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Owner requests city review of small adjacent parcel; commission directs staff to explore sale and pocket-park options

5765280 · August 19, 2025
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Summary

The owner of a copy shop on Eighth Street asked the commission to consider disposal of a small adjacent city-owned parcel to aid redevelopment; the commission directed staff to review the request and explore creating a pocket park on nearby city-owned land and return recommendations.

Dan Rickard, owner of the Copy Shop at 713 E. Eighth St., asked the Traverse City commission on Aug. 18 to consider goodwill sale of a small sliver of adjacent city-owned property to support redevelopment of his parcel. Rickard said adding the small parcel could make the site more marketable to buyers and that the…

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