FW: Sugar Loaf Petiton

Please find below wording for a petition that has been drafted to present to the named entities in order to create movement on the sale and re-development of Sugar Loaf. Please read it carefully. If you support this effort, please click on to the link below to sign the petition. This is a very important step forward in the future development of this property.

This petition was forwarded to your Chamber by Chauncy Shiflett who is the driving force behind this effort. The LPCC will be actively involved, along with Chauncy, in any efforts to bring Sugar Loaf “back to new life”. Please forward this to all of your contacts that would have an interest in signing this petition.

We, the undersigned Leelanau County tax payers, residents, visitors, and friends, call on Leelanau County’s Landbank authority, Brownfield Redevelopment authority, Economic Development Corporation, with assistance from Leelanau County Board of Commission, Cleveland Twp. Board, Centerville Twp. Board, to take the necessary steps to get control of the lands, buildings, recreational facilities, and Infrastructure that make up the historical Sugar Loaf Resort Hotel, Ski Runs, Sugar Barn, and Sugar Loaf Service Company and Sewer Plant, including, if necessary, the formation of a nonprofit or municipal entity to manage the facility for the benefit of the entire community.

We urge all private and governmental entities, and all citizens, to come together in a joint effort to bring about the redevelopment of this significant community asset

Here is the link to the Petition if you feel strongly enough to forward to your friends, family and just about anyone you might know or have ever met.

Online petition – Purchase and Re-Develop Sugar Loaf