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Presents The Traverse City Michigan Optimist Club Cabin Property Grand Traverse County

The Optimist Club of Traverse City Michigan. Presents The Traverse City Michigan Optimist Club Cabin Property Grand Traverse County For Support In Preservation and Education Traverse City Optimist Club Youth Environmental Education “Cabin Property” Optimist Club Youth Foundation.

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Presents The Traverse City Michigan Optimist Club Cabin Property Grand Traverse County

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  1. The Optimist Club of Traverse City Michigan Presents The Traverse City Michigan Optimist Club Cabin Property Grand Traverse County For Support In Preservation and Education Traverse City Optimist Club Youth Environmental Education “Cabin Property” Optimist Club Youth Foundation

  2. The “Cabin Property” – An Environmental Treasure For Youth Growth & Education

  3. The Cabin Property – History and Use • Donated by Art and Mary Schmuckal to the Optimist Youth Foundation • Traverse City visitors center Cabin was moved to the property in 1964 • Formal Dedication of Property and Trails System in Grand Traverse County in 2000 • Partnership with T.C.A.P.S. and SEEDS • Used by Elementary schools students • Boy Scouts for Merit badges and camping • Young Marines for growth and training

  4. Cabin Property Dedication • The Cabin Property and trail system was officially dedicated in Fall of 2000 • This made the property available to various youth organizations for education and recreation • Property use by youth groups increases yearly

  5. The “Cabin Property” - A Unique Opportunity For Youth Education

  6. The Cabin Property - A Unique Setting For Outdoor Youth Group Activities • ½ Mile South of M-37/US 31 Intersection • 44 Acre nature retreat on Beitner Creek • Secured Access • Covered Pavilion Picnic Facilities • Camp Fire Pit and Bench Seating • Four Marked Educational Trails • Historic Cabin and Storage Building • Unique outdoor classroom for students • Water Hand Pump, and Privy

  7. The Cabin Property – An Outdoor Environmental Education Opportunity

  8. The Cabin Property – a Natural Setting on Beitner Creek, in Boardman Valley

  9. The Cabin Property – Includes a Unique Outdoor Classroom Island Deck

  10. The Cabin Property Optimist Youth Foundation Not–for-profit organization (501-c3) Property must be used for education or charitable purposes with a concentration around youth. • Foundation organized in 1969 • Governed by a Board of (elected members from the Optimist Club of Traverse City) • Continual improvements toward the use as an environmental education site for youth

  11. The Cabin Property Invitation to the Grand Traverse Area Partnership for use of property for youth education and recreation, including addition improvements for Native American natural and cultural exhibits to the property possibly including construction, maintenance, and use of • Shelters in traditional woodland village • Artesian well enhancements • Educational trail markings • Trail system maintenance and improvement

  12. The Cabin PropertyWe invite a community partnership • This property is unique for natural environmental education and recreation • We want to share opportunities with a more diverse local base. • We respect the natural education heritage of our Native American history and the value this land offers in youth education.

  13. The Cabin Property - A Natural Setting for Youth Support and Education

  14. The Cabin PropertyNext Steps • The Optimist Club invites local Boy Scout Troupes and other youth organizations into a partnership for development. • Our mission is to continually increase the usability of our Cabin Property facilities for the benefit of youth education throughout the greater Northern Michigan Region.

  15. The Optimist Club of Traverse City For more information about the Traverse City Michigan Optimist Club www.tc-optimist.org Contacts: Mike Brown Phone 218-4923 mbrown@burdco.com

  16. The Optimist Club of Traverse City ~ friend of youth ~

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