The Escanaba City Council has set a public hearing for the establishment of an Obsolete Property Rehabilitation District or OPRA to include a business at 723 Ludington Street. Lake Effect Distillery is in the process of renovating the former Northern Michigan Bank building. Escanaba City Manager Jim McNeil says the designation would give Lake Effect Distillery a tax break for 12 years.

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