Trails Council board member Karen Langs loves the place where she was planted back in 1970. She and her husband Russ raised two children in Petoskey, and though her adult children have moved on (one to Florida, the other to Colorado), Langs is embracing her life in Northern Michigan. She reports that after Russ passed, she resolved to continue living the life of joy that he had shared with her during their 53-year marriage.
Save your D&W or Family Fare receipts! We’re raising money to fund our Kids Biking Initiative through Direct Your Dollars
Top of Michigan Trails Council is committed to continue our educational bike outings for fourth graders through 2022. Now, through Direct Your Dollars, we have a new and exciting way to raise money to accomplish that goal!
November 2018: A program that gets Emmet County fourth graders outdoors on bikes on a local trail has received support from the Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) of the Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area...
I live in Charlevoix with my wife, Anne. I have a son, Oliver, who lives in Bloomington, Indiana. I was born in Indiana and grew up there, in a small town near Fort Wayne.
Anne and I visited the Charlevoix area in our boat about six years ago and really liked the town and entire area. We purchased a summer home north of downtown Charlevoix and one year later decided to sell our home in Indiana and move to Charlevoix to live here full time. What attracted us to this area was the natural beauty, the charm of the communities, and the friendliness of the people; but one of the major reasons we chose to move here was the quality of the area bike trails.
If you are interested in an overnight bike trip on our network trails, you probably want to know where you can safely park overnight. We have developed this list of...
If you are over age 70 ½, you probably know that you are required to start withdrawing funds from your IRA. These funds are taxable as income, but we’d like to offer you a way to support the Trails Council while avoiding taxes on these withdrawn funds. Here is some information from the IRS website:
