UPDATE - as of January 2011

To review environmental studies, property condition report, and other documents on the Resort property, golf course, or treatment plant - click here for more information.  If you do not find a document you are looking for, contact the Leelanau County Planning & Community Development office (256-9812).  Some documents are not in digital format - only hard copy. 

UPDATE - as of November 22, 2009

ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTS

The first environmental reports from AKT Peerless's assessment work on the Sugar Loaf properties, under the auspices of the County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, are located here.

UPDATE - as of October 20, 2009

PUBLIC GATHERING ON SUGAR LOAF PRELIMINARY ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

At 6:30 pm, on Tuesday, October 20, 2009, in the Cleveland Township Hall, a representative from AKT Peerless will review the preliminary results of their environmental studies on the Sugar Loaf properties, a project of the County's Brownfield Redevelopment Authority.  There will be a time for public questions and comments.

UPDATE - as of October 7, 2009

ENVIRONMENTAL PRELIMINARY RESULTS RELEASED -TWO SESSIONS

The Brownfield Redevelopment Authority will be presented with a summary of the preliminary results of the environmental studies on the Sugar Loaf properties by AKT Peerless during the BRA's Tuesday October 20 meeting.  The meeting will be held at the Elmwood Township Hall on Lincoln Road at 9:30 am.

In addition, a public gathering for the release of the preliminary results will be held the evening of Tuesday October 20 at 6:30 pm in the Cleveland Township Hall at M-22 and County Road 669.  A representative from AKT Peerless will review the results and next steps of the environmental investigation.  Some time will be made for public questions and comment.

UPDATE - as of August 18, 2009

Thank you for attending the presentation of the Vision Sessions Report.  We appreciate your input and look forward to continuing the discussions and planning.  You may download a copy of the report via the link directly below, as well as find the email addresses of each Township's Planning Commission Chair.

Visioning Sessions Report - Full Report

Dr. Crawford's Map & Sketch Images from the Report

Existing Land Use Patterns of Sugar Loaf Area

Redevelopment Scenario 1 - County Resort Center

Redevelopment Scenario 2 - Community Center  

UPDATE - as of August 17, 2009

Agenda for the August 18, 2009 Visioning Session report presentation click here. 

UPDATE - as of July 31, 2009

RESULTS OF VISIONING SESSIONS TO BE RELEASED
Tuesday, August 18, 2009 6:00 pm - Government Center Community Room

Results from the June 24 and June 25 Visioning Sessions for Sugar Loaf, and surrounding areas, will be released on Tuesday, August 18 at a session held in the Lower Level of the Government Center. This session will begin at 6 pm with representatives from Kansas State University TAB program, and from MSU, presenting the results and a short video clip from the final visioning session.

This event is also being held directly after an EPA Technical Assistance Workshop for Leelanau County.  The workshop is from 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm in the lower level community room of the Government Center.  If you wish to attend this EPA workshop, please RSVP with the County Planning Department at 231-256-9812.  The workshop is free for Leelanau County Residents.

Press Release for the EPA Workshop & Sugar Loaf Visioning Session Results (click here) 

UPDATE - as of June 26, 2009

1. Thank You!

To all 250 participants, our organizers and supporters, a big thank you for creating such wonderful and energetic visioning sessions!  Your input and time is very valuable and proves our community is very special.

2. Public Comment Period

If you were unable to attend a visioning session, or if you have comments to provide, we are keeping the public comment period open through July 13, 2009.

THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS CLOSED

3. Next Steps of the Process

With the input from the three sessions, and public comments, a report will be prepared by the TAB (Technical Assistance to Brownfields Communities) program of Kansas State University.  The authors will be Lisa Szymecko and Dr. Sabine Martin, with renderings done by Professor Pat Crawford of Michigan State University.  The report will be released in August and will form the basis for the Townships' Sub-Planning process.

4. Top 5 Priorities from each Session

If you are interested to read the top five priorities from each table for all sessions, click here for the summary document. 

The visioning sessions were supported through the EPA's TAB program and were funded through efforts of the Leelanau County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority (LCBRA), and its Environmental Consultants, to secure assistance for Cleveland and Centerville Townships.  For more information on the TAB program click here.

 ARCHIVED INFORMATION

Visioning Session Press Release

Visioning Session Introduction

A few photos from Visioning Sessions......