LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Save the Dam Beach – AgainDear Editor,
Traverse City has ten times the number of residents as Elk Rapids. Traverse City has over five times the area as Elk Rapids. Yet Elk Rapids has five public bathrooms soon to be six while Traverse City has two maybe three. The Elk Rapids Harbor has 97 more slips than the Traverse City marina. Yet we need more slips. Fourth of July week had empty transient slips every day. The proposed expansion plan will take out a sizable piece of the Dam Beach Park. The proposed expansion plan will go out up to 150 feet in front of the best municipal beach between Traverse City and Charlevoix, our crown jewel Memorial Park. You have to ask yourself, just where is this town headed? Do we have to be all things to all people? If there is such a shortage of slips, let Traverse City add them. What’s next, parking ramps on Cedar street? Forty/fifty foot tall buildings? There is a big snowball headed downhill in this town, and you can’t wait for it to get near the bottom before acting. It is time to save the Dam Beach – Again, and Memorial Park while we can. Howard Richter, Elk Rapids |
Support our local businessesDear Editor,
Village Market support to our wonderful community and [its donations] to numerous local activities are very much appreciated. Special thanks to the Market from Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Elk Rapids and Munson Hospice. Let’s all return the support to the Village Market and our local merchants. Peter and Margaret Viall, Elk Rapids Letter to the Editor Guide
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