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Holland Municipal Marina

December 13, 2004

Why doesn’t Holland have municipal marina? It’s not for the lack of trying by certain Hollanders. William Sikkel, retiring from the Allegan County Commission this month, served as Holland’s Mayor twice in the 80s. In an article in the Holland Sentinel today, he lists his greatest disappointment as a politian as:

“My greatest disappointment was, even though I was being strongly supported by the state, I wasn’t successful in putting in a municipal marina,” he said.

Now, I don’t know what the city residents were like back in the early 80s, so I can’t say muchg about why his efforts to creat a municipal marina failed. But I do appreciate his efforts.

Only now is Holland realizing that it needs its waterfront to economically compete with other cities in the summer. Is it too late? I hope not, but we definately are not done creating an accessible waterfront.

Posted by paul at December 13, 2004 09:04 AM

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