Grant for Regional Ports Study Awarded

Thanks to Ray Spain for ther following story:

A regional study will be performed on ports in Alpena, Cheboygan and Rogers City.
The Northeast Michigan Council of Governments (NEMCOG) has received $26,000 from the state’s Coastal Management Program to perform the study, which over the long term could help expand opportunities for commerce and recreation at the three ports.
The short term goal is to provide the foundation for further development of existing ports by completing an inventory of port and community assets; and identifying opportunities and constraints, strategies for future activities, and opportunities for regional collaboration.
A new Regional Ports Committee will meet in the near future to discuss the project scope.
Michigan’s Coastal Management Program was developed under the federal Coastal Zone Management Act and approved in 1978. Since then, the program has assisted organizations in protecting and enhancing their coastal areas, funded studies related to coastal management and helped to increase recreational opportunities in Michigan’s Great Lakes coastal area.

Pure Michigan Campaign

Spring is here and its time again to rev-up the Pure Michigan advertising campaign that has proven very successful on a number of fronts.


Along with attracting customers to Presque Isle County, the campaign has increased visitor traffic on our rogerscity.com website over 400 percent since the third quarter of 2010 and has propelled that website to number five on the most used list of viewer portals. Potential customers are checking us out!

With our partners from the five other counties that make up the Coastal Coalition, Presque Isle County is raising money to ensure a portion of the project’s focus remains squarely on northeast Michigan.

Joe Cercone from the EDC/ CDC is the point-man for this year’s fundraising effort. The Rogers City Chamber of Commerce, along with Joe, has information that can bring you up to date on the project’s targets, how much has been raised to attract visitors with dollars, and how you can help.

The Chamber is proud to be an information location and can point you in the right direction to begin the process of getting funds to the Pure Michigan campaign. Please call, email, or stop by our office on Bradley Highway if you can help this project build on the success that impacted all of us last year.

Thank you, Raymond Spain, Rogers City Area Chamber of Commerce

Announcement from the Chamber of Commerce

Hey, everyone! We have a new business open downtown and they are having their ribbon cutting ceremony this Saturday at 12 noon. The name of the business is NU2U Consignments. They are right next door to Domaci Gallery.  Please make time to be there and welcome them to the neighborhood! The Advance will be there to take the picture and it would be great to have a nice turnout. So please take a few moments from your holiday bustle and show your support to the new kid on the block!

Hope to see you there at noon on Saturday!

Raymond Spain, Executive Director
Rogers City Area Chamber of Commerce
292 S Bradley Highway
Rogers City, MI 49779

Rogers City in the Detroit Free Press

Congratulations to Ray Spain, from the Rogers City Area Chamber of Commerce for getting press coverage of one of our area's ghostly attraction: The Old Presque Isle Lighthouse.  The article is in the Sunday Edition of the Detroit Free Press on page 22a is about ghostly spots in Michigan. 

The Old Presque Isle Lighthouse is about 20 miles from Rogers City about half way between Alpena and Rogers City.  The Old and New Presque Isle Lighthouses have a colorful history which is well documented in the Lighthouse museum there.  If you have never visited the site it is well worth the trip. 

While you are in the area you should check out some of our many area attractions, such as the Harbor and Quarry View Sites, the Presque Isle Historical Museum (which has won many awards), downtown Rogers City (which will be visited by ghosts and other fantastical beings during our Halloween Parade, starting at 5:30 pm on October 31, 2010), and the 40 Mile Point Lighthouse (which many say has its own ghosts).   Fall is a great time to visit....