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This is a photograph of the 1963 Michigan State Class C Basketball Final. It featured two teams from two opposite ends of the state, the Houghton Gremlins, the northernmost team in Class C, and the southernmost team in Class C. You guessed it, the Bisons of New Buffalo, Michigan. In honor of the NCAA tournament which begins today, this is <a href="http://newbuffalodda.blogspot.com/search/label/%23Throwback%20Thursday">Throwback Thursday</a>.<br />
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It starts with the "Fighting Five", Glen Minkowski, Jerry Kissman, Jim Glossinger, George Gooch, and Jim Sosnouski, and ends in the Jennison Field House in Lansing, in front of a packed house of 12,213 including a reported twelve hundred strong in support of New Buffalo.<br />
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Despite starting the game down 17, the Bison chipped away as the game wore on. Down 12 with just under 6 minutes left in the game, the Bison started the comeback. The took the lead with a minute left, and manage to hang on eking out a 59-58 victory.<br />
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5,000 people lined the streets of New Buffalo and the surrounding communities to welcome home the Class C State Champion Bison. It was described as one of the wildest celebrations this community has ever seen.<br />
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Best of luck to all Bison athletes now and in the future. Not sure if we'll be able to have a parade 5,000 strong, but we'll try our best.NB DDA SubCommittee Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11422790170054293725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8973864371746796593.post-59287844903407153732016-03-03T19:50:00.000-05:002016-03-03T19:50:21.153-05:00Throwback Thursday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">How long would it take to list the assets owned by the city today? Much longer than this blogger has time for. Until next week, this has been Throwback Thursday.</span>NB DDA SubCommittee Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11422790170054293725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8973864371746796593.post-56210809702905371032016-02-29T15:53:00.000-05:002016-02-29T16:03:15.928-05:00Better Know A City Employee: Pat Donnelly<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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J<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ames Brown was known as the hardest working man in showbiz. After our conversation this week, we're going to start referring to Park Superintendent Pat Donnelly as the hardest working man in New Buffalo. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pat started with the Parks Department in August of 2013. A lifelong New Buffalo resident, Pat graduated from Western Michigan in 2006, and when the opportunity to combine both his love of the outdoors with his love of his hometown, he took the plunge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On a Saturday in the summer, the day starts at 7 am. First the beach needs to be raked and picked up. Then it's into a car to drive to various locations throughout the city, the boat launch, the marina, Sari Asher Memorial Dog Park, Oselka Park. The goal is to make sure all these places are clean and staffed by 10 am, or as Pat said, "make sure all the tops are spinning."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Then comes the fun part. Traffic. Boat traffic, car traffic, trailers, pedestrians, the sheer number of people and vehicles on a Saturday can be overwhelming. In addition to managing the daily operation of the parks, Pat and his crew also get called into duty to help at the various events and festivals that take place throughout the city. Putting up fences, taking out trash, managing traffic, and numerous other responsibilities fall to the Parks Department. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Thankfully, Pat is something of a glutton for punishment. When we asked him what his favorite part of the job was, he replied "I kind of like when the beach is packed and we've got a lot of events going on." He said that for the most part, people who are coming to visit New Buffalo are down to have a good time. Take the Marina for example, which currently has 31 slips that are more or less booked solid for the majority of July and August. While it can sometimes feel like running a hotel in addition to all of the other jobs on his plate, Pat says that the majority of the people are here to tie up, cook-out, relax, and have a good time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Despite what already appears to be be a pretty exhausting day of work, Pat still manages to find time to do big picture stuff as well. He reports to both the Parks Board as well as the Harbor Commission. Together they are tackling a number of issues, including rebuilding the dune walk, creating a bird patrol to help deal with fowl droppings, new electric pedestals at the marina, picnic benches, some new tree plantings, and a community garden at Oselka Park. As Pat says, "there's a lot of great ideas floating out there, and we want to try to harness some of these ideas. Let's see what we can't do to get some of these ideas off the ground."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pat thinks that the city has done a good job of improving the parks, with the work they've done on the dune walk stairs being a big one. They've repainted quite a few buildings and have a lot more in the works, although he admits that there is still room for improvements. "I want to see a lot of our buildings improved, especially the beach and the beach concession stand. We've got kind of a run-down look right now. You can only use so much paint before it's time to start thinking about upgrading. We spend a lot of time cleaning. The bathrooms are always clean. The beach is always clean. But theres only so much cleaning you can do". He went on to mention that the sheer number of people that visit the New Buffalo beach over the course of the year can take it's toll on the facilities.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Yet they are constantly looking for grants that might help offset the costs of some of these improvements. At the end of the day, the Parks Department "likes to be as beneficial to the city as possible, just do our part to help out". In that respect, they have been very successful. Many thanks to Pat for taking time out of his busy schedule to chat with us, as well as all his hard work in making the beach and the parks a great place for visitors and locals alike. Until next time, this has been <a href="http://newbuffalodda.blogspot.com/search/label/%23Better%20Know%20A%20City%20Employee">Better Know A City Employee</a>.</span><br />
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<br />NB DDA SubCommittee Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11422790170054293725noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8973864371746796593.post-80893834150035699302016-02-26T12:30:00.000-05:002016-02-26T12:36:51.496-05:00 DDA Meeting: Feb 11th, 2016<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hey gang,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The February 11th recording of the monthly DDA meeting is now live on the City's website. Follow the link right <a href="http://newbuffalo-mi.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=102">here</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I highly recommend checking it out, the interface is pretty cool. You can watch the whole meeting, or click on the agenda item you're most interested in, and it'll take you right to that section of the meeting. Many thanks to Christin Rice and the rest of the folks down at City Hall for the hard work in getting video of these meetings out to the public.</span></div>
NB DDA SubCommittee Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11422790170054293725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8973864371746796593.post-67825994686351364122016-02-25T17:33:00.000-05:002016-02-25T17:33:33.264-05:00Throwback Thursday: False Fronts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I live at 30 N. Whittaker Street. I work at 30 N. Whittaker Street. I have spent most of my adult life inside 30 N. Whittaker Street. When I saw this picture, sent to us by Judi Herrbach Lowe, I thought it was an old picture of 30 N. Whittaker Street. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is Fountain Square! Or rather, this is was what Fountain Square looked like before it became Fountain Square. In the center of the 100 block of North Whittaker, facing east. The old Michigan Thyme building would be out of the photograph to the right.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This photo is full of highlights, but I want to make sure to point out the false fronts. This is what fooled me into thinking I was looking at a picture of David's Delicatessen. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The false front is still prevalent throughout our downtown, not just on old buildings, but some of the new developments as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is a quirky design feature that has roots in our <a href="https://books.google.com/books/about/Journal_of_Jacob_Gerrish.html?id=rU5YXwAACAAJ">pioneer history</a>. There are many examples of false front buildings throughout the south, middle, and western parts of the country. In the late 1800's frontier businesspeople were hesitant to invest in buildings, due to the boom-and-bust nature of these young communities. Yet they still needed to project stability and prosperity to potential customers and visitors. Hence the false front was born; creating large and ornate facades to mask a more utilitarian approach to building in the back. String a couple of these together on a commercial street, and you had the aura of a bustling, prosperous, urban community at the turn of the century.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For this week's <a href="http://newbuffalodda.blogspot.com/search/label/%23Throwback%20Thursday">Throwback Thursday</a> we will not only take a look back, but also a look down, below our feet. We will look at the way we get from home to work, work to the beach and the beach to Chicago and beyond: roads. In particular Route 31, the West Michigan Pike also known as 'Michigan's Most Famous Road.'</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Today it is relatively easy to hop on a train towards Chicago. Or take 94 north up towards St. Joseph. But Harbor Country didn't always have it so easy. Around the turn of the century, when logging slowed in the region, New Buffalo along with the rest of Southwestern Michigan began to shift towards the resort and tourism industries that continue to sustain the area today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">New Buffalo became known as 'The Gateway Michigan' and began to actively court the residents of 1900s Chicago who were looking for a quiet retreat from the industrial grind of the big city. Golf courses, parks and hotels began to pop up in town and along Grand Beach. But how would all these city folk head east for a weekend along the beach?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Long before paved highways there was just sawdust and sand. The automobile was far from the four wheel drive SUVs we see today and a trip that would take any of us a few hours could take a day, or more in the 1900s. To make travel from the city easier 'The West Michigan Lakeshore Highway Association' was founded in 1911. It was their job to assist in the construction of the first improved highway along Lake Michigan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Completed in 1922, the West Michigan Pike extended from the Indiana state line to Mackinaw City and was advertised as 'lake shore all the way from Chicago to Mackinaw City.' It was incorporated into the first federal highway system in 1926 as US-31. And in 1929 the West Michigan Pike was re-routed and widened and with these final changes and improvements to the road a full blown tourism industry began to grow and flourish.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The West Michigan Pike state historic marker is located along New Buffalo's riverfront, on North Whittaker, just north of the bridge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On a snowy Wednesday, the <a href="http://www.cityofnewbuffalo.org/waterdept.asp">Water Plant</a> on Marx Dr. could have easily passed for some type of Zen Garden. With the sounds of five taps running simultaneously in the state certified microbiological laboratory, I sat down with Water Superintendent Ken Anderson and his crew for the first edition of our new series, "Better Know A City Employee." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ken was "blessed" to be hired as Water Superintendent of the City of New Buffalo 30 years ago, and has stayed because he believes that it is a"great community."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When I asked Ken what has changed the most in New Buffalo over the last three decades, he said most of his tenure, "was right in the middle of all the condo building, condo's going in right and left, with that brings a need for more water." Ken is quick to point out that the Water Department has managed to make <a href="http://niesengineering.com/index.php/our-services/2-uncategorised/303-water-treatment-plant-upgrades-city-of-new-buffalo-mi-303">great improvements</a> with the help of a dedicated group of individuals that includes "staff, engineers, and city council members to bring the water treatment facilities up to modern standards." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With thirty years experience its safe to assume our Water Superintendent has probably seen some pretty crazy things. When I asked, he had the date immediately, March 9th, 1998. A huge storm had hit, knocking power out at the intake facility by the lake. Even worse, it was blowing away the rocks that acted as a breakwater for the structure. Luckily, they were able to turn the generator on and start pumping water. The problem was turning the generator off in the evening, as the intake facility had water up to the door. Ken climbed into the bucket of a backhoe and was lowered over waves, which he described as "twenty footers", to reach the entrance to the facility and turn off the pumps and the generator. A daring move that earned him nothing more than "The Dumb Husband Award" from his wife.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thankfully, that's not the only award Ken Anderson has won. In 2013 the City of New Buffalo was the regional "Water Taste-Off" winner from the Michigan section of the <a href="http://www.mi-water.org/">American Water Works Association</a>. The taste off consists of a water sample in a quart sized jar. It is judged on clarity, odor, and taste; "whoever comes out on top, wins." The victory was especially sweet for Ken and his crew, because normally taste awards are won by communities using ground water, as opposed to New Buffalo which uses surface water. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We talked briefly about the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_water_crisis">water crisis</a> happening on the other side of our state, in Flint. He expressed his condolences, and pointed out that in Flint they changed the source of water. He stressed that in New Buffalo, they've had consistency. Same source, same treatment process, same chemicals, and most of the operators have been with the department for many years. "Combined we've got 60-70 years experience. We work as a group. So much knowledge between us. If we have a problem we put our heads together and make it work."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Finally, we talked about the <a href="http://www.cityofnewbuffalo.org/downloads/lap_bid_report_draft2.pdf">North Whittaker Street project</a>, which the department "will gladly embrace." There are two mains on Whittaker street, a nine inch main on the west side that is about 60 years old, and then a four inch main on the east side that they think is close to a century old, both of which are still in service. They hope to put in a brand new main, a minimum of twelve inches, as well as direct service to buildings. He mentioned it wasn't just the water, sewer lines, gas, electrical, all are fairly old. He's looking forward to "getting it all upgraded, and up to kosher"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thanks very much to Ken and the rest of the department for taking the time to talk. We even got a tour of the water plant! We'll have more fun facts from the Water Department and my interview with Ken on this blog in the future. Until then, we'll see you next time on "Better Know A City Employee". </span><br />
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<br />NB DDA SubCommittee Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11422790170054293725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8973864371746796593.post-28243090195178141022016-02-12T17:40:00.004-05:002016-02-12T17:40:47.143-05:00Time to Do The Numbers<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The primary focus of this blog is to get residents and visitors alike to connect and engage with the work being done by the DDA and other organizations throughout the City. The cool thing about the platform we use to publish this blog is that it tracks the number of unique visitors to the site. This week, we're debuting our new Friday feature, "Do the Numbers". Every Friday we'll post the viewership stats for the blog, in the hopes that as we continue to post and produce content, the number of people visiting our site will rise. So without further ado, it's time to Do the Numbers.</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A modest start for our humble little corner of the Internet. February 4th was our most successful day with 25 page views, our top post for the week was the DDA meeting reminder, and our top source of traffic was from the City of New Buffalo's official website. Thanks for visiting, and enjoy the weekend!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> For this week's edition of Throwback Thursday, we'll take you to a street in our fair city that played host to many of the same activities.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Beginning in June, 1924, from 9 to 1 am, .75 cents could get a lady into the door of The Lighthouse for an evening of dancing and dinner. With chicken and steak dinners served by hostess and manager Sis O'Donnell, and entertainment provided by showbiz bigshots like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Lombardo">Guy Lombardo</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_King">Wayne King</a>, or local acts like Michigan City's "Dick Cook and his Footwarmers, The Lighthouse was the place to see and be seen in New Buffalo during the roaring twenties. According to The New Buffalo Story, (which is available at <a href="http://www.newbuffalotownshiplibrary.org/">New Buffalo Township Library</a>) the dinner and dance hall drew an opening night crowd of 1,500 people, and was documented to have operated from at least 1924 until 1929.
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Will a concert and dance hall rise again in New Buffalo? Only time will tell. One thing is for sure, it'll probably cost a little more than seventy five cents. This has been our first edition of Throwback Thursday. We'll see you again next week.
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Good Morning, New Buffalo! It's snowing which, depending on how far you travel to work, is either enjoyable or horrible. Thankfully, our Street Department does a phenomenal job of making sure city roads are clear. So if you're staying within the city limits, you should be good to go. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">So drop by, we've saved you a place on the agenda, which you can see below. </span><span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif;">That's about it for today. Stay tuned, we're hoping to have more content to roll out as the week goes on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Please click around and get acquainted with our new digs. <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">On the right sidebar you'll see a handful of links about our DDA, DDA's in general, as well as two documents that relate to the North Whittaker Street Project.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the interest of turning this space into a tool to help foster discussion, we've taken the time to create standards and ethics for this website, as well as any other DDA sanctioned communication. There are also a list of guidelines for our posts, as well as your comments. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">We hope to grow this space quickly with information, interviews, photos, videos, and commentary, so help us get the word out. Any likes, shares, or bookmarks are always appreciated. Thanks, and make it a great day.</span></div>
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