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Holland, Mich. experienced a major financial loss this year due to cancellation of its Tulip Time Festival. Image: Kristi Berens, Dutch dancing instructor
Editor’s note: This is the second part of a 6-part series called Renaissances: Environment Creative Culture by Kathleen Fitch, Anne Hooper, Chioma Lewis, Lea Mitchell & Lillian Young.
By Kathleen Fitch
The Great Lakes region is known for its natural beauty, drawing millions of visitors every year. Tourism is one of the region’s biggest contributors to its economy.
Despite the pandemic, the region received just as many visitors this summer, if not more, according to Jim Carruthers, the mayor of Traverse City, Michigan.
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TRAVERSE CITY â Three of Traverse Cityâs planning commissioners will rejoin the board for a new term, and an ad hoc committee will meet to interview candidates for a fourth seat.
Mayor Jim Carruthers found just enough support at a recent meeting for what he offered as a compromise amid a recurring battle among city commissioners over how mayoral appointments are selected.
City leaders voted 4-3 to reappoint Planning Commissioners Janet Fleshman, David Hassing and Heather Shaw, and to create a subcommittee to interview someone to fill the vacancy commission Chairwoman Linda Koebert will leave. She opted in June not to seek reappointment for various personal reasons, and wants to stay on through a Jan. 5 public hearing on some Eighth Street zoning changes, she said.