The Empire Village Council will hold a special meeting on July 17 to consider a moratorium on processing any zoning permit. Midwest V, which frequently leases its buildings to Dollar General, approached an Empire landowner with a purchase offer to acquire six acres in a mixed use, commercial-residential district of Empire.
The 48th annual Glen Lake Woman’s Club Art Fair will take place on July 17, 10 am to 4 pm, at the Glen Arbor Township Hall, 6394 W. Western Ave, Glen Arbor, MI.
Sherri Ricard has been “happily, fortunately” settled in the Glen Lake Salon in Glen Arbor for 8 years now. But she arrived by a circuitous route, and it wasn’t going to happen if she hadn’t got that sign.
Across Leelanau County, more and more businesses are getting started, or revitalized by young entrepreneurs. Some are longtime locals, some are “boomerang” locals, back from years away to better discover their desire to come back home, and some are folks lured away from their past lives in big cities to the smaller, welcoming communities of northern Michigan. In Suttons Bay, a clear resurgence in young business owners and operators brings a freshness to an already vibrant small town on Grand Traverse Bay.
If you love a region, move there. If you love a certain type of food, but can’t find it near your new home, start making that food near your new home. Lyndsey Egli & Alicia Manson of Gold Baby Biscuits in Suttons Bay did just that, and their passion for tasty, no-fuss food has already landed with Leelanau locals and visitors alike.
Bumpus and their powerful brand of soul music will rock the Sleeping Bear Dune Climb at the next Manitou Music series concert on Sunday, July 14, at 7 pm.
The 22nd annual Artists’ Market will be held at the Old Art Building in Leland on Saturday, July 13, from 10 am to 5 pm.
We are closely monitoring Lake Michigan’s extreme high water levels this summer—their impact on beaches and beach walking, commerce and the economy, and whether their meteoric rise since bottoming out in 2013 represents a “new normal” in the age of Climate Change.
On Friday, July 12 at 10:30 am, local children’s book author and illustrator Brianne Farley will visit Leland Township Library to read her newest book, Charlotte the Scientist Finds a Cure, written by Camille Andros. Like the character Charlotte in the book, attendees will use their skills of scientific observation to examine, draw and color carrots.
Center Gallery at Lake Street Studios in Glen Arbor hosts an art exhibition by painter Joseph Lombardo, July 12-18 with an opening reception on Friday, July 12, from 6-8 pm. The gallery is open daily from 11 am-5 pm. Visit LakeStreetStudiosGlenArbor.com for more information.