leelanau.com breathlessly wrote:
Sugar Loaf Has a New Owner
Last Friday (Mar 25), Kate Wickstrom closed on the purchase of Sugar Loaf Resort. She is planning a public meeting/celebration that will also be used to to begin the formation of a council to plan the future of the Resort.
Followed the next week by…
More on the Sugar Loaf Purchase
The Traverse City Record-Eagle & the Leelanau Enterprise report that business owners and community members are hailing the purchase of the long-dormant Sugar Loaf resort by Kate Wickstrom. Wickstron plans renovations and hopes to have skiing open by winter 2007. Read Sugar Loaf has new owner in the Enterprise and Deal for defunct ski resort closed in the Record-Eagle.
A year later, the resort sits idle with little to show for a year of ownership other than nearly $100,000 of unpaid sewer bills. Well? What do you think county residents and/or government officials can do to move this whole process along? Post your comment below.