Published in the Leelanau Enterprise on September 14, 2023
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"One milestone down, another one to go. That’s the current status report for a local nonprofit and its ambitious plan to buy and preserve the Timber Shores property near Northport.
The Timber Shores land presently belongs to the developers who tried in 2021 to turn it into an RV resort. But that project was plagued by considerable public backlash, lawsuits, and even a ballot referendum, all of which derailed plans to put 355 RV sites and 15 tent sites on the property. The cool reception also ultimately opened the door for NCV to mount a campaign aimed at purchasing the property and utilizing it as a publicly accessible nature preserve and the home of a small attainable housing development, among other potential uses."
Updated: Aug 21, 2023
Over 300 tickets were sold for the Livingston Taylor’s Benefit Concert last Sunday at the Ridge at Verterra winery in support of the newly formed non-profit called New Community Vision (NCV). The sold out show is a positive response to NCVs efforts to acquire and preserve the former Timber Shores 200-plus acre property, said NCV president John Sentell. “It was a wonderful evening and it was…
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