LEELANAU COUNTY — A possibly game-changing project is now on its way to being built just outside Traverse City on West Grand Traverse Bay.

The idea behind the freshwater research an innovation center is to put blue tech education and business incubation all under one roof.

“It’s going to be a hub for, taking research, that’s being done, in the Great Lakes. And, and transferring that into entrepreneurial businesses,” said Greg Luyt, Freshwater Research and Innovation Center Board Chair.

The shovels have been turned and now construction is underway on something unique to Northern Michigan.

The Freshwater Research and Innovation Center , in Elmwood Township, is designed to put our area at the forefront of the emerging blue tech industry.

Blue tech refers to the design and manufacture o

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