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Cooperative or community-owned commercial real estate projects have popped up over the past few years in Oakland, Portland, New Orleans, Chicago, Atlanta. And now Traverse City — thanks to a loan guarantee from the USDA.

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9 & 10 News Boardman River Crossing Proposals Revealed by Grand Traverse Road Commission "There’s a lot of differences in opinion as to what should happen." - Road Commission Manager Brad Kluczynski July 14, 2021 An on-again, off-again debate is back in Grand Traverse County: how to improve east-west traffic.  It’s been a contentious issue for years – even decades – but the Road Commission is again turning to the public for input on how to ease traffic congestion. Over the years it’...

“This is a ticking time bomb,” said Marc Gaden, spokesperson for the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, a U.S-Canadian fishery management entity that is leading the project and is a party to the lawsuit. “The city needs to know, one way or another, how to proceed.” FishPass is the capstone to a decades-long effort to restore fish habitat on the Boardman River, which flows through Traverse City. After three dam removals upstream, city leaders had planned to replace the last remaining dam on...

The State Theater and Bijou by the Bay have been closed since Michigans shutdown last year. The Traverse City Film Festival has received $933,000 in federal coronavirus relief to help restart its two movie theaters and continue its annual film festival. The festivals founder filmmaker Michael Moore says without the grant, the organization may have folded. “I would say without any hint of hyperbole here that this million dollar grant from our federal government has literally saved the Travers...

Paddle and picnic on the Boardman River in Traverse City.

North Country Trail Backpacking Trip From Kalkaska to Wexford Counties The subtle, soulful beauty of Michigan’s Northwoods fills writer Cindy Ross’ heart as she takes a four-day backpacking trip with her family on a gentle stretch of the North Country Trail. The first time I saw the sandy North Country Trail (NCT) high above the Manistee River, I was on a canoe trip, and we had just docked for a break. I looked at the blue-painted blazes beckoning me to follow deep into the pine forest, and...

Amazingly he had his camera rolling when it happened and quickly kayaked towards the shore where it was stuck, when the deer became loose and started flowing down river.

The state has approved a $2.9 million investment for a new development that will provide year-round rentals in Traverse City’s downtown area.