Parcel
Camp Greilick
Camp
Sakakawea
East Creek
Canterbury
Woods
Discovery
Center ~ Great
Lakes (a.k.a. GT
Bay Alliance)
Total
Acres
496
564.5
556
Location
Summary of RC&S Properties
Contact/
Land Committee
Liaison
Year Acquired/
State Equalized
Value (SEV - 50% of estimated value)
Hobbs Hwy, Ranch
Rudolph Rd., Scout
Camp Rd.
Bass Lake Rd.
Mayfield Rd.
231-947-7071
John Hall
231-946-4300
Gloria Lara
616-784-3341
Ben Purdy
231-941-0960
Doug Meteyer
231-947-8200
1923 initial
2007 sev: $221,200
1956 initial
2007 sev: $228,130
1993
2007 sev: $200,000
120
9
1,745.5
S. Garfield Rd.
M-22, Greilickville
Ben Purdy
231-941-0960
Doug Meteyer
231-947-8200
John Noonan
231-932-4526
Rob Lovell
231-935-8461
2001
2007 sev: $365,000
2006
2007 sev: $770,098
$1,784,428
True Cash Value
$442,400
$456,260
$400,000
$730,000
$1,540,196
$3,568,856
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Camp Greilick
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Originally proposed by Club President Clarence Greilick in 1923 to establish a community camp. The original purchase price was $1,100 for 450 acres
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An additional $7,500 was raised to purchase an additional 27 acres of Rennie Lake frontage
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Control of the Camp turned over to a non-profit organization made up of representative Rotarians to be named the
Community Camp Association
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In 1955 all of the assets of the Community Camp Association had been turned over to a new non-profit corporation,
Rotary Camps, Inc. with Rotary Club officers at the helm.
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This arrangement stayed in effect until 1977 when Rotary Camps, Inc. was reorganized and began operating under a separate board of directors.
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In 1955 Rotary Camps, Inc. leased the former Community Camps Association property to the Scenic Trails Council
Boy Scouts of America for 99 years; the lease was later converted to a trust agreement. Mineral rights were retained by Rotary Camps.
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A mineral lease was signed with AG Hill in 1975, providing the Club with royalties of 25% until all production costs were met and 40% thereafter. The first royalties were received in 1977.
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In 2003 a conservation easement was placed on the property with the Grand Traverse Regional Land
Conservancy.
Camp Sakakawea
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The Girl Scouts had been splitting the summer schedule with the boys at Camp Greilick, when in 1956 Frank
Power, chairman of Rotary Camps, and his wife Margo, spearheaded the effort to provide separate land for the use of the Girl Scouts.
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In 1956 the 393.5 acres purchased in Green Lake Township on Bass Lake were leased to the Crooked Tree Girl
Scout Council to establish Camp Sakakawea. An additional 171 acres were later purchased. The lease was converted to a trust agreement mirroring the Trust Agreement with the Boy Scouts. Mineral rights were retained by
Rotary Camps.
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In 2003 a conservation easement was placed on the property with the Grand Traverse Regional Land
Conservancy.
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In 2008 the trust agreement with the Crooked Tree Girl Scout Council was terminated due to a re-organization of the Girl Scouts, and a lease with the new Girls Scouts of Michigan Shore to Shore Council was entered into.
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Edwards Property (includes East Creek and Canterbury Woods)
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Howard Edwards, in memory of his wife, Mary Edwards, donated by will to Rotary Camps 720 acres of land in
Paradise Township, and another 40 acres in East Bay Township, designated to become the Howard and Mary
Edwards Preserve.
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Rotary Camps & Services provided a $10,000 grant to the Grand Traverse Conservation District to prepare a comprehensive resource-based management plan for the property.
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Two parcels were sold, the first to Dr. Springstead, which was located on the west side of Garfield Road with
Boardman River frontage in consideration of $30,000 which was placed in the Edwards Boardman River
Conservation Fund at the Community Foundation. An artesian well was located on this property. Springstead placed a conservation easement on the 40-acre parcel in 1996, along with an additional 56 acres that he also owned. The second parcel sold was located on Arbutus Hill Road and Hobbs Highway, and consisted of 3.99 acres located on the ridge. The sale price was $19,000.
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An additional parcel was conveyed to the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy to hold as the Howards and
Mary Edwards Nature Preserve that is 76 acres of mostly wetlands. It is located south of Arbutus Lake off Arbutus
Hill and Garfield roads.
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Rotary Camps then entered into a land swap with the DNR in 2000, trading 160.00 acres for two parcels totaling
152.18 acres. The first of the two parcels was conveyed to Paradise Township, and added 40 acres to Mayfield
Pond Park. Paradise Township in turn placed a conservation easement on the parcel in 2001.
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The second parcel included in the land swap is now referred to as the Canterbury Woods parcel, and is managed by the Grand Traverse Conservation District. This parcel was acquired to protect the scenic hillside and view property of the Boardman River Valley. It does not have a conservation easement and there is not currently a land management plan for the parcel.
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The remaining acreage of the original gift from Howard Edwards is now known as the East Creek Reserve, and
560 acres that is managed by the Grand Traverse Conservation District, with a conservation easement administered by the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy. There is an operating oil well on this property.
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Discovery Center ~ Grand Traverse Bay (formerly known as the Dow Property and Grand Traverse Bay
Alliance)
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In 2006, Mike and Rhea Dow donated 9 acres of prime commercial real estate in Greilickville to Rotary Camps &
Services. This gift capped two years of work by Mr. Dow, Rotarians and four area nonprofit organizations who will use this donation for the benefit of the community. The following deed restrictions have been placed on the property:
“The Property at all times shall be used by the Grantee (Rotary Camps & Services), its successors and assigns, principally as a location for a collaborative, water related educational facility or facilities committed to the promotion of historic preservation, the importance of environmental stewardship, the joy of discovery and the pleasure of water-based recreation. Other compatible, subordinate uses shall be permitted in order to support and sustain the principal use .”
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The four organizations formed the nonprofit corporation – the Grand Traverse Bay Alliance – they include the Great
Lakes Children’s Museum, the Watershed Center, the Maritime Heritage Alliance and Traverse Area Community
Sailing.
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The group continues to work on renovations to the property. There is currently not a master site plan for land use on this parcel.
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