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Good morning, Traverse City. This is Mike, and

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I hope you have your coffee or other

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drink of choice in hand.

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And I guess we'll, start this out by

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looking at the weather. Today in Traverse City,

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it's

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24

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currently,

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but it looks like it's may get up

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to 30. You know, we kind of got

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these big lakes around us, which keeps us

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a little warmer than the surrounding territory over

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in Wisconsin. It was like, in single digits,

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So be, thankful for the lakes here.

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We're supposed to have a little bit of

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lake effect snow along the lakeshore, Lake Michigan

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lakeshore. We've got kind of a strange wind,

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which will, keep the snow in tight along

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the lakeshore. But, here in Traverse City, we

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shouldn't get too much.

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At least that's what they say, whoever they

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are.

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And I'm looking at the snow totals for

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the season. I thought I'd bring that up,

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for this first

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official episode of cup of Traverse City.

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In Traverse City so far

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this year,

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we've got 12.5

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inches

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and normal for this date is 5.7.

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So we are 219%

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above normal snowfall. Although it doesn't seem too

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bad yet.

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I don't know.

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So, what else is going on around

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Traverse City?

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You know, along

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Bay Street in Traverse City, there was a

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big church,

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former

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Traverse Bay United Methodist Church

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on what's on Ramsdell

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Street off of Bay Street, but it's right

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there

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along

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the Grandview Parkway,

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a little inland from the beach.

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And they're planning a

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housing development. Surprise, surprise. They're building houses everywhere

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around here, but,

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it's a 2.3

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acre

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site and they're,

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what was it? What were they gonna do?

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18 unit condo building and 18 town homes.

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Yeah. I guess we need it around here.

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But, again, they're building apartment buildings everywhere. But,

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anyway, the Traverse City Planning Commissioners will discuss

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the project at their 6PM

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meeting tomorrow

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at the government center.

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And, yeah, should be interesting to see what

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they come up with.

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It is a good spot. You know, it's

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gonna be, you know, expensive. It's it's not

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gonna be one of those cheap places to

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live

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because it's gonna be right close to the

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beach, right close to downtown, nice views over

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the bay, depending on how they build the

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building.

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So might be might be alright. I I

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don't know.

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And

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another story I saw in the ticker

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was,

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some of the distilleries

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around here are,

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you know, facing some rising

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costs and, you know, not as much be

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not as many people drink anymore.

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I know that sounds strange, but,

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you know, the the newest generations,

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I I I lose track of what everybody's

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called these days.

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Last time I paid any attention, millennials were

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the thing, but,

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no. There's more. But, anyway, you know, the

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18

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to well, 21

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to, you know, 30 year olds don't drink

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as much

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as, you know, we did when we were

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kids. We meaning us

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Gen Xers.

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Again, your your mileage may vary,

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but,

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according to the Michigan Craft Distillers

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Association,

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in 2016,

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Michigan had 36

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distilleries, and by 2020,

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more than doubled

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and

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generates more than a billion dollars for Michigan's

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economy.

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But, yeah, some of the ones around here,

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they seem to be doing okay.

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You know,

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there's it's, Traverse City Whiskey Company

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is the one I'm familiar with. And, yeah,

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they have a really good bourbon margarita if

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you're into that stuff.

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I I don't like the cherry whiskey, but

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I'm not a cherry

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lover anyway. Being from the cherry capital of

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the world, that seems a little strange, but

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I like,

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you know, I like cherry pie whatever, but

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not a not a huge fan. You know,

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cherry

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flavored anything

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just is,

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yeah, tastes like cough syrup.

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I guess that's what cough syrup and other

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medicines were with cherry flavored back in the

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day. So, you know, maybe that's why I

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don't

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particularly care for it. Like I said, I

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don't hate cherries. I like cherries, but

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not,

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not cherry

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flavored.

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Anyway,

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that's our five minutes. Please

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