Ship-building business would be great for the Tawases

The Bay City Times carries this update to a story on efforts to bring tall ship building to Tawas.

It's a long shot, and the folks in the Tawases know that as well as anyone. But they are going to try to lure a tall ship-building company to their community anyway, and we wish them well. The city councils in both Tawas and East Tawas have passed resolutions in support of an effort to woo the Mackinac Tall Ship Co.

The company had planned to create a museum and ship factory in St. Ignace, and also offer charter ship outings. But its plans have fallen through. So Mike Modrzynski, the new director of the Tawas Chamber of Commerce and a former employee of the Mackinac Tall Ship Co., thinks that Tawas ought to offer itself as a site. He has invited the group of investors that now controls the company to meet with Tawas officials to discuss the possibility of locating the business on the Tawas Bay.

Modrzynski is the first to admit that Tawas faces long odds in this quest. But as he says, "If we don't try it, we'll never know."