Doug McInnis, a Leelanau County resident living in Northport, has made his mark on the county as one of the founders of Leelanau Energy, a community action agency advocating for clean energy like solar and wind power.
Although Doug and his wife Ann have been living in the county since 2006, Doug grew up downstate in the Royal Oak area, and lived in the Detroit Zoo for a time — not as an exhibit, but because his father was zoo director.
“My father was a landscape architect for the city of Detroit. Eventually, he got involved in the development of the Detroit Zoo in Royal Oak and Huntington Woods,” McInnis said. “Later on, he became the director of the Detroit Zoo when I was 10 years old. At that time, he said, ‘Well, with my new job, I have a choice: either I live in the city of Detroit, or I live in the zoo.’ And so, the family — my sister and I, and my mother – all agreed: let’s live in the zoo.”
