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For Immediate Release: Workforce Housing Update

With a steadily growing influx of seasonal visitors to the area, a coordinated team of Glen Lake Community Schools’ officials, State Representative Coffia, State Senator Damoose, the Director and Chief Administrative Officer of the DNR,…

Workforce Housing: Why It Matters

Our gateway communities are real communities with schools, libraries, and senior services. A lack of affordable housing creates a variety of issues for business owners, municipalities, and local governments. They need year-round residents to…

Workforce Housing: What It Is

It’s a story heard across the country, from Colorado ski towns to Key West to the Sleeping Bear Dunes region in northern Michigan. Not only do tourist communities need hospitality workers and entrepreneurs, but they need young families and…
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Sleeping Bear Gateways Council Annual Meeting: August 21, 2023

The Sleeping Bear Gateways Council (SBGC) will host its annual meeting as a virtual event on Zoom at 5:00 p.m. August 21. The session will feature updates on the group’s projects as well as comments from leadership of the Sleeping Bear Dunes…
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2022 Annual Meeting Presentation

View the 2022 Sleeping Bear Gateways Council Annual Meeting Presentation.
Elise Crafts

Manager Selected for Seasonal Workforce Housing Effort

Frankfort resident Elise Crafts has been selected to lead a project that will address the critical shortage of housing for seasonal employees in communities around the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The Sleeping Bear Gateways Council…
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Sleeping Bear Gateways Council receives USDA Grant

The Leelanau Ticker reports that the Sleeping Bear Gateways Council will receive a USDA Grant to address a critical shortage of seasonal worker housing in Leelanau and Benzie counties: “SBGC is seeking a part-time project manager to continue…
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USDA Grant to Sleeping Bear Gateways Council will address seasonal worker housing

A cooperative effort led by the Sleeping Bear Gateways Council (SBGC) is bringing federal assistance to address a critical shortage of seasonal worker housing in Leelanau and Benzie counties. The United States Department of Agriculture on…