Antrim County - Quality of Life

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EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT INFORMATION
COMMUNITY	SCHOOL DISTRICT	STUDENTS	INSTRUCTORS	HIGH SCHOOLS
Alba	Alba Public Schools	193	11	1
Bellaire	Bellaire Public Schools	654	33	1
Central Lake	Central Lake Public Schools	498	25	1
Elk Rapids	Elk Rapids Public Schools	1,449	66	1
Ellsworth	Ellsworth Community Schools	264	15	1
Gaylord	Gaylord Community Schools	3,450	161	1
Mancelona	Mancelona Public Schools	1,067	52	1
Source: MI Department of Education, 1997

TWO YEAR COLLEGES AND TECHNICAL SCHOOLS
NAME	LOCATION	ENROLLMENT
None in County

FOUR YEAR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
NAME	LOCATION	ENROLLMENT
Northwestern Michigan College	Traverse City (Grand	4,140
North Central Michigan College	Petoskey (Emmit Co.)	2,023
Source: MI Department of Education, 1996

MEDICAL FACILITIES
TYPE OF FACILITY	# IN COUNTY	# OF BEDS
Hospitals	0
Source: MI Department of Consumer and Industry Services, 1998

HOUSING (2000)
OWNER OCCUPIED	MEDIAN VALUE	RENTER OCCUPIED	MEDIAN RENT
5,209	$110,000	1,281	$460
Source:U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population and Housing, 2000

CLIMATE
MONTH	AVG. MIN TEMP	AVG. MAX TEMP.
January	13F/-11C	28F/-2C
July	55F/13C	80F/27C
PRECIPITATION	RAINFALL	SNOWFALL
Average Annual	31in./79cm	96in./244cm.
GROWING SEASON	DAYS ABOVE 90F/32C	DAYS BELOW 0F/-18C
113	7	18
Source: NOAA Climate Summary, 1995

RECREATION

COUNTY HIGHLIGHTS

Antrim County is located in Northwest Lower Michigan. It is bordered on the west by Lake Michigan and Grand Traverse Bay and on the east by the Mackinaw State Forest, also referred to as the Jordan River Valley. The county is covered with a rolling terrain with many lakes (45), 24 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline and rivers encompassing 65 miles of waterways throughout the area. The county has nearly 44,000 acres of state forest land, the Grass River Natural Area and Wilcox-Palmer-Shah Nature Preserve. Most notable of the lakes is Torch Lake, considered to be one of the most beautiful lakes in the world. Torch Lake is on a chain of lakes that runs from Bellaire (the county seat) to Elk Rapids (recreational harbor facilities/Lake Michigan). North of Bellaire is another chain of lakes that goes from there through Central Lake and Ellsworth, with the largest of these being Intermediate Lake. Mancelona, located in the southeast corner of the county, on US-131, is home to the annual White Pine Stampede, Bass Festival and Deadman's Hill Scenic Overlook. The county also has 13 fine golf courses, is a major ski resort area, home to Shanty Creek Resort, and is very beautiful during the fall color season.

Source: Local County Economic Development Contact, 2007