All Blog Posts Tagged 'manistee' (9)

The second annual Ultimate Up North Kitchen Tour is history—and everyone involved from the tour-goers to the designers agree it was historically fabulous. I was able to make it to 10 kitchens between Traverse City and Charlevoix and at each kitchen I overheard exclamations about how much fun people were having. It was so energizing to see so many folks finding their way to these kitchens scattered from Manistee to Petoskey. I was able to make it to ten kitchens from Traverse City to Charlevoix.… Continue

The second annual Ultimate Up North Kitchen Tour is history—and everyone involved from the tour-goers to the designers agree it was historically fabulous. I was able to make it to 10 kitchens between Traverse City and Charlevoix and at each kitchen I overheard exclamations about how much fun people were having. It was so energizing to see so many folks finding their way to these kitchens scattered f… Continue

Put this date on your calendar: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, October 24—the day of the Ultimate Up North Kitchen Tour when 25 professionally designed kitchens from Manistee to Harbor Springs open their doors to tour goers. Got that one down? Now add this footnote: plan your day of kitchen touring so that you end up at the brand new Wooden Hammer Annex in the Ca… Continue

Gray and gusty, just how the Windspire vertical wind turbine likes it. This is the fourth installment in a series of blogs about the entrepreneurial mettle that Manistee is relying on to move forward in Michigan’s changing economy. Sometimes, when a company has to w… Continue

I can't believe it, but the second annual Ultimate Up North Kitchen Tour is rolling around again. Mark it on your calendar: Saturday, October 24. The first tour was an incredible success. After spending the day yesterday reviewing photos and designer statements for this year's 25 kitchens, I can tell you to expect another spectacular tour. These kitchens, located from Manistee to Petoskey, represent th… Continue

Harold Cronk, a partner in Manistee's new 10 West Studios This is the third installment in a series of blogs about the entrepreneurial mettle that Manistee is relying on to move forward in Michigan’s changing economy. Anyone looking for evidence that Michigan’s film… Continue

Moving Spirit wine shop and art gallery This is the second installment in a series of blogs about the entrepreneurial mettle that Manistee is relying on to move forward in Michigan’s changing economy. There is a phenomenon that historic preservationists talk about,… Continue

This is the first installment in a series of blogs about the entrepreneurial mettle that Manistee is relying on to move forward in Michigan’s changing economy. As Michigan continues the fight to right itself economically and scrambles to find models to follow and examples that inspire, our business and government leaders should take a look at a few things happening in Manistee County. I recently had the good fortune of taking a day to check out some of the success stories there, thanks t… Continue

Saturday I headed to the Manistee County Fairgrounds in Onekama, about an hour and a half south of Traverse City, to check out the Michigan Energy Fair 2009, organized by the Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association. The fair, in its fourth year, i… Continue