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The Grand Vision Leelanau Workshop

The Leelanau County Workshop for The Grand Vision will be held next Thursday (May 8th) at 6:30 p.m. at Suttons Bay High School. The Grand Vision is a regional transportation and land use planning project that will help determine spending on transportation projects in the Grand Traverse region for years to come. Participants will be […]

Leelanau Chamber Business Expo

The Leelanau Peninsula Chamber of Commerce hosts their annual Leelanau Business Expo next Wednesday (Apr 30) from 11 AM – 6 PM at the Strongheart Center in Peshawbestown. The event is free to the public and the Leelanau Enterprise reports that over 100 businesses will be exhibiting. Event co-organizer Jackie Morrison expects a full house […]

Leland Odyssey of the Mind: 2008 State Champions!

Here’s a page with information about team fundraisers and reports from the World Finals! On Saturday in Grand Rapids two teams from Leland took the gold medal in their respective divisions in the Michigan Odyssey of the Mind State meet. Both teams competed in the Tee Structure competition which required them to design and build […]

Grand Traverse Earth Day Parade

While Earth Day is next Tuesday (Apr 22), the 2008 Grand Traverse Earth Day Parade takes place next Saturday (Apr 26) at noon. In addition to the parade through downtown Traverse City, there will be a “zero-waste” community picnic at Hannah Park (on the river) following the parade . There will also be a puppet […]

Leelanau Almanac for the Week of April 10-16, 2008

Trumpet Call by greencottage News from the Week News from the week included a $300 poster contest for the Suttons Bay Art Festival, Steve Smiley’s home energy setup and his thoughts about changing energy generation in Leelanau County, a bunch of national media attention for Leelanau’s Black Star Farms and a ton of new items […]

Energy for change in Leelanau County

April is a month that folks seem to think about more wisely using resources. This week’s Enterprise has a nice feature on community power consultant and Leelanau resident Steve Smiley. Smiley’s home serves as a case study for the Michigan Energy Office, Department of Labor & Economic Growth and is an example of energy (and […]

Suttons Bay Art Festival poster contest

The Suttons Bay Art Festival (August 2nd and 3rd, 2008) is holding a contest to design a poster for this year’s festival with a prize of $300. You can use paint, markers, photography, digital art, crayons, chalk – whatever! The winning design will be used for the poster and T-shirts sold at the Art Festival. […]