PETOSKEY — A historic piece of Petoskey’s industrial past was vacant for years but has been repurposed to better accommodate the growing community. The Michigan Maple Block property, once a contaminated brownfield site, was transformed into a new workforce housing development that will bring more than 200 affordable housing units to the Petoskey community.

On Wednesday afternoon, local leaders and members of the community gathered at the site to celebrate the project’s completion and the first residents moving in.

The redevelopment was made possible through a 2.3-million-dollar investment from the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy’s Brownfield Program (EGLE). The organization provided a mix of grants, loans, and brownfield tax increment financing to clean up contaminatio

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