Leelanau Almanac for the Week of August 21-28, 2008 (plus a little more)

Isadore Farm (2) by smartee_martee

News from the Week

• The Enterprise reports that a Munson Medical Center and Michigan State University have announced the establishment of a new medical education campus in northern Michigan.
• Marty Hogan (aka smartee_martee) takes special care to document Michigan’s vanishing farms, homes and other structures. I’ve long been a fan of his work and I was excited to see that he visited Leelanau a few weeks ago! Here are his Leelanau photos. He uploads all his pictures big and they make great computer backgrounds!
• The Grand Vision is a citizen-led land use and transportation study that will help to guide future growth in our region for the next 50+ years. Next Tuesday (Aug 26) from 6-7:30 PM at the county Government Center between Lake Leelanau & Suttons Bay there will be a meeting to update folks on the progress to date and on The Grand Vision Decision, October 7-28, 2008. Read this Enterprise article for details and also check out thegrandvision.org for a whole lot more information, articles, photos, video and reports including citizen generated maps of what Leelanau could look like.

The Week’s Weather

The weather was pretty nice and got really nice over Labor Day Weekend! Weather readings for the week.