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An $80M cleanup made Muskegon Lake trendy. Will ‘eco-gentrification’ follow?

Kelly House, Bridge Michigan — Wed, 14 May 2025 15:24:55 +0000

New luxury homes, yacht slips, and trendy hotels and restaurants are cropping up along the glittering waterfront of this west Michigan city.

Nothing unusual for the Lake Michigan coast, long known for beach towns that cater to summer vacationers and wealthy second-homers. But to those familiar with Muskegon’s blue collar history, it’s a stunning transformation.

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Cleveland’s Icebreaker Wind project on hold due to rising costs, pushback

Ideastream Public Media — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 19:25:50 +0000

By Zaria Johnson, Ideastream Public Media

This story was originally published by Ideastream.

Cleveland’s off-shore wind turbine project has been halted after the project’s private development partner pulled financial support.

The Lake Erie Energy Development Corp, or LEEDCo, is leading the Icebreaker Wind project.

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Great Lakes Moment: A business case for The Great Lakes Way

John Hartig, Great Lakes Now — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 16:00:37 +0000

Great Lakes Moment is a monthly column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor John Hartig. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit Public Television.

A business case is a document that outlines whether a project is worth undertaking.

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Michigan’s outdoor recreation boom is becoming a business boom

Bridge Michigan — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 17:00:31 +0000

By Kelly House, Bridge Michigan

The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television; and Michigan Radio, Michigan’s NPR News Leader; who work together to bring audiences news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water.

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Great Lakes Moving Bridges: How they work and why we love them

James Proffitt, Great Lakes Now — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 05:00:51 +0000

They stop dozens of vehicles creating traffic jams so that a single boat can dawdle through and sometimes they make us late. They’re usually very old and expensive to maintain and operate and holy smokes, they move slow as cold molasses.

But seriously, aren’t they great?

“It can definitely be an inconvenience, but in all reality it’s only a few minutes every hour,” Port Clinton Mayor Mike Snider said.

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On Isle Royale, fate of summer cabins pits nature against family history

Bridge Michigan — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 13:45:32 +0000

By Kelly House, Bridge Michigan

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Industries and public water supplies top list of main consumers of Great Lakes water

John McCracken — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 12:00:46 +0000

Overall water usage in the Great Lakes is dropping, largely due to water conservation and management efforts, according to the Great Lakes Commission’s most recent water use report.

The GLC compiles annual water use data, a stipulation outlined in the 2008 regional water use agreement known as the Great Lakes Compact.

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EPA: Two toxic hot spots in Michigan will take longer to clean up than many others in Great Lakes states

Michigan Public — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 17:00:43 +0000

By Lester Graham, Michigan Radio

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Great Lakes Moment: Similarities between the Don and Rouge rivers, and one big difference

John Hartig, Great Lakes Now — Mon, 02 May 2022 15:00:01 +0000

Great Lakes Moment is a monthly column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor John Hartig. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit Public Television.

There are many similarities between Toronto’s lower Don River and metropolitan Detroit’s Rouge River.

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Lakeside Gentrification: Trailer parks and campgrounds the last bulwark against waterfront developments

James Proffitt, Great Lakes Now — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 19:00:37 +0000

Editor’s Note: This is part two of a two-part story. Read the first part here.

Ed Matusik and his wife were in their new summer vacation trailer for just a month at Bay Point Resort and Marina in 2006 when they received an eviction letter: the investment group which recently purchased the site had plans for a new development in that section of the resort.

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