Life is good on Michigan’s Forgotten Coast!
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The Forgotten Coast offers a growing list of opportunities for you to get fit and maintain a healthy lifestyle year-round. Since the calendar recently turned to January and many of us have health and fitness on our minds, we thought it would be fun to talk about the many indoor and outdoor fitness opportunities that come with the winter season here on the Forgotten Coast.
The Forgotten Coast offers a diverse treasure trove of educational opportunities. You can choose from the familiar public or parochial school setting, one or two-room rural schoolhouses, or even a thriving home school co-op. With Michigan’s School of Choice Program you can choose which education best suits your child.
Recently, Thumb Brewery hosted yet another successful event for their 2021 Home Brewers Competition. The Forgotten Coast Collective was invited to the award ceremony which took place on Saturday, October 23, 2021. We were beyond thrilled to find that Thumb Brewery had received 25 entries into the competition. Who knew the Forgotten Coast had such active homebrewers? Click to read more about the awards given.
What comes to mind when you read the word sanctuary? Finding this word in the title of a place I never knew existed left me intrigued. One minute I am working at my computer logging info into a database about beaches and parks on the Forgotten Coast, the next minute my attention is so gripped by the discovery of this new mysterious location that I suddenly had an impulsive urge to see it for myself. Here’s how it went and why you should consider checking it out for yourself.
The Forgotten Coast is an ideal place to raise your children. I know this to be true wholeheartedly from personal experience, both my own as a child growing up here and as a parent raising kids here now.
Read about Diana’s journey moving to the Forgotten Coast as she details how she found her dream home to build on this next and new chapter of her life. Welcome to the Forgotten Coast, Diana!
I grew up just west of the Forgotten Coast area, and “The Thumb” (as it’s usually called) was often the butt of jokes. It still is sometimes, but those jokes are wrong…it’s getting a lot cooler over here.
If you love to cook, you’ll really love how many fresh, local ingredients are at your fingertips on Michigan’s Forgotten Coast
On Michigan’s Forgotten Coast you can the sun rise and set over Lake Huron. Once it’s away for the night you’ll be treated to a star filled sky all the way to the horizon in every direction!
Grab your laptop and work by Lake Huron or cuddle up by the fireplace and watch the snow…Michigan’s Forgotten Coast is a fantastic place for you to work from home.
I was born & raised on the Great Lakes, but I’ve lived many other places and quickly realized most people have no idea of the size or impact of the Great Lakes. I’ve been lucky enough to be with multiple people on their first visit to a Great Lake…it’s hard to grasp until you see & feel one. Let’s just run through a few quick things…
There are many ways living on Michigan’s Forgotten Coast can save you money…but there are also a ton of things to do here!
Walk or bike to most everything you need in the communities of Michigan’s Forgotten Coast.
Enjoy the ever changing landscape of Michigan’s Forgotten Coast as we rotate through four distinct seasons.
Help is just around the corner in the cities and villages of Michigan’s Forgotten Coast.
The cities & villages of Michigan’s Forgotten Coast have great infrastructure just waiting for you!
In the cities and villages of Michigan’s Forgotten Coast you can watch your tax dollars at work as the DPW works on cleaning the streets, fixing the sewer, planting trees, or building a new park for the citizens. It’s right there, every day. You can see it.
Our communities are small and need participation from a broad cross section of the citizens to continue to be viable and grow. You’ll find open arms at most community organizations on Michigan’s Forgotten Coast.
Lake Huron is by far the biggest asset to the communities of Michigan’s Forgotten Coast. She provides drinking water, outdoor water activities & tourism, feeds our crops, provides habitat & food for our wildlife, and moderates our weather…there’s a lot to Lake Huron.