Villa Marquette acreage now preserved

  • The Frazier Freeland Nature Area off Freeland Road shares a 900 foot property line with an 80 acre parcel near Omena that was sold by Villa Marquette to the Leelanau Conservancy. Enterprise photo by Alan Campbell
    The Frazier Freeland Nature Area off Freeland Road shares a 900 foot property line with an 80 acre parcel near Omena that was sold by Villa Marquette to the Leelanau Conservancy. Enterprise photo by Alan Campbell
The deed granting ownership of a stretch of gravelly brook trout stream and 80 acres that it drains took a circuitous route on its way to the Leelanau Conservancy. But ensuring that the property remains undeveloped matches the goals of the Jesuits, whose name appeared on the title for 88 years. So all involved say that the outcome was worth the paperwork. “We’re very pleased that that land will…

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