EAGLE RIVER – The Keweennaw County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday denied an unconditional rezoning request for Black Bear, Inc. more commonly known as Mount Bohemia Ski Resort, on the Gay Lac La Belle Road.

The request to rezone approximately 80 acres of leased land along Sand Point Road, Lac La Belle, in Grant Township was originally submitted in September 2024. The request was to rezone two parcels from Single Family Residential (RRB) to Resort Services (RS2). It was met with stiff opposition from many county residents as well as those living outside of Keweenaw County, largely because it was submitted without any kind of future development plan if the request was granted.

At a public hearing of the County Planning Commission in January, Black Bear, Inc. President Lonie Glieberman

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