March 19, 2026
COTC 19 Mar 2026 - New Cherryland HQ
Garfield Township Reviews Cherryland Electric HQ, Other Developments
• Garfield Township is reviewing plans for a new Cherryland Electric Cooperative headquarters campus on LaFranier Road
• The project includes office space, vehicle storage, and infrastructure to support electric vehicles and utility operations
• Township officials are also considering several other commercial and residential developments as growth continues in the area
Source
Traverse Ticker
Today
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. West wind around 5 mph becoming north in the afternoon.
Tonight
A 50 percent chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
Friday
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon.
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Good morning, Northern Michigan. This is your cup
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of Traverse City for the 03/19/2026.
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I'm Mike, and I do have my coffee
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and sore muscles from moving snow.
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But it looks like that is behind us.
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We'll get to the weather here in a
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a bit.
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But today's top story, at least what I
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found was Garfield Township is going to
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review a new plan for Cherryland
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Electric's new headquarters.
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It's gonna be out there
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off of Renny School Road,
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kinda near the ballpark and
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and all that up there. You guys know
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where that is. I'm around here.
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But, they wanna
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do a 110,000
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square foot
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thing out there. They're, gonna have two driveways,
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which is not normally allowed.
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They're gonna at least that's what they're asking
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for.
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And I guess they're building a new road
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called,
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Olson
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Drive.
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Well, it's, gonna connect to Reddy School Road
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with
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some other road over there. I don't know
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what's in the article.
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But, yeah, it looks,
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looks
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pretty,
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pretty interesting.
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The reason they want the two driveways is,
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you know, during
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power outages and whatnot, they have crews coming
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in from all over, and they'd like to
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have a one way
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in, one way out so they're not to
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have to jockey trucks around to,
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fuel them up and get them all loaded
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up to to go out
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and fix power outages. Speaking of power outages,
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I think there's still some people, down south
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of us that are still without power from
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the ice storms,
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during the blizzard
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last week
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or this week or earlier
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or this weekend, I guess. I don't know.
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I've been scrambled lately. That's why I didn't
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have an episode yesterday, but
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we're, we're getting back
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back into it here.
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But, yeah,
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this whole thing,
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is going before the Garfield township
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board.
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I
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think it's Garfield Township. Yeah.
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And, Garfield Township's also gonna be, talking about
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other things at their
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meeting.
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I guess there's some
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apartments,
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along Garfield that are gonna be
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redone
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or added to, I guess.
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Some other apartment buildings
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off of,
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Draca Road and Hartman Road, that area
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that are,
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expanding, and, they want short term rentals.
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But, yeah, lots of, planning and zoning.
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I guess it's April 8, so it's a
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little ways off.
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I guess another
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another property right near Copper Ridge
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was the
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there's a church up there in a neighborhood
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just above Copper Ridge, which is a lot
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of medical stuff. But, apparently, the church
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is moving
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or whatever and abandoning the building or selling
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the building or whatever they have there in
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the, hand surgery clinic
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that's currently down on
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in Front Street
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is looking to redevelop that
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building into, their new
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offices. So
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lots of things going on in Garfield Township,
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which is
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one of the bigger townships here in
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Traverse City area along with East Bay.
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But, they they cover a lot of that
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area that's
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still city like, but not in the actual
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city of Traverse City.
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So and then, you know, of course, Chum's
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Corners and
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and as far as East Bay, all along,
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what we used to call a miracle mile,
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which is about three or four miles of
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hotels and restaurants and state park and all
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that.
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So, anyway, let's get to the weather.
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Mostly cloudy today with a high near 39.
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West wind around five, becoming north in the
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afternoon.
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Tonight, 50% chance of showers,
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and
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it could be snow or rain,
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based on the temperature of around 32.
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Light and variable wind becoming five to ten
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after midnight.
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And tomorrow, 30% chance of showers mainly before
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8AM.
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Mostly cloudy with a high near 42. So
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while we're getting closer to, meltdown weather,
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I saw a forecast a while back that
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said it was gonna be 60 by the
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weekend, and,
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that has been revised as you can tell
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by this forecast.
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Well, we'll catch you tomorrow,
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for,
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the Friday episode.
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Good morning, Northern Michigan. This is your cup
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of Traverse City for the 03/19/2026.
3
00:00:07,839 --> 00:00:11,059
I'm Mike, and I do have my coffee
4
00:00:11,599 --> 00:00:14,419
and sore muscles from moving snow.
5
00:00:15,814 --> 00:00:18,695
But it looks like that is behind us.
6
00:00:18,695 --> 00:00:20,454
We'll get to the weather here in a
7
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a bit.
8
00:00:21,654 --> 00:00:25,335
But today's top story, at least what I
9
00:00:25,335 --> 00:00:28,474
found was Garfield Township is going to
10
00:00:29,119 --> 00:00:31,460
review a new plan for Cherryland
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Electric's new headquarters.
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It's gonna be out there
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off of Renny School Road,
14
00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:40,820
kinda near the ballpark and
15
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and all that up there. You guys know
16
00:00:44,174 --> 00:00:45,875
where that is. I'm around here.
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But, they wanna
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do a 110,000
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square foot
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thing out there. They're, gonna have two driveways,
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which is not normally allowed.
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They're gonna at least that's what they're asking
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for.
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And I guess they're building a new road
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called,
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Olson
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Drive.
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Well, it's, gonna connect to Reddy School Road
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with
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some other road over there. I don't know
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what's in the article.
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But, yeah, it looks,
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looks
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pretty,
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pretty interesting.
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The reason they want the two driveways is,
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you know, during
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power outages and whatnot, they have crews coming
39
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in from all over, and they'd like to
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have a one way
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in, one way out so they're not to
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have to jockey trucks around to,
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fuel them up and get them all loaded
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up to to go out
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and fix power outages. Speaking of power outages,
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I think there's still some people, down south
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of us that are still without power from
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the ice storms,
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during the blizzard
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last week
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or this week or earlier
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or this weekend, I guess. I don't know.
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I've been scrambled lately. That's why I didn't
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have an episode yesterday, but
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we're, we're getting back
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back into it here.
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But, yeah,
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this whole thing,
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is going before the Garfield township
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board.
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I
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think it's Garfield Township. Yeah.
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And, Garfield Township's also gonna be, talking about
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other things at their
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meeting.
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I guess there's some
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apartments,
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along Garfield that are gonna be
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redone
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or added to, I guess.
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Some other apartment buildings
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off of,
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Draca Road and Hartman Road, that area
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that are,
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expanding, and, they want short term rentals.
76
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But, yeah, lots of, planning and zoning.
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I guess it's April 8, so it's a
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00:03:06,824 --> 00:03:08,525
little ways off.
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I guess another
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another property right near Copper Ridge
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was the
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there's a church up there in a neighborhood
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just above Copper Ridge, which is a lot
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00:03:27,074 --> 00:03:29,895
of medical stuff. But, apparently, the church
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is moving
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or whatever and abandoning the building or selling
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the building or whatever they have there in
88
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the, hand surgery clinic
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that's currently down on
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in Front Street
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is looking to redevelop that
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building into, their new
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offices. So
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lots of things going on in Garfield Township,
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which is
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one of the bigger townships here in
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Traverse City area along with East Bay.
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But, they they cover a lot of that
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area that's
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still city like, but not in the actual
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city of Traverse City.
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So and then, you know, of course, Chum's
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Corners and
104
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and as far as East Bay, all along,
105
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what we used to call a miracle mile,
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which is about three or four miles of
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hotels and restaurants and state park and all
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that.
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So, anyway, let's get to the weather.
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Mostly cloudy today with a high near 39.
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West wind around five, becoming north in the
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afternoon.
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Tonight, 50% chance of showers,
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and
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it could be snow or rain,
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based on the temperature of around 32.
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Light and variable wind becoming five to ten
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after midnight.
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And tomorrow, 30% chance of showers mainly before
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8AM.
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Mostly cloudy with a high near 42. So
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while we're getting closer to, meltdown weather,
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I saw a forecast a while back that
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said it was gonna be 60 by the
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weekend, and,
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that has been revised as you can tell
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by this forecast.
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Well, we'll catch you tomorrow,
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for,
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the Friday episode.
