It was late November 2015, and Joy was heading inland for the latest round of maintenance and improvements Fishtown Preservation has undertaken over the past ten years
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My Name Is Grace…
My name is Grace. This blog will provide a perspective of Fishtown you might not have encountered: the perspective of an outsider.
What I’m Taking With Me
As visitors, we don’t often notice the finer details of a working community. We see painters, boaters, fishermen and shop owners, day after day, but we assume they’re here because the place is beautiful and one of a kind. We forget that they’re also working. Whether they’re selling paintings, smoking whitefish sausage or scooping ice cream, many of them have five months to earn enough money to support their families for an entire year. In the summer Fishtown swells with families and friends on vacation, but it is also full of families and friends working to preserve Fishtown for visitors, year after year.
Fishtown, Under Construction (Update 2)
It has been white, windy, and colder than cold. But nothing has stopped the Easling Construction crew from making progress on Fishtown’s rehabilitation every day.
Fishtown, Under Construction
Long awaited, much anticipated, urgently needed: That’s the best way to describe the rehabilitation project that’s been going on in Fishtown throughout this punishing winter.
“Fishtown” Is Michigan Notable Book 2013!
“Fishtown: Leland, Michigan’s Historic Fishery” published by the Fishtown Preservation Society (FPS) has just been named a 2013 Michigan Notable Book by the Library of Michigan.
Don’t Change Anything
Don’t change anything. Many people—maybe most—thought that was our mission when the Fishtown Preservation Society (FPS) purchased the core historic part of Fishtown in February 2007.
A Snapshot of History: 1959
Painting Fishtown has long been a Leland tradition, thanks to the long history of the Old Art Building.
Fishtown, A Whole World
Several years ago longtime Fishtown fisherman Alan Priest said, “That’s my home down there. It means the whole world to me. It’s not just a place—that’s my whole world.” For more people than we can know that is what Fishtown is: More than a place. A whole world.
A Special Connection
Tara Novak, Fishtown Preservation’s first intern, came to Fishtown for the first time almost twenty years ago. Her father brought her here, and it helped them form “a special connection.”