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CONTACT KEY DECISION MAKERS:
Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore, Scott Tucker, Superintendent (oversight of use of federal property and ownership of the trail); Bert Frost, Regional Director (NPS regional oversight of Lakeshore)
TART Trails, Julie Clark, Executive Director (coordinating and securing the funding for Segment 9)
Leelanau County Road Commissioners (elected officials granting approval for use of county road right of way & construction of retaining walls) Chairman Robert Joyce, Vice-chairman Jim Calhoun, Commissioners Garth Greenan, John Popa, Greg Mikowski
Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) (grants approval for construction in regulated wetlands and Critical Dune Area)
Cleveland Township Supervisors (governing body of local community) Supervisor Tim Stein, Treasurer Angie Dottie, Clerk Tracy Olson, Trustees Todd Nowak, Jan Nowak
SUMBIT AN EDITORIAL LETTER TO NEWSPAPERS:
Leelanau Enterprise, Traverse City Record Eagle, Glen Arbor Sun, Detroit Free Press, Lansing State Journal, others