People packed into the Northport Public School gym on April 28 for the third community housing meeting organized by the Village of Northport and Leelanau Township.
Present at the meeting was leadership from both local municipalities — Leelanau Township Supervisor Barb Conley, and Northport Village Council President Chris McCann and Village Manager Jered Ottenwess — as well as representatives from area-nonprofits focused on expanding attainable housing including Beth Verhey, vice board president of New Community Vision (NCV); Jonathan Stimson of Homestretch Nonprofit Housing; and Larry Mawby of Peninsula Housing. In addition, there were builders at the event with more information about the type of projects they work on.
“It’s extremely important to have these community meetings to be able to understand what people need and for people to be able to understand what we as governments or others can do about it,” Conley said at the meeting.
