The Forgotten Coast offers a growing list of opportunities for you to get fit and maintain a healthy lifestyle year-round. Since the calendar recently turned to January and many of us have health and fitness on our minds, we thought it would be fun to talk about the many indoor and outdoor fitness opportunities that come with the winter season here on the Forgotten Coast.

The Forgotten Coast offers a diverse treasure trove of educational opportunities. You can choose from the familiar public or parochial school setting, one or two-room rural schoolhouses, or even a thriving home school co-op. With Michigan’s School of Choice Program you can choose which education best suits your child.

Recently, Thumb Brewery hosted yet another successful event for their 2021 Home Brewers Competition. The Forgotten Coast Collective was invited to the award ceremony which took place on Saturday, October 23, 2021. We were beyond thrilled to find that Thumb Brewery had received 25 entries into the competition. Who knew the Forgotten Coast had such active homebrewers? Click to read more about the awards given.

What comes to mind when you read the word sanctuary? Finding this word in the title of a place I never knew existed left me intrigued. One minute I am working at my computer logging info into a database about beaches and parks on the Forgotten Coast, the next minute my attention is so gripped by the discovery of this new mysterious location that I suddenly had an impulsive urge to see it for myself. Here’s how it went and why you should consider checking it out for yourself.