1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:02,960 Good morning, Northern Michigan. This is your cup 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:07,839 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 00:00:20,454 --> 00:00:21,035 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 11 00:00:31,919 --> 00:00:33,460 Electric's new headquarters. 12 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:35,539 It's gonna be out there 13 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:37,859 off of Renny School Road, 14 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:40,820 kinda near the ballpark and 15 00:00:41,615 --> 00:00:44,174 and all that up there. You guys know 16 00:00:44,174 --> 00:00:45,875 where that is. I'm around here. 17 00:00:46,814 --> 00:00:47,954 But, they wanna 18 00:00:48,335 --> 00:00:51,234 do a 110,000 19 00:00:51,454 --> 00:00:52,354 square foot 20 00:00:54,149 --> 00:00:57,449 thing out there. They're, gonna have two driveways, 21 00:00:57,750 --> 00:01:00,089 which is not normally allowed. 22 00:01:00,710 --> 00:01:02,869 They're gonna at least that's what they're asking 23 00:01:02,869 --> 00:01:03,369 for. 24 00:01:04,549 --> 00:01:06,469 And I guess they're building a new road 25 00:01:06,469 --> 00:01:06,869 called, 26 00:01:07,509 --> 00:01:08,009 Olson 27 00:01:08,310 --> 00:01:08,810 Drive. 28 00:01:09,965 --> 00:01:13,564 Well, it's, gonna connect to Reddy School Road 29 00:01:13,564 --> 00:01:14,064 with 30 00:01:14,844 --> 00:01:16,364 some other road over there. I don't know 31 00:01:16,364 --> 00:01:17,344 what's in the article. 32 00:01:19,965 --> 00:01:21,265 But, yeah, it looks, 33 00:01:21,805 --> 00:01:22,305 looks 34 00:01:22,605 --> 00:01:23,105 pretty, 35 00:01:24,030 --> 00:01:24,770 pretty interesting. 36 00:01:25,870 --> 00:01:28,430 The reason they want the two driveways is, 37 00:01:28,430 --> 00:01:29,409 you know, during 38 00:01:30,189 --> 00:01:32,909 power outages and whatnot, they have crews coming 39 00:01:32,909 --> 00:01:34,909 in from all over, and they'd like to 40 00:01:34,909 --> 00:01:36,130 have a one way 41 00:01:36,724 --> 00:01:39,204 in, one way out so they're not to 42 00:01:39,204 --> 00:01:41,465 have to jockey trucks around to, 43 00:01:42,325 --> 00:01:44,484 fuel them up and get them all loaded 44 00:01:44,484 --> 00:01:46,104 up to to go out 45 00:01:46,644 --> 00:01:50,350 and fix power outages. Speaking of power outages, 46 00:01:50,409 --> 00:01:53,049 I think there's still some people, down south 47 00:01:53,049 --> 00:01:56,270 of us that are still without power from 48 00:01:56,650 --> 00:01:58,030 the ice storms, 49 00:01:58,810 --> 00:01:59,790 during the blizzard 50 00:02:00,090 --> 00:02:00,909 last week 51 00:02:01,564 --> 00:02:03,424 or this week or earlier 52 00:02:04,204 --> 00:02:06,865 or this weekend, I guess. I don't know. 53 00:02:07,165 --> 00:02:09,165 I've been scrambled lately. That's why I didn't 54 00:02:09,165 --> 00:02:11,104 have an episode yesterday, but 55 00:02:11,805 --> 00:02:13,425 we're, we're getting back 56 00:02:14,525 --> 00:02:15,905 back into it here. 57 00:02:17,310 --> 00:02:18,050 But, yeah, 58 00:02:18,990 --> 00:02:19,870 this whole thing, 59 00:02:20,509 --> 00:02:22,610 is going before the Garfield township 60 00:02:23,229 --> 00:02:23,729 board. 61 00:02:24,030 --> 00:02:24,530 I 62 00:02:24,830 --> 00:02:27,009 think it's Garfield Township. Yeah. 63 00:02:27,389 --> 00:02:30,830 And, Garfield Township's also gonna be, talking about 64 00:02:30,830 --> 00:02:32,370 other things at their 65 00:02:32,965 --> 00:02:33,465 meeting. 66 00:02:35,084 --> 00:02:36,185 I guess there's some 67 00:02:37,204 --> 00:02:37,704 apartments, 68 00:02:38,405 --> 00:02:40,745 along Garfield that are gonna be 69 00:02:43,444 --> 00:02:43,944 redone 70 00:02:44,484 --> 00:02:46,344 or added to, I guess. 71 00:02:47,069 --> 00:02:48,849 Some other apartment buildings 72 00:02:49,150 --> 00:02:49,870 off of, 73 00:02:51,389 --> 00:02:54,530 Draca Road and Hartman Road, that area 74 00:02:55,150 --> 00:02:55,710 that are, 75 00:02:56,270 --> 00:02:59,490 expanding, and, they want short term rentals. 76 00:03:00,745 --> 00:03:03,564 But, yeah, lots of, planning and zoning. 77 00:03:04,104 --> 00:03:06,824 I guess it's April 8, so it's a 78 00:03:06,824 --> 00:03:08,525 little ways off. 79 00:03:10,104 --> 00:03:11,245 I guess another 80 00:03:13,650 --> 00:03:16,310 another property right near Copper Ridge 81 00:03:17,330 --> 00:03:18,150 was the 82 00:03:19,889 --> 00:03:22,389 there's a church up there in a neighborhood 83 00:03:23,969 --> 00:03:27,074 just above Copper Ridge, which is a lot 84 00:03:27,074 --> 00:03:29,895 of medical stuff. But, apparently, the church 85 00:03:30,754 --> 00:03:31,735 is moving 86 00:03:33,235 --> 00:03:36,594 or whatever and abandoning the building or selling 87 00:03:36,594 --> 00:03:39,235 the building or whatever they have there in 88 00:03:39,235 --> 00:03:41,094 the, hand surgery clinic 89 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:43,580 that's currently down on 90 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:46,139 in Front Street 91 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:49,340 is looking to redevelop that 92 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:52,139 building into, their new 93 00:03:52,439 --> 00:03:53,659 offices. So 94 00:03:54,314 --> 00:03:57,375 lots of things going on in Garfield Township, 95 00:03:58,235 --> 00:03:58,974 which is 96 00:03:59,355 --> 00:04:01,694 one of the bigger townships here in 97 00:04:02,155 --> 00:04:04,655 Traverse City area along with East Bay. 98 00:04:05,995 --> 00:04:08,235 But, they they cover a lot of that 99 00:04:08,235 --> 00:04:09,295 area that's 100 00:04:09,889 --> 00:04:12,610 still city like, but not in the actual 101 00:04:12,610 --> 00:04:14,150 city of Traverse City. 102 00:04:15,090 --> 00:04:17,089 So and then, you know, of course, Chum's 103 00:04:17,089 --> 00:04:18,149 Corners and 104 00:04:19,009 --> 00:04:21,329 and as far as East Bay, all along, 105 00:04:21,649 --> 00:04:23,910 what we used to call a miracle mile, 106 00:04:25,305 --> 00:04:27,625 which is about three or four miles of 107 00:04:27,625 --> 00:04:30,824 hotels and restaurants and state park and all 108 00:04:30,824 --> 00:04:31,324 that. 109 00:04:32,824 --> 00:04:34,985 So, anyway, let's get to the weather. 110 00:04:36,105 --> 00:04:38,665 Mostly cloudy today with a high near 39. 111 00:04:38,665 --> 00:04:41,550 West wind around five, becoming north in the 112 00:04:41,550 --> 00:04:42,050 afternoon. 113 00:04:43,550 --> 00:04:45,730 Tonight, 50% chance of showers, 114 00:04:46,350 --> 00:04:46,850 and 115 00:04:47,230 --> 00:04:48,930 it could be snow or rain, 116 00:04:49,550 --> 00:04:52,529 based on the temperature of around 32. 117 00:04:53,245 --> 00:04:55,725 Light and variable wind becoming five to ten 118 00:04:55,725 --> 00:04:56,545 after midnight. 119 00:04:57,004 --> 00:05:00,365 And tomorrow, 30% chance of showers mainly before 120 00:05:00,365 --> 00:05:01,185 8AM. 121 00:05:01,404 --> 00:05:04,204 Mostly cloudy with a high near 42. So 122 00:05:04,204 --> 00:05:07,024 while we're getting closer to, meltdown weather, 123 00:05:08,899 --> 00:05:11,379 I saw a forecast a while back that 124 00:05:11,379 --> 00:05:13,220 said it was gonna be 60 by the 125 00:05:13,220 --> 00:05:13,860 weekend, and, 126 00:05:14,899 --> 00:05:17,960 that has been revised as you can tell 127 00:05:18,259 --> 00:05:19,639 by this forecast. 128 00:05:20,816 --> 00:05:22,116 Well, we'll catch you tomorrow, 129 00:05:22,656 --> 00:05:23,056 for, 130 00:05:23,456 --> 00:05:24,916 the Friday episode.