Been a while since I got the old 5 out of the bag.
Great Lakes Blogger Dave Dempsey gets a stand-up double with this stunning satellite view of the Great Lakes, of which NASA says:
At the very top of the image is a round white patch - this is Lake Nipigon, which is still frozen over. Nipigon is a large lake (70 miles by 50 miles), and is the largest contained entirely within Ontario. The lake drains into the Nipigon river and ultimately the Nipigon Bay of Lake Superior. The lake has tall cliffs and unusual beaches made of green-black pyroxene sand.
Another interesting feature to note on this image, are the jet contrails over Lake Superior.
Click over to the photo for large to massive view of the image. Dave also found a fascinating report on the Huron Ridge. This summer, Luke Clyburn of the Great Lakes division of the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps will be leading an exploration of this underwater ridge that features 7,000-year-old petrified forests, with bark intact, beneath 20 metres of water three kilometres off the Lake Huron shoreline in Michigan. The team will be filming a sequel to the award-winning Great Lakes, Ancient Shores - Sinkholes documentary. We'll try and get a more thorough report on this!
This weekend on Michigan in Pictures we kicked off our exploration of the Mackinac Bridge in this its 50th year. We're hoping (with the help of a lot of people) to tell the story of the Mighty Mac in the weeks and months ahead.
Brookens & Parrish Ground Rules by wizardkitten
A trip to my sadly neglected feed reader produced a post by Eric Baerren about Governor Granholm's hope to re-brand Michigan as the alternative energy capital of the world. Eric notes that Michigan will have a hard time rebranding itself as the alternative energy capital of the nation. California is already well ahead of us, in both use of things like wind and also in encouraging research and manufacturing. I have to add that the folks over at the Apollo Alliance have been sounding this call for several years and have great plans with economic and job numbers that will make your eyes pop out.
Michigan Radio’s Jack Lessenberry talked with pollster Ed Sarpolus of Lansing-based EPIC/MRA about the poll of Michigan voters conducted in the first week of May for the Detroit News. The poll found that 84% believe there is a budget crisis, and that 64% favor a combination of tax increases and spending cuts. With a June 1 shutdown looming, perhaps this will provide a gentle shove to get this budget process back on track.
Finally, wizardkitten snapped this great photo of former Tiger teammates Tom Brookens and Lance Parrish and says that old Tigers never die, they end up managing in the Midwest League. Brookens manages the West Michigan Whitecaps and Parrish is the skipper of Great Lakes Loons. The Loons managed a 3-2 come from behind victory and you can get info on the teams and ball parks from Joel Dinda's Midwest League Guide pages for the Midland's Great Lakes Loons and the West Michigan Whitecaps of Grand Rapids.
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A Realtor told me that Disney has purchased Land in Grayling, Michigan. I am just interested in fact and what use it will have.
Hey Pam, we had a story last summer from the Bay City Times saying that that Rochester-based Axiom Entertainment is exploring the acquisition of about 1,800 acres of state-owned land along I-75 near Grayling and developing it as a family theme park. The Main Street USA theme park could cost $160 million and employ up to 2,000 seasonal workers and 700 year-round.
That's all I've ever heard on the topic. Would be interested if you hear anything more!
Where is Johnny Wockenfuss when you need him?
(for the 35 and older crowd...)
TODAY JUST READ LOCAL PAPER ROSCOMMON COUNTY MI ABOUT THE PARK GOING IN IN GRAYLING MI AND ITS STILL IN TALKS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WITH THE TWP. THEY ARE TALKING WITH AXIOM OUT OF ROCHESTER HAVE A NICE DAY
I live about 4 miles from where the park will be. The announcement came a couple days ago that Grayling township has approved and is requesting that the state land located off of I-75 and 4 mile road, which I think was around 1880 acres to be sold by the state to Axiom Entertainment. The state has already said that they intend to sell this parcel. Looks very impressive, just don't know if I am ready for all the traffic that this will bring. There is a 3 minute video you can watch about the park by getting on the 9 & 10 News website. You will probably have to go into the archives section though.
Thanks for all this intelligence about what's going on! We have an entry about Main Street America online now.
I agree with the township residents that will be living near this park. Not ready for all the traffic. But on the other hand my kids are all for it. Jobs would be great for the area.
GRAYLING AND AXIOM ENTERTAINMENT. The Michigans economy needs a project like Main Street America, Axiom or not. A county/city/village may use bonds to develop a medical facility, but where is the gurantee that in a year or two there sill not be a major pandemic or terrorist situation that will distroy that investment? Everything today seems to be a gamble. I think we all need to look very carfully and examine all the implications about this one. This website has an more indepth 3 part article this particular area in Northern Michigan, local statistics and more.View it at: http://www.pamelashinnphotogra.....sp?ID=2736
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