| CHICAGO
READER
"...Hahn has just moved from
the north side of Chicago to Harbert, Michigan [in Harbor Country],
to become editor of Lake magazine..." Click
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CHICAGO READER
May 2006 - Harbor Country Radio - Click
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CHICAGO READER
May 2006 - Cycle Harbor Country... a magnet for cyclists,
thanks to its gently rolling hills and thousands of miles of quiet
secondary roads.. Click
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CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS
May 2006 - Features Harbor Country in SW Michigan focus...
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SHORE MAGAZINE
April 21, 2006. The beaches of Harbor Country were a siren
on the lake, luring visitors to bask in its beauty and retreat from
busy life... Click
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SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE
April 23. 2006 - Hot spot for birding - Three Oaks preserve
to be dedicated. Click
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SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE
Chikaming Township Park and Preserve sprouting in spring.
$1.6 million project is poised for grand opening. Click
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LAKE MAGAZINE
WARREN DUNES [Sawyer, Mi] VOTED
BEST STATE / NATIONAL PARK
July 2005 "...Those who prefer to stay out of the sun and sand
have plenty to choose from at Warren Dunes as well. The park features
10 miles of hiking trails, a 236-site campground, a playground,
walking tours, wildlife, and winter sports like cross-country skiing
and snowshoeing. Plus, the park is located within six miles of two
other state parks-Warren Woods and Grand Mere. Warren Dunes is our
winner, though, and well worth a day trip, if not a full week's
vacation.."
ABC7CHICAGO.COM
July 1, 2005... "A Day At The Beach Lasts So Much
Longer... The beautiful and quaint Harbor Country communities are
linked by outstanding geography and protected, in name, by a U.S.
trademark".
CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2001 "..Harbor Country has been hot.The second-home
market there has boomed since the early 1980s, when a coalition
of eight towns in southwest Michigan bordering the lakefront from
Michiana to Sawyer began marketing itself as Harbor Country"
MIDWEST LIVING
"In
communities such as Union Pier, Grand Beach and Lakeside, visitors
rub elbows with longtime residents while browsing art galleries,
antiques malls and boutiques. Restaurants range from friendly open-air
cafes to reliable old roadhouses. Surrounding orchards burst with
fruit ripe for picking, and local wineries host tasting and tours"
ST. LOUIS SEEN MAGAZINE
"If you want to avoid Florida's crowds and still experience
the sights and sounds of an ocean-like body of water, Harbor Country
in Southwest Michigan is a perfect northern getaway, both in and
out of season. Harbor Country has been variously described
as 'the Hamptons of the Midwest' and 'the Riviera of Lake Michigan,'
yet the area has maintained its rustic origins, recalling the more
prosperous era of the 1920's and 1930's.
You won't find fast-food havens along the Red Arrow Highway (rambling
from Union Pier to Sawyer between Lake Michigan and the Interstate)
- just cafes, barbeque stands, roadhouses, cozy antique-filled hideaways,
beaches, woods, and a new generation of B&Bs where breakfast
is served late because most guests prefer to sleep in..."
INDIANAPOLIS STAR
"The search for the ideal travel retreat - a place close enough
to make a weekend trip enjoyable and realistic, but far enough away
to offer a refreshingly different change of scene- recently yielded
a pleasant and affordable surprise. We left Indianapolis Labor
Day weekend for the scenic setting of Michigan's Harbor Country."
TRAVEL & LEISURE
An American Express Publication
September 1998
"Ninety minutes from Chicago, three hours from Indianapolis,
and four hours from Detroit, Harbor Country offers a pastoral autumn
escape with panache. The laid-back life awaits: Leaf-peep, pick
apples, prowl shops, dine on everything from burgers to artichoke
and porcine risotto. Just don't ask where the nightlife is-- it's
the sunset, stupid."
SPECIALTY COFFEE READER
"What better business to open in a resort area than a coffeehouse?"
But when that "resort" is a sleepy, virtually unknown
Midwest haven, coffee alone probably won't make the grade. So, along
a scant two-mile stretch of Harbor Country on Michigan's southwestern
shore, four entrepreneurs in Union Pier and Lakeside, Mich., have
creatively expanded the offerings of traditional coffee purveyors."
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED WOMEN
April, 2002
Road biking in Michigan's Harbor Country Distance from [Chicago]
city: 70 miles east. Wild and windswept, with craggy dunes and a
background thrum of crashing waves, the eastern shore of Lake Michigan
is more Maine than Midwest -- especially in the string of seven
lake-hugging towns known as Harbor Country, from south of New Buffalo
to Sawyer, Mich...
MICHIGAN TRAVEL IDEAS
MIDWEST LIVING SPECIAL EDITION
"Spring comes early and lingers like an old friend in Southwest
Michigan's Harbor Country. Along the southernmost stretch of the
state's Lake Michigan shore, soft, cool breezes stir sleepy port
towns that rise amid the dunes. Inland, orchards parade across
the rolling countryside, blooming in pastel waves of pale pink,
snowy white and even ice blue. The mild climate and cream-colored
beaches have lured visitors for generations. Now, one-time
inns and grand summer homes pamper guests as bed and breakfasts."
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WALL
STREET JOURNAL
"...notable summertime outdoor film venues around the
country." [Sound of Silents Film Festival] Click
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CHICAGO MAGAZINE
". . .this remains at heart, an intact and unspoiled getaway
- and will be one as long as the lake itself is here."
LAKE MAGAZINE
The residents of Harbor Country... went the way of the revolutionaries
by creating their own radio station. Radio Harbor County... Click
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HARBOR COUNTRY MYTHS DISPELLED
Dec 2, 2005 "It's Harbor COUNTRY, not County... contrary
to many inaccurately published media reports, it does not comprise
the entire Berrien County of southwest Michigan... nor does Harbor
Country include any part of Indiana..." Click
Here for complete blog from Google Groups.
ADVENTURES
"Heading north out of New Buffalo, you might not expect to see
much of anything, unless of course, you consider unique shops and
art galleries, great restaurants, friendly lodging establishments
and spectacular scenery something."
CHICAGO MAGAZINE
"If Wordsworth had wandered lonely as a cloud in Michigan's Harbor
Country in late May, he would have seen not a cloud! A host of golden
daffodils but a ga zillion golden daffodils. And the land ripens all
summer long."
INC
MAGAZINE
"Considering that this area is just 90 minutes from downtown
Chicago - not exactly the middle of nowhere - it makes for a surprisingly
complete escape for the city. You can hear crickets, see stars
at night, walk on the sand and relax at one of the several bed and
breakfasts in the area."
LAKELAND
BOATING
"In contrast to some of the Lake Michigan's more upscale ports,
New Buffalo's tourists are welcomed rather than begrudged. The marinas,
businesses and public facilities seem to handle the visitors with
ease."
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
By Lou Carlozo, June 17, 2000
Tribune staff reporter--
"My first encounter with Union Pier some five years ago did not
happen by choice. I was driving home from a church retreat on Interstate
Highway 94 with a carload of friends (including my fiancee Amy, now
my wife) when my alternator blew out. I coasted onto the first exit
ramp I saw, steering my hobbled car until it ran out of steam...straight
into the driveway of the Union Pier Antique Mall. A few
months later, in quest of a beach vacation spot, Amy and I returned
to Union Pier. We've been coming back ever since, mostly because
the area offers a wealth of low-key diversions bound to suit our
fickle moods...
It's not just Union Pier, but surrounding communities such as New
Buffalo, Lakeside, Harbert and Sawyer -- collectively known as Harbor
Country -- that offer weekend vacationers options from winery tours
to antique malls."
CHICAGO MAGAZINE
By Dennis Rodkin, June 2000
"There’s a lazy charm to Harbor
Country that seeps from its beaches and woods into the very atmosphere
of the place. Stick around long enough, and it will sink into your
bones...As I learned, one of the great pleasures of traveling to
southwestern Michigan is the opportunity to make your own discoveries"
THE DETROIT NEWS
October 10, 2003
Michigan's peaceful Harbor Country, comprised of New Buffalo, Three
Oaks, Michiana, Grand Beach, Union Pier, Lakeside, Harbert and Sawyer.
These towns are just a stone's throw from several award-winning
wineries, produce farms and the beckoning shores of Lake Michigan,
making the multifaceted region extremely alluring for day trippers
and weekenders.
AAA MICHIGAN
By Khristi Zimmeth
The rambling Red Arrow, from Michigan's southwestern gateway at
Michiana, north to the small town of Sawyer at the base of the Warren
Dunes State Park, [Harbor Country] contains some of the Midwest's
best antiquing. It also leads to great restaurants, bed-and-breakfasts
and outdoor adventures.
LAKE
MAGAZINE
Spring 2004 Issue
"If you are searching for a nearby place with fine dining,
quaint inns and shopping for a weekend getaway, you’ll find
it all in Harbor Country. Towns like Union Pier, New Buffalo, Three
Oaks and the surrounding areas offer a perfect antidote for the
fast-paced city life".
MICHIGAN CITY NEWS DISPATCH
December 09, 2001
New Buffalo, Mich. - " In a bout of “Let Go My Logo,”
the Harbor Country Chamber of Commerce [Michigan] has asked the
LaPorte County Convention & Visitors Bureau [Indiana] to stop
using the “Harbor Country” name in the bureau’s
advertising and elsewhere.
MICHIGAN CITY NEWS DISPATCH
March 16, 2002
The LaPorte County Convention & Visitors Bureau [Indiana] has
unveiled a new logo to represent the county, potentially ending
the bureau's bout of "Let Go My Logo" with the Harbor
Country Chamber of Commerce [Michigan]. |
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