New Community Vision (NCV) is moving forward with its efforts this summer to acquire the former Timber Shores property, determined to reach its $3.6 million mid-summer goal from private donors.
The nonprofit has been working since last summer to purchase the property with a mission to ultimately preserve and restore the 214-acre lakeshore property of M-22 in Leelanau Township. NCVs initial goal was to raise $5 million by the end of 2023, but has secured an exclusive option agreement and extension since, giving the group more time to raise funds through the summer.
According to NCVs latest update, the group has also established a strategic partnership with the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (GTB), and will pursue a collaborative application for a significant federal grant with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Part of the grant will help NCV to reach the purchase price to acquire the entire Timber Shores property. The NOAA application was submitted last November, and NCV hopes to hear positive news by early July regarding any grant award from the federal agency. The grant could potentially fund up to half of acquisition costs, and would include “substantial funding allocated to robust on-the-ground restoration activities to restore the wetlands, woodlands, Ennis Creek and lakeshore.”
