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Reviving the historic Manor on Glen Lake
Business Feature, Historical FeatureChicagoans Robert and Sue Rife plan to revive the historic Manor on Glen Lake, whose restaurant overlooking Little Glen Lake closed after Sue’s sister Nancy Wright passed away in 2020. Nancy had managed the fine dining establishment since 2004. The Rifes aspire to revive the kitchen space, renovate three cottages in the back of the property, and eventually restore the inn’s upstairs, whose rooms they will rent out. Caitlin Olmsted-Phillips, a descendant of D.H. Day and an adaptive reuse planner and preservationist in Ann Arbor, is helping guide this project.
Real estate sales dwindling, prices peaking
Business FeatureOver the past couple years the real estate industry has seen unprecedented ups and downs: Ups as prices have steadily increased, and downs in terms of the number of homes available for sale. That’s been particularly true in Leelanau County, writes Ross Boissoneau in our October edition.
Shop small. Eat local. Visit Glen Arbor.
NewsThe Glen Lake Chamber has launched its third annual “SHOPtober,” a spend local campaign. All are invited to spend their dollars locally during the month of October for a chance to win Glen Arbor bucks.
Will Leelanau lean blue or red in November 8 election?
Investigative Article, Upcoming EventControl of the 110-seat Michigan State House of Representatives could be up for grabs this election, and the new 103rd District, which includes Leelanau County, might prove pivotal in that race. Facing off are Republican incumbent Jack O’Malley and Democrat Betsy Coffia, who has attacked O’Malley over his record on abortion and his casting doubt on the 2020 election results. According to AdImpact Politics, more money has been spent to win the 103rd than any other State House seat.
Here:Say Storytelling comes to Leelanau
Upcoming EventThe Leland Township Library, the Suttons Bay-Bingham District Library and the Friendship Community Center have teamed up to bring Here:Say Storytelling to Leelanau County. On Wednesday, Oct. 19 at 7 pm, six storytellers will take the stage at the Friendship Community Center in Suttons Bay to tell true stories from their lives. The theme for the evening is “Beyond Expectations” and will be interpreted differently by each storyteller.
North Country Opera’s 40th Anniversary Revival visits Old Art Building
Upcoming EventThe Old Art Building in Leland will host the 40th Anniversary Revival of North Country Opera, a musical play by renowned Michigan playwright and songwriter, Jay Stielstra. The performance will tour around Michigan, visiting five locations with the Old Art Building as its landing place for the Leelanau – Grand Traverse region. The performance will take place on Wednesday, October 12, at 7:30 pm. Tickets are still available for $30 by calling the Old Art Building or visiting their website.
Leland Old Art Building’s fall fiber event presents Georgina Valverde
Upcoming EventThe Old Art Building in Leland will present the 21st annual Focus on Fiber event over the weekend of October 7-9. This year’s event highlights the work of Chicago-based artist Georgina Valverde and her exhibition entitled Atavia. An artist conversation will take place on Friday, October 7. The free reception opens at 5:30 pm with the artist talk beginning at 6:00 pm. The exhibit will continue from 10 am-4 pm both Saturday and Sunday.
Anne-Marie Oomen launches “The Mom Book”
Local Personality, Poetry/EssayThe next event in local writer Anne-Marie Oomen’s prolific career of creating history plays, poems, essays, and creative nonfiction will be the launch of her new memoir As Long As I Know You, The Mom Book on Oct. 6 at Kirkbride Hall in Traverse City at Building 50 from 5:30-7:30 pm. It is also a fundraiser for Michigan Writers Scholarships, and “Everyone’s invited!” The book is dedicated “To my mother, Ruth Jean Oomen, April 28, 1921–November 16, 2020, and to all of those ‘in the homes’.”
Watershed Governance—is streaming wisdom a community solution?
Poetry/EssayLeelanau County writer Stephanie Mills asks, “What does “watershed” mean to you?” A “watershed moment” can be a cusp, mark a divide. Earthly watersheds make for differences and natural diversity. Watersheds are basins that gather, channel, absorb and filter precipitation; they collect waters from their uplands. These flow downslope and congregate: seeps and rivulets connect with brooks, streams, rivers, lakes, and seas. Watersheds are life-places. They outline and embrace distinct realms. They collect fluid intelligence from animate terrains. Watershed maps strikingly resemble placentas. Their capillaries and tributaries, their veins and main stems, carry water and—every substance or organism— that can be dissolved, eroded, relocated, or washed from the land to replenish or contaminate the water bodies along the way to the world ocean.
Tackling Cedar and Maple City with youngsters
Business FeatureTucked away in the hilly heart of Leelanau County are two under-the-radar, off-the-beaten path towns that need to be moved up on your list of destinations. Maple City and Cedar are especially great Leelanau hubs if you’re a family with younger children looking for a more relaxed vibe, but still plenty to do.