Good morning, Traverse City. This is Mike, and
I hope you have your coffee or other
drink of choice in hand.
And I guess we'll, start this out by
looking at the weather. Today in Traverse City,
it's
24
currently,
but it looks like it's may get up
to 30. You know, we kind of got
these big lakes around us, which keeps us
a little warmer than the surrounding territory over
in Wisconsin. It was like, in single digits,
So be, thankful for the lakes here.
We're supposed to have a little bit of
lake effect snow along the lakeshore, Lake Michigan
lakeshore. We've got kind of a strange wind,
which will, keep the snow in tight along
the lakeshore. But, here in Traverse City, we
shouldn't get too much.
At least that's what they say, whoever they
are.
And I'm looking at the snow totals for
the season. I thought I'd bring that up,
for this first
official episode of cup of Traverse City.
In Traverse City so far
this year,
we've got 12.5
inches
and normal for this date is 5.7.
So we are 219%
above normal snowfall. Although it doesn't seem too
bad yet.
I don't know.
So, what else is going on around
Traverse City?
You know, along
Bay Street in Traverse City, there was a
big church,
former
Traverse Bay United Methodist Church
on what's on Ramsdell
Street off of Bay Street, but it's right
there
along
the Grandview Parkway,
a little inland from the beach.
And they're planning a
housing development. Surprise, surprise. They're building houses everywhere
around here, but,
it's a 2.3
acre
site and they're,
what was it? What were they gonna do?
18 unit condo building and 18 town homes.
Yeah. I guess we need it around here.
But, again, they're building apartment buildings everywhere. But,
anyway, the Traverse City Planning Commissioners will discuss
the project at their 6PM
meeting tomorrow
at the government center.
And, yeah, should be interesting to see what
they come up with.
It is a good spot. You know, it's
gonna be, you know, expensive. It's it's not
gonna be one of those cheap places to
live
because it's gonna be right close to the
beach, right close to downtown, nice views over
the bay, depending on how they build the
building.
So might be might be alright. I I
don't know.
And
another story I saw in the ticker
was,
some of the distilleries
around here are,
you know, facing some rising
costs and, you know, not as much be
not as many people drink anymore.
I know that sounds strange, but,
you know, the the newest generations,
I I I lose track of what everybody's
called these days.
Last time I paid any attention, millennials were
the thing, but,
no. There's more. But, anyway, you know, the
18
to well, 21
to, you know, 30 year olds don't drink
as much
as, you know, we did when we were
kids. We meaning us
Gen Xers.
Again, your your mileage may vary,
but,
according to the Michigan Craft Distillers
Association,
in 2016,
Michigan had 36
distilleries, and by 2020,
more than doubled
and
generates more than a billion dollars for Michigan's
economy.
But, yeah, some of the ones around here,
they seem to be doing okay.
You know,
there's it's, Traverse City Whiskey Company
is the one I'm familiar with. And, yeah,
they have a really good bourbon margarita if
you're into that stuff.
I I don't like the cherry whiskey, but
I'm not a cherry
lover anyway. Being from the cherry capital of
the world, that seems a little strange, but
I like,
you know, I like cherry pie whatever, but
not a not a huge fan. You know,
cherry
flavored anything
just is,
yeah, tastes like cough syrup.
I guess that's what cough syrup and other
medicines were with cherry flavored back in the
day. So, you know, maybe that's why I
don't
particularly care for it. Like I said, I
don't hate cherries. I like cherries, but
not,
not cherry
flavored.
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