Since its closing in 2000, the iconic Leelanau ski resort has been a case study on how to turn a magnificent property into a rotting, unsellable eyesore.
Quality of Life
Michigan is a great place to live. Bridge will report that fact often — and on potential threats to the assets that make it so.
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Community groups try, and fail, to reopen Sugar Loaf
Hearts are in the right place, but missteps dog efforts to sell the scenic resort.
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How to run a profitable ski resort? Think summer, too
A beautiful mountain is no longer enough to keep a ski resort in business in Michigan. Successful resorts include facilities and attractions to keep tourists coming year-round.
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Michigan’s toxic fish face long recovery, state finds
The state’s plan to reduce mercury and PCBs to safe levels in Michigan fish could take a half century, according to preliminary state documents obtained by Bridge.
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Michigan rivers polluted by human, animal waste more than double previous estimates
Sign warns swimmers of pathogen pollution at a northern Michigan beach. Pathogen pollution in Michigan’s lakes and rivers – caused by human and animal waste draining into surface waters – is far more widespread than previously documented, according to new state data. The identification of rivers impaired by potentially harmful pathogens has more than doubled […]
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Traverse City splits over festival fatigue
With its hip film festival, music and culinary scene, Traverse City is attracting the kind of young creative class that other cities would kill for. But as it basks in its moment, some locals cite ‘festival fatigue.’ How much is too much for Up North tourism? (photo by Joel Williams) On a cold night […]
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Michael Moore: Traverse City and the Next Cool Thing
Filmmaker Michael Moore is bullish on Traverse City’s festival boom. (courtesy photo) Bridge recently asked Oscar-winning filmmaker Michael Moore, founder of the nonprofit Traverse City Film Festival, to talk about the city’s thriving arts scene, some local complaints of festival fatigue, and what the region needs next. Bridge Magazine: When you look around Traverse City […]
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Sleeping Bear goes from 'most beautiful' to 'most crowded'
The park’s designation by “Good Morning, America” as the most beautiful place in the nation led to tourist boom, with mixed results (photo by Andy McFarlane) The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore was honored by Good Morning America as the “Most beautiful place in America” in the fall of 2011. The results for nearby […]
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Bike-share programs rolling out across Michigan
click to enlarge When people think of getting around Michigan, it’s safe to say that bicycles are not the first things that come to mind. But bicycles, and specifically the urban bike-rental programs known as bike sharing, are starting to bubble into the conversation in cities across Michigan, from Detroit to Ann Arbor and Lansing […]
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Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail rolls through “America’s Most Beautiful Place”
The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in the pinky finger of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula is already a well-known destination for hiking, sunbathing and beholding the majestic vistas over Lake Michigan’s blue waters. It is also becoming a hot spot for bicyclists. This July, the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail, which currently stretches five miles from the […]
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