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Work in Leelanau this summer: local employers hiring

Want to work in beautiful Leelanau County this summer? This is your chance. The Glen Lake Chamber of Commerce has posted an Area Jobs board which matches local retail and food businesses with employees who want to get paid to spend their summer in this pleasant peninsula. Those employers include: Coastal, the Cyclery and Crystal River Outfitters, Laker Shakes, Grocer’s Daughter Chocolate, Cottonseed Apparel, Broomstack Kitchen & Taphouse, M22 Glen Arbor, Anderson’s Market, the Glen Lake Association, Riverside Canoe, Cherry Republic, La Becasse, Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear, LeBear, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Bay Wear, Inn & Trail, Indigo Bluffs, Blu, Art’s, Good Harbor Grill, Leelanau Coffee Roasters, Western Avenue Grill, and The Homestead. Click here for more.

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Broomstack has new owners

Broomstack Kitchen & Taphouse, the popular restaurant which shares a building with the Leelanau Curling Club, has new owners. The managing partners are: Alfiero Silveri, a restaurant veteran and sommelier who managed Trattoria Stella in Traverse City for more than 10 years; Stephen Brotschul, a former boarding school teacher who once worked at The Leelanau School (and is now president of the Glen Lake Chamber of Commerce), and Maria Leggett, an adjunct professor at Northwestern Michigan College’s Culinary Institute who runs the Grand Traverse Sauce Company. The group also hired Culinary Institute alum Rose Duggan as their executive chef.

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Glen Lake Chamber selects new officers

The Glen Lake Chamber of Commerce has named its new officers for 2023. Stephen Brotschul of Broomstack Kitchen & Taphouse is the Chamber president; Darci Ricker, of Glen Lodge is co-president; Mara Miller of the Leelanau Coffee Roasters is secretary, and Dotti Thompson of Grandpa’s Place is treasurer together with co-treasurer Nancy Miller of Devette & Ford Insurance.

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Cherry Republic, Glen Lake Chamber mourn passing of Kathy Baarstad

From staff reports It is with profound sadness that Cherry Republic announces the sudden passing of longtime employee and treasured friend Kathy Baarstad, who died on November 6 after a brief illness. Anyone who visited Cherry Republic’s Glen Arbor campus over the past 12 years no doubt encountered Kathy’s dazzling smile and friendly welcome. As […]

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Shop small. Eat local. Visit Glen Arbor.

The 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.

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Glen Lake Restaurant Week returns, food trucks to come in May

The seventh annual Glen Lake Restaurant Week offers an array of dining around Glen Arbor, the week before Mother’s Day. Whether you plan to dine-in or take-out, enjoy mouthwatering experiences from “French fries to French cuisine” Friday, April 29-Saturday, May 7. Glen Arbor’s dining scene in 2022 will also include two food trucks opening in late May on the vacant lot next to the former Riverfont Pizza & Deli, which was acquired last year by Katy and Matt Wiesen, owners of the Crystal Rver Outfitters Recreational District.

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Glen Lake Chamber launches SHOPtober

For the second year in a row, the Glen Lake Chamber of Commerce encourages locals and visitors, alike, to “shop small and eat local” during SHOPtober.

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Zoning: The Laws of the Land

Codified into laws and upheld by the courts, modern zoning ordinances have evolved to become the “laws of the land.” In Leelanau County, townships possess police power to enact and enforce zoning ordinances, while the county takes an advisory role through its planning commission.

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Glen Arbor hosts PJ Party, Holiday Marketplace

Visit Glen Arbor and shop local for the holidays. The Glen Lake Chamber of Commerce invites you to take part in a variety of anticipated holiday-themed shopping events in Glen Arbor over Thanksgiving weekend. Events are free and open to everyone.

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Glen Arbor holds Pumpkin Fest

Glen Arbor holds its fourth annual Pumpkin Festival on Saturday, Oct. 19, from noon-3 pm. Don’t miss this community celebration of Fall. The event includes activities and games, pie eating and pumpkin carving demonstrations, face painting and a costume parade. More information at VisitGlenArbor.com.

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