Business Survey for Leelanau County Businesses

Our Leelanau County business climate continues to rapidly evolve, as well as face potential challenges.  

To learn directly from our Leelanau businesses, the Leelanau Peninsula Economic Foundation (LPEF) wishes to take your valued input and support our businesses and communities in addressing those identified issues.  

Please click to take the survey NOW!

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Jamie Jewell
Michigan Housing Tools Webinar Recording

On March 13th 2023, Housing North staff, members of our community and the Housing Michigan Coalition met to share information and dive deeper into the new and expanded tools for housing and how we can implement them in Northwest Michigan to expand housing solutions.

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Jamie Jewell
Local Childcare Startup Prepares to Bring 5 New Infant/Toddler Daycares Online in Leelanau County

Last February, the Leelanau Early Childhood Development Commission (LECDC) launched a new startup with a goal no less ambitious than changing the way Michigan defines, thinks about, and regulates certain types of child care businesses. A year later, that entity – the Infant & Toddler Childcare Startup (ITCS) – is nearly ready to start bringing new child care centers online in Leelanau County.

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Jamie Jewell
HomeStretch Project To Move Forward in Suttons Bay

A long-gestating workforce housing project in Suttons Bay will finally break ground this week, after a long saga of funding challenges and other hurdles. It’s a piece of good news for local affordable housing advocates.

News broke all the way back in May of 2021 that HomeStretch Nonprofit Housing Corporation, a regional developer of affordable housing, was in the process of acquiring a 2.6-acre parcel of land from the Leelanau County Lank Bank Authority to develop eight below-market-rate townhouse-style apartments. The parcel is located at 525 N. Marek Road, about a mile northwest of downtown Suttons Bay.

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Governor Signs New Laws to Expand Housing Opportunities

A state legislation package designed to boost attainable housing development across Michigan was formally approved today by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, giving housing agencies, developers, and communities new tools to expand housing opportunities for residents and families throughout the state.

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Jamie Jewell
Northwest Michigan Works! Adopts Newtons Road Career Investigator


Northwest Michigan Works! and Newton's Road have collaborated in many capacities over the last decade to support our young people in exploring high-in-demand, family-sustaining careers in the Northwest Lower Michigan region. We are pleased to announce that Northwest Michigan Works! will adopt the Newton's Road Career Investigator as their primary career pathway exploration platform to support individuals as they learn more about careers that are in-demand across the region.

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BATA Millage Renewal Request

On November 8, 2022, Grand Traverse and Leelanau County residents will vote on a ballot proposal to levy 0.4788 mill to continue BATA operations for bus service starting January 2023 and lasting until December 2027.

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Jamie Jewell