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Cottage & Lakefront Living Show gets West Michiganders ready for summer for 17th year

Cottage & Lakefront Living Show
Posted at 7:33 AM, Mar 23, 2023
and last updated 2023-03-23 12:29:18-04

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — As summer is quickly approaching, many families are already planning for what this next season looks like.

Whether it's heading out to your cottage or visiting the lake, it's a tradition many families continue to do year after year.

To help with that planning, the 17th annual Cottage & Lakefront Living Show returns to DeVos Place this weekend.

Whether you own a cottage, are looking to purchase or rent, or your primary home is on the water, this show is for you.

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Attendees can shop and compare designers, furnishings, lakefront builders and realtors. There will be a variety of boats and docks, vacation services and financing, all in one place.

The show will feature a variety of seminars with topics from boating building to the vacation rental industry and even cottage and cabin building.

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Headlining seminar speakers include:

  • Cara Middleton, Fresh Water Vacation Rentals - Middleton will speak to both guests and owners about the ever-changing vacation rental industry from maximizing a second home investment to what to look for in vacation rentals.
  • Alyssa Cairns, Alcove Interiors + Furnishings - She'll speak on renovation management, fixer up consulting, full-service interior design and designer furniture shopping.
  • Rich Kogelschatz, Heartland Builders - Kogelchatz specializes in building on lakes and tear downs and will share some of the lessons he has learned over the years of building cottages and homes.
  • Pete Bower, Bowery Boatworks - He'll share why the simplicity and elegance of canoeing is as relevant today as it was 7,000 years ago and speak on his 25 year experience making wood-composite boats.
  • Angie Jackson, The Traveling Elixir Fixer - Jackson will speak on her 25+ years of experience in the food and beverage industry. She'll also talk about her seminars, programs, workshops and classes surrounding Michigan's growing culture with farm-to-table culinary experiences, local agriculture, grain distillation, wildcrafted elixirs as well as herbalism and foraging.
  • Janet Schrader, Sand Pirates: Sand Sculpting, Photography and Beach Art - She'll talk about how living on the lake changed her life after a cancer diagnosis and how she spends her summers teaching, sculpting and enjoying all the lake has to offer.

It's a family-friendly show as well where kids can visit 'The Monroe Street Beach'. Kids are invited to put their toes in the sand and build a sand castle.
On Friday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., attendees can get a scoop of free ice cream from Underground Cookie Club.

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The show runs from Friday thru Sunday. Dates and times include:

  • Friday, March 24, 2023: 12 p.m. to 9 p.m.
  • Saturday, March 25, 2023: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
  • Sunday, March 26, 2023: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Tickets are $12 for adults and $5 for children 6 to 14. Kids under five are free.

For more information on the Cottage & Lakefront Living Show, click here.