This weekend kicks off the start of the holiday season in Glen Arbor and Empire. The Glen Lake Chamber of Commerce invites you to shop small and shop local at the special events lined up after Thanksgiving.
The Glen Arbor Sun has learned, through confidential sources, that former Sugar Loaf owner Kate Wickstrom transferred the ownership deed over the long shuttered resort to Remo Polselli in March 2013. Polselli — a hotelier and convicted felon — signed an Indemnification & Release Agreement on March 18, as manager of “Rock Investment Advisors”. Wickstrom, who received the transfer agreement via her Traverse City-based attorney Joe Quandt, signed on March 20. Polselli paid legal fees associated with the transfer.
How our broken immigration system hurts Leelanau County farmers By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor Rosa Valenzuela and her family look forward to their annual trip up north, to see old friends, to prepare picnics in the park and to swim in Lake Michigan when the waters warm by mid-summer. But the Valenzuelas are not your […]
Eneliko Sean “Liko” Smith, the enigmatic West Coast hotelier and self proclaimed “extreme sport entrepreneur” who has left a trail of dubious business transactions in his wake, is once again bidding for Sugar Loaf, the long shuttered ski resort in Leelanau County.
A press release posted various places on the Internet yesterday suggests that Eneliko Sean “Liko” Smith is about to acquire Sugar Loaf Resort, the long shuttered ski resort in Leelanau County, Michigan. Smith is an enigmatic former Samoan boxer from Las Vegas whose failed business deals, relationship troubles and run-ins with the law have made quite a splash in the media. He admits that he doesn’t “Google well”.
By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor Next time you have the munchies while driving between Glen Arbor and Leland, or find yourself in need of provisions for the cottage on Little Traverse or Lime Lake, there’s no need to scavenge for mushrooms in the woods. In early October, Neal Kokowicz plans to open Market 22, in […]
Chef Jeff Colby tries to run out of fresh ingredients he prepares each day and serves from his food counter inside Horizons ‘n Sunsets, a new destination in Empire for food, gifts and fresh produce. “An all natural food experience,” is how Colby describes the business he owns and runs with Dick Colbath and Susan Mekula, and which opened July 1.
By Marc Boissoneau Sun contributor “You don’t mind if I work while we talk, do you?” Carol Worsley asks. “Because as a cooking teacher, I’m used to working and talking.” On this particular day, Worsley is shelling shrimp for a friend, but she already has plans to bake scones and cookies when she finishes that […]
The end of summer is nigh, but the good times aren’t over yet. Don’t miss the Glen Arbor Sidewalk Sales, when merchants offer their biggest sales of the year. The shopping fun runs from Thursday, Aug. 29 until Labor Day Monday, Sept. 2. Participating stores include the Cottage Book Shop, the M-22 Store, the Cyclery, Crystal River Outfitters, Art’s Tavern, Queen of Couture, Anderson’s Beach Shop, Lake Affect, the Sportsman’s Shop, Glen Arbor Botanicals, Northwoods Hardware and Wildflowers.
As Grocer’s Daughter Chocolate celebrates 10 years in Leelanau County, it also fetes the new ownership of the business under Jody Dotson and D.c. Hayden of Traverse City, who acquired it from Mimi Wheeler on April 1. The ingredients of a successful business in Leelanau County would seem to include: a unique, high-quality product, community-minded entrepreneurial spirit, the ability to identify trends, a strong network of employees, like-minded business owners and customers, and a pinch of good luck.