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Watch the four new Pure Michigan TV spots below and then vote for your favorite in our new poll. These four commercials were released earlier this spring for the 2010 tourism season. I love them all - it's a tough decision to decide on a favorite.
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We already have plans for a lot of short trips around the state. We're taking the kids to Great Wolf Lodge in Traverse City this month. In July we'll be camping up at White River Campground – one of my favorite privately run campgrounds in the state. Towards the end of July and in early August we have tickets to see a couple of Detroit Tigers games at beautiful Comerica Park. My son is super excited because at one of the games we're going to he will get to run the bases. Wish I could, too :).
So, how about you?
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Memorial Day Weekend is always thought of as the unofficial start to summer and with the warm weather this week if even feels like summer. I know a lot of folks will be heading to one of Michigan's beautiful state park campgrounds for a weekend of camping. The forecast would appear great for the droves of people looking to hang out at the beach. We don't have any big travel plans, but that's okay. I have a bunch of work to finish in the garden and other various projects that I want to get knocked out before we really ease into those lazy hazy days of summer.
We'll most likely have a cookout, stand and clap for the local veterans in the Memorial Day parade, and head out to one of the area cemeteries for a Memorial Day Service headed up by the local VFW. How about you? What are your plans?
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Are you looking for a unique Michigan vacation for the summer? The Tawas Point Lighthouse has an opportunity for you to make a very memorable stay as their lighthouse keeper for a week this summer. You will need to fill out an application, a letter stating why you wish to be a lighthouse keeper, send a $25 non-refundable deposit, as well as submit a letter of reference. If you luck out and are picked to serve as a keeper for a week you will then need to pay a $225 rental fee for your stay at the refurbished keeper's quarters.
How cool would that be to wake up each morning in a Michigan historic lighthouse?
Your daily duties as lighthouse keeper may include:
More information on how to become a lighthouse keeper at Tawas Point Light
If early signs such as an increase in summer reservations at Michigan hotels, resorts, and bed and breakfasts hold true, this could be a very good summer for Michigan tourism. Sure, the unseasonably cool weather last summer played a part in the down year for the Michigan tourism industry, but more than that, I believe the economy was to blame. More good news is that AAA Michigan is predicting gas prices to peak at $3.25 and are not expected to top $4 per gallon. This would be great news not just for Michigan tourists, but us residents as well. Last summer, gas prices in Michigan topped out at $2.93 per gallon on June 7th according to AAA Michigan.
Have we hit the bottom of this economic nightmare in Michigan as Gov. Granholm has stated? I'm not sure, but our business has really picked up and a lot of other small businesses owners that I personally know here in Michigan are experiencing an increase in business as well.
Detroit Free Press article on Michigan's summer 2010 tourism
Campus Martius Park in downtown Detroit has won the first-ever Urban Land Institute's Amanda Burden Urban Open Space Award. Along with the award's recognition, a $10,000 cash prize is being awarded to the Detroit 300 Conservancy, the group behind the park's development.
The award recognizes an outstanding example of a public open space that has catalyzed the transformation of the surrounding community.
Detroit's Campus Martius Park won over Bremen Street Park in Boston; Falls Park on the Reedy in Greenville, S.C.; Herald and Greeley Square Parks in New York City; Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle; and Schenley Plaza in Pittsburgh.
Amanda Burden, creator of the award and chairwoman of the New York City Planning Commission had this to say about Campus Martius -
"Campus Martius sets the standard for the kind of park that will be celebrated in upcoming years," Burden said this week.
"This park has far exceeded all expectations, in terms of the lift it has provided to Detroit's social and economic well-being."