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Children’s Health Center Construction Underway in Flint

The Genessee Community Health Center, will be completed by next September. The Genesee Community Health Center will house all the children’s services programs of the Genesee Health System. It will be located on a parcel of land on the outskirts of downtown Flint. The center will encompass 60,000-square-feet and cost $22 million. The cost is covered through private and public funding, including grants and new-market tax credits.  Genesee Health System is a provider for Genessee County adults with serious mental illness or substance abuse disorders, as well a children with developmental disabilities.

Sugar Loaf Resort Demolition Is Underway

Excavators have begun demolition of Sugar Loaf Resort in Leelanau County. The demolition should be completed by early January, but questions continue to loom. Who is financing the demolition, and what’s on the horizon for the site? The resort operated from the early 1960s until it closed in 2000 and was a premier winter destination. It had two golf courses, a 144,000-square-foot lodge and hotel, a restaurant, two pools, a 3.500-foot paved airstrip, indoor tennis, 72 townhouses, five chairlifts and a wastewater treatment plant. Ross Satterwhite is a local real estate adviser and the spokesperson for the unknown owners.

 

 

Traverse City’s Cherry Capital Airport Expansion on the Horizon

Traverse City’s Cherry Capital Airport had its busiest month in July of 2021, serving just under 113,000 travelers. According to the airport’s director, the airport’s peak summer traffic could grow by another 32% by 2030. The airport is making preparations to support that growth. The Northwest Regional Airport Authority approved a parking expansion that will break ground next week. According to Klein, TVC’s existing long-term parking lot has 989 parking spaces. The expansion will  incorporate a new EV charging station, underground stormwater retention systems, and restriping of the existing lot. The expansion sill add 425 spaces in total. Preliminary plans could triple the size of the airport’s terminal in the future.