Marble Lake memories
Even the old folks love being pulled on Big Bubba.
Fishing right off our dock was fun for the grandkids.
Larry Sidener captains the pontoon as family enjoy the ride behind.
Taking a break to rest, our 11 passenger Tri-Toon is anchored at the sand bar.
This is why Sunset Cove got its name.
In the 1980s and early 90s, many of my summer days were spent about 135 miles north of here at a place called Sunset Cove Resort on Marble Lake just outside of Quincy, Michigan. My parents had a trailer and a boat dock a stone’s throw from the waters’ edge at Sunset Cove, and my husband, my kids, and many of our family members ventured north as often as we could during the warm months to take advantage of the fun to be had there. Sadly, my parents grew older and frailer as all parents do, and they sold their lakeside escape in 1995, the last year we visited the Quincy area.
An ordinance authorizing a development agreement with Springfield Park District for improvements in the Enos Park and Madison Park Place tax-increment financing districts will go to the debate agenda before the Springfield City Council next Tuesday.
It was one of several items moved to that agenda by action of the Committee of the Whole Tuesday.
It engendered plenty of discussion, including an accusation from Ward 7 Ald. Joe McMenamin that the park district is trying to strong-arm the city.
The city has been trying to secure the support of the park district for the Enos Park and Madison Park Place TIF extensions and under the agreement the city would give the park district $655,040 to improve facilities in parks in those TIFs.