Chamber Quarterly Newsletter • April/May/June 2024

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Spring in the White Lake Area

Spring in the White Lake Area always seems to arrive at the perfect time. After the chilly months of winter, many are eager for sunshine and longer days, and our area sure delivers!


These spring months ahead are the perfect time to plan home, yard, or garden projects. It's a great time to check your home filters, smoke alarms, air conditioning units, etc. In other words, the things we may not be thinking about all year. Luckily, our area has a vast and diverse business community who can help with those things. When looking at spring projects ahead, be sure to check out our local businesses who can get the job done.


Our area shops and restaurants get the same spring fever that many of you are familiar with, so they are open and eager to welcome you. Spring is a great time to check out a shop, restaurant, or brewery that you've never been to, or one you haven't been to in a while.


If you've been a part of the White Lake Area for any period of time, you know our parks and trails are great in any season--but spring is when we start to see them come alive. Take some time to enjoy the multitude of parks and trails our area has to offer. It's also a great time for fishing (our area has that covered in any season), whether on your own or through one of our great charters.


Spring months bring back some of our businesses that have been closed for their off-season, or they shift into new spring schedules and activities. Weesies Brothers Garden Center & Landscaping is back open for their season. Lewis Adventure Farms & Zoo will be open May 17, along with the White River Light Station will be open May 21. Muskegon Luge Adventure Sports Park shifts from winter activities, to activities such as zip line, archery, and hiking. Michigan's Adventure opening weekend will be May 24. Happy Mohawk Canoe Livery reopens Memorial Day weekend. Our beautiful golf courses are coming back to their active seasons as well. These activities are just to name a few--click here for more ideas.


As you enjoy spring over the next few months, we hope we've given you some new ideas to soak in all that our area has to offer.


*Channel image above by Connor Rake Productions.

Live White Lake Store

The White Lake Area Chamber & Visitors Bureau has partnered with TH Brands to bring the community an online Live White Lake store that is open all year round!

TH Brands has designed a specific and unique online store for the community, using the Live White Lake logo, where anyone can go to the store and order children through adult-sized items such as clothing, hats, drinkware, and more. Each item will have the choice of either the blue or the red Live White Lake logo. This online store will take your order, payment, and allow for you to choose shipping or pick up directly at their storefront in Muskegon.



To access the online store, visit https://trophyhousebrands.chipply.com/livewhitelake/.

Winter Workshops

The White Lake Area Chamber & Visitors Bureau offered Winter Workshops in January and February for all members, sponsored by Shelby State Bank. These workshops offered great learning opportunities for the community and our businesses.


This years topics were:

White Lake Community Business Expo

The 11th Annual White Lake Community Business Expo was held at the Whitehall High School and it gave us a first-hand look at the diverse products and services offered by local businesses. This event was held in conjunction with the Montague-Whitehall Pancake Rotary Breakfast. Click here to view photos from the event

A huge thank you to our 2024 Business Expo sponsors!

Gold: Coldwell Banker Woodland Schmidt, Rant Insurance Group, Scheid Plumbing, Heating & Cooling, and Shoreline Roofing & Gutters


Silver: Rivers Ace Hardware, and Weesies Brothers Garden Center & Landscaping

Bronze: Complete Restoration & Cleaning Services, MasterTag, White Lake Beacon, and Whitehall Equipment Rental.

Welcome Our Newest Members:

January-March, 2024

We'd like to give a special thank you and welcome to these new members who joined the White Lake Area Chamber & Visitors Bureau during quarter one! The mission of our Chamber is to serve and advance the business interests of members and to strengthen the economic climate of our area. We are always thankful and appreciative when businesses trust us and allow us to partner together to fulfill that mission!

Abundant Blessings Gifts & Art

Ace 1 Porta-Potties

The Bird House, LLC

Tipping the Scales Exotic Animal Experience

White Lake Area Climate Action Council (WLACAC)

White Lake Congregational UCC

Looking Ahead:

Upcoming Chamber Events

Trash Bash

Community wide clean up

Date: Sunday, April 21

Time: 1pm-4pm

Chamber Depot

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Feet on the Street

Summer Kick Off Party

Date: Sunday, June 2

Time: 2pm-7pm

N Mears Promenade

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45th Annual Arts & Crafts Festival

Arts Crafts vendors, live music, food trucks and more

Date: Saturday, June 15 & Sunday, June 16

Goodrich Park

Learn More

2024 Event Applications

Arts & Crafts Festival,

4th of July Parade, Pumpkinfest, and

Christmas Parade applications and registrations are up on our website!

LEARN MORE


 
 
 
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