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We are planning our projects for the year. Would you like to chime in on what work should be our priority? Serving baked goods and ice creams in our TC store too? Getting pies baked in Ann Arbor? Offering tours and contests in Glen Arbor? A Cherry Republic in Shanghai or Washington DC? Sound off […]
Here are some emails we received when we asked if Cherry Republic had any role in making good memories for 2012:
Bob – Your wonderful newsletters full of the touching stories about how you are raising your boys to be such lovers of life, nature and family.
Supplying rehearsal lunch guests at my son’s wedding in August […]
As the New Year arrived, I have been working with my staff on our three year goals. And we put some big growth goals in our A3 that left one of my staff asking “why go to all that trouble to grow Cherry Republic? What’s the meaning of it all?”
There is a fine line to […]
We would love your input on our giving. Please email us a few paragraphs about who you will be donating to this December and why; and if you give your time to the group as well.
Starting on this Saturday, December 1st, we will send out checks of $500 to $10,000 to organizations in Northern Michigan […]
Since I was 14, I’ve had a dream of being in politics. Well, I got my chance at 30. I ran and won a seat on the Leelanau County Board of Commissioners. Being a commissioner was without question, the toughest thing I have ever done. I should have just done one term and gotten back to […]
We loved the moss on these old cedar posts
A line of trees acting as a fence row.
H looking pretty small under those big trees
A smart farmer long ago planted a black walnut tree that is now huge. The squirrels get the nuts now.
A small clue to the “Where is this” photo contest. We were there […]
When the media asks me, The Bear, whether Cherry Republic sales are up this summer because of the Good Morning America’s coverage. I growl that we are, but is our growth rate curve steeper than other years? Not significantly.
Whatever the level of impact our most beautiful designation had, our region is being discovered by the […]
What does Life, Liberty, Beaches and Pie stand for?
It was 23 years ago when I created this motto on a t-shirt. I needed those words in gold and black to sit below a drawing of a beautiful cherry tree and big red Cherry Republic text. In past weeks, I talked about Life and Liberty. This […]
What does Life, Liberty, Beaches and Pie stand for?
It was 23 years ago when I created this motto on a t-shirt. I needed those words in gold and black to sit below a big red Cherry Republic. The design called for Cherry Republic to feel like a country. And since I was a teenager, my […]
This post was written by Alex Lowry. She and her family were Cherry Republic’s millionth gift box recipients. Inside this box they found our Golden Ticket, which automatically earned them a trip to Glen Arbor and a peek into the inner workings of Cherry Republic. Here are her reflections on their trip:
I need to start […]
