Great Because You are Good

Yesterday, I shared gratitude for our city staff and highlighted a call for help from our Public Works Director and his family. In the last 24 hours, Lucas's Go Fund Me has topped $50,000. You have added more than $10,000 since yesterday. Wow!

Thanks to each of you. Please continue to support Lucas and pass along the link. You can read about his diagnosis and contribute at: https://www.gofundme.com/.../please-help-lucas-beat...

Today, I would like to take a second to thank all our City's volunteers who serve on the City Council, Boards and Commissions, and dozens of non-profit service organizations throughout town.

Hundreds of our friends and neighbors take time to work on City policy. They collect food for the pantry. They chaperone school trips and dances. They make sure the Harbor Hut is stocked and ready for students who are hungry. They plant gorgeous gardens. They flip burgers at the Legion. They blow bugles and bang drums in parades. They drop off food when a family suffers a loss. They pitch in and are there for one another.

It is you, our community's volunteers, who make Harbor Springs great, because you make Harbor Springs good.

If you are looking for ways to get involved, the City's Boards and Commissions have multiple openings the City Council will work to fill for 2026. The following volunteer positions to help shape City policy:

Board of Review — 2 open

Downtown Development Authority — 1 open

Harbor Commission — 4 open

Parks and Recreation — 3 open

Planning Commission — 3 open

Tree Advisory Board — 1 open

Zoning Board of Appeals — 2 open (1 to fill a currently vacant seat)

You can find a citizen participation application at: https://www.cityofharborsprings.com/.../boards-and.../

(Scroll down the Citizen Participation Application).

Please submit the application to Victor at 160 Zoll Street or email: citymgr@cityofharborsprings.com by 9:00 AM on Thursday,

December 11. Council will make appointments on December 15.

Thanks to each and every one of you who volunteer to support our community. You are amazing and I am proud to be your neighbor.

All the best to you and yours this holiday week! And again, thank you!