[lisa66]

Thanks very much for the info. !! I really do appreciate it. I cant wait til the snow melts to make the drive up !! Think Spring !!!!

[r sherman]

before you decide to move to mancelona....check out their problem with their water supply. i have read many articles and the town is in serious trouble with polluted groundwater and vapors penetrating into homes from below the ground level. all due to 20 years of cleaning chemicals being dumped into the ground from the iron works factory that is now long gone. ...............major problems

[jerseygirl-in-ca]

My husband wants back in MI but further north than Mason/Lansing area.Mancelona We have been looking around. I found some beautiful property but a real bad side effect and not one real estate company disclosed it.The largest factory, a Dura Automotive Systems plant, closed in February 2009 and the community has had a change for the worse. From 1947 to 1967, Mount Clemens Industries, Incorporated, formerly Mt. Clemens Metal Products Company, used trichloroethylene (TCE) in vapor degreasers. Afterwards, the TCE was disposed of by dumping it on the ground near the building. Some TCE may also have been dumped into seepage pits and burned. Through these improper disposal methods, TCE has now contaminated the groundwater in and around Mancelona, MI. The contaminated plume begins at the manufacturing plant, currently known as Dura Automotive Manufacturing Plant, and extends approximately six miles to the northwest to the Schuss Mountain/Shanty Creek Resort area. The leading edge of the Wickes Manufacturing TCE Plume (also known as Mancelona-Cedar River TCE Plume), at the resort area, is approximately 1.25 miles wide. The plume has also reached the Cedar River, and is now contaminating a cold-water, high quality trout stream. TCE is a colorless liquid with a sweet odor similar to chloroform. TCE is most commonly used as a degreasing solvent in manufacturing plants. Breathing small amounts may cause headaches, dizziness, lung irritation, and difficulty concentrating. Drinking water that contains TCE over an extended period of time can lead to liver and kidney problems and may also be carcinogenic. The TOSC Program at Michigan State University has been asked to provide assistance to Mancelona-area citizens regarding the Mancelona-Cedar River TCE Plume. TOSC met with Antrim County United through Ecology (ACUTE) and Mancelona-area citizens to assess community concerns and discuss TOSC's involvement. TOSC has developed a Memorandum of Understanding, which has been signed jointly by ACUTE and TOSC. [6] While the Mancelona area is as of 2012 the focus of extensive natural gas production activities associated with the Antrim Shale formation, this production does not support employment sufficient to recompense the community for the factories it once had. I know the Detroit News had an article on all this and the city would have to disclose ( I hope) Environmental Health News also ran a big article 2013. There are some beautiful homes there. We were concerned because that would contaminate any well we had.

[Jswee]

I've lived in Northern Michigan all my life and you could not pay me enough to move to Mancelona. If you can't afford TC or Leelanau Co., then I'd be looking at Benzie as a cheaper alternative that is still very nice. Sorry to sound harsh but that is the reality of it.

[jerseygirl-in-ca]

Thanks for the opinion. I hate to sound dumb but where is Benzie?

[jerseygirl-in-ca]

DUH, found it. I thought it was a nickname for town.

[michmoldman]

I live in Benzie county, and it is waaaay nicer than Mancelona.

[jerseygirl-in-ca]

Thanks all.

[Crusty Curmudgeon]

There is a fairly good sized veterinary, just north of "Mancetucky" as we call it:Mancelona Veterinary Hospital

There is also a high quality veterinary practice just south of Elk Rapids:Elk Rapids Animal Hospital
...This could be a challenge to commute to, in the winter.

Also,in addition to what has already been posted about the TCE plume,running Northwest of town, there is a strict prohibition against any well drilling in the targeted area.

There is however, an extensive municipal water system that provides safe water to those affected by the plume.