Downtown Lake Orion Ultimate Gift Basket Give-Away Winner Announced
January 3, 2007. Lake Orion, MI. The Lake Orion Downtown Development Authority and Main Street Promotions Committee are proud to present the Ultimate Gift Basket to Lake Orion resident Marthe Uzelac.more....

The Ultimate Gift Basket contained gifts donated from Downtown Lake Orion business.
We thank our generous donors!

Little Monsters & Flint Street Gallery - Tesori Gifts - Royal Radio
Heritage Spinning & Weaving - Whiskeys - The Cutting Edge
Elements (winning shopper) - Dick Hassberger & Carol Holmes
Global Soccer - Accent on Art - Lucky's Natural Foods
Downtown Lake Orion

Village of Lake Orion Historic District
The Village of Lake Orion Downtown Development Authority is proud to announce federal approval of Lake Orion's first National Register historic district. 

Listing on the National Register of Historic Places can raise property value and add a new level of pride in one's community.  Both commercial and residential property owners can benefit from State tax credits based on a property renovations or improvements made according to criteria established by the Department of the Interior.  In addition, renovation of commercial historic properties are eligible for federal tax credits, if criteria is met.

Work on the district began with a group of Orion Historical Society volunteers eight years ago.  The project proved to be bigger than the available volunteer resources.  Funding was found to hire the architectural survey firm Mannik & Smith Group, Inc. to do the work which included identifying the district boundary, inventorying the properties within the proposed district, and completing the extensive application to the state for National Register designation.   The project was a collaborative effort, the majority of which was funded by the Downtown Development Authority and Orion Township, with some additional money coming from the Orion Historical Society.

Last spring, a special review board of the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) heard a formal presentation in Lansing  by Maura Johnson of Mannik & Smith Group.  Several members were there representing the community.  The National Register Coordinator, Bob Christensen, of the SHPO recommended designation to the National Park Service of the Department of the Interior which officially approves National Register designation.

For more information on historic designation and the National Register process, please visit the National Parks Service web site at http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/listing.htm

CONTACT: Lois Golden, DDA Director director@downtownlakeorion.org

ATWATER PATHWAY RIBBON CUTTING, Thursday, August 3, 2006

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