Garfield Township Updates: YMCA Expansion, High Tops, Oleson Property
By Beth Milligan | Nov. 25, 2025
Decisions are coming soon on several Garfield Township projects, including the planned expansion of the YMCA (with neighbors lobbying for a safer crossing on Silver Lake Road), a proposed nightclub at the Cherryland Center, and a planned buildout of 171 acres owned by the Oleson Foundation on US-31.
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More than a dozen residents sent emails or spoke during public comment at Garfield Township’s planning commission meeting this month asking for a safer pedestrian crossing at the Wyatt Road intersection on Silver Lake Road in conjunction with a planned expansion of the Grand Traverse Bay YMCA West campus.
The planning commission held a public hearing on the $12.5 million expansion …
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