A Placemaking Summit will be held in Traverse City Tuesday.
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A Placemaking Summit will be held in Traverse City Tuesday.
Tim Hughes, left, of Garfield Township and the Traverse City Recreational Authority, and Julie Clark, TART Trails executive director, stand where the proposed 2.7-mile Buffalo Ridge Trail would run on the South Campus entrance to the Grand Traverse Commons.
Several readers responded to a request for information on the History Center of Traverse City archive photo that appeared in the Feb.
Grand Traverse County officials today said they will file suit against those who engineered, built and managed construction of the county’s flawed, financially troubled septage treatment plant.
The Grand Traverse Area Children’s Garden is holding a volunteer meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 9. The meeting will be held at the Traverse Area District Library.
After walking several miles ahead of his horses who fell many times, he finally got shelter at Cedar Run for his team and to rest his tired body.
Stanley Holzhauer, of Elk Rapids, almost didn't make it to the Iwo Jima "Beach Party." A shell ripped through the armored plates of his landing tank and exploded in the water behind. This month marked the 66th anniversary of the battle and flag raising.
Fundraising efforts are underway for the first phase of the 2.7-mile Buffalo Ridge Trail, part of the Traverse Area Recreation and Transportation (TART) Trails system, that eventually will provide non-motorized access from Division Street to South Airport Road. Munson Medical Center made a $10,000 pledge and will match another $10,000 in donations.
Grand Traverse County officials who oversee the financially troubled septage treatment plant expect to have a settlement offer from the facility’s project manager, designer and builder. But without an offer at today’s Board of Public Works meetings, officials likely will authorize their attorney to file a lawsuit against engineering firm Gourdie-Fraser Inc., construction firm The Christman Company, and former county attorney and project manager Michael Houlihan.
Homeowners and restaurants again face a potentially significant cost increase to dispose of waste at Grand Traverse County’s septage treatment plant. The county’s Board of Public Works and five townships that oversee the plant will revisit proposed rate increases they tabled at the end of 2010. The BPW and its township subcommittees were to meet today at 9 a.m. in the Garfield Township Hall.