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Hi I'm Katie sieved with the Land
Information Access Association the Land

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Information Access So CA sent or Leah has
been helping communities throughout the

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state of Michigan plan for

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a more resilient future our emphasis has
been on coastal resources as part of our

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planning process in the city of Holland
we asked Hollanders what they thought of

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the waterfront and their community Holland
isn't exactly on Lake Michigan but it

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sure is close the city sets right along
Lake bachata and the Mecca tower river we

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asked city residents how they felt about
Holland's relationship to the water can

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you describe Collins really just water
perfect. Connected. I think that it brings

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a lot of tourists not just the
summer. I think we do have

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a very intimate relationship with the water
and we should embrace that and treasure

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that I think I think it's essential
that we continue to make the major.

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Piece of the city. I mean it's

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a huge attraction people want to come to
Holland to be on the lake shore because

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the lake is an important part of the city
and I think that it's important that they

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make sure that that area is as clean as
possible that is sub Spain of all was

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possible and that is as. To the routes
that. Everyone wants to see like the back.

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And we're getting there slowly
but slowly I mean I've been

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a supply of America's cleaner
it kind of smells. I think.

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Why is it that I. Think. It's.

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It's the water is much more
just as hard as. Like downtown

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it's not like. You know I think it's there
if you want to but it's easy to forget

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about and we miss the downtown being

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a part of the water and that's one thing
that we feel like there's too much of

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a disconnect like thought.
Understand you know one wonderful.

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I'd like to see more public
access to. Holland and that have

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a relationship that well with the water
right now and I believe I mean we have both

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works but it isn't like Saugatuck where we
are right on the water where people can

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stroll along and incorporate that into
their time being on the water and being in

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the city I see it is huge I would like to
see the downtown connect into the water

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a lot more so I see you know other lakes
or communities around the area using the

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water much more than we do or we have
access to it access to right now so I hope

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that we can work on that corner and market
that and that's the one thing I think

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was the that we could improve upon is
the connection between downtown and the

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waterfront there's

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a big disconnect it's that last you really
live right on the water in Holland you

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don't really have access to your I'd like
to see more recreational opportunities

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down by the lake some retail
businesses. Restaurants and bars

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located down on the waterfront but
that space has to be available

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a lot of it is just real so if there was

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a chance to relocate some of the industrial
space that's not required to be on the

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waterfront I think it would
open more opportunities there.