A former skatery housed in a historic barn-like building in Walloon Lake has been renovated as the Junction Event Space.

Efforts are underway to renovate the historic Thunder Bay Theatre, heavily damaged by a fire in 2020. Organizers are hoping to raise $1.2 million for the project.

“They’re beautiful two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartments with a prime location in the heart of downtown, so not only will tenants be close to what’s going on at the Wrigley Center, but to all of the other attractions and stores located downtown as well,” says Korissa Kramer, Partner/Associate Broker for Kramer Commercial Realty.

“I’m big about opportunities for everybody in the community,” Delor says. “People have different outdoor activities that they like, so once we know what those interests are, we can develop our parks around what our constituents and users want, creating a more diverse park.”

“We did not previously have an alternative school in our district and we were seeing students leave for other programs that offered different ways to learn. We felt we were failing those students by not being able to see them through to graduation," said Laker School District Superintendent W. Brian Keim.

Owners interested in farmland, forest and water quality conservation have until Nov. 28 to contact the Ottawa Conservation District Regional Conservation Partnership Program to begin developing a no-cost conservation plan.

Rebuilding the Village of Sanford Park has been no small task. Rather than just reconstructing what was there, the village has seized the opportunity to build additional features.