Community Growth Cherryland is expanding its footprint with new headquarters planned on 40 acres near Rennie School Road in Garfield Township, signaling ongoing capacity investments and a potential for consolidating vendor and service contracts, facilities management, and security solutions.

Solar Initiative The Gemstone Solar Project and the community solar array expansion, plus partnerships with Leelanau Energy, indicate a strong affinity for solar and clean energy offerings, presenting opportunities for equipment, monitoring software, storage solutions, and financing programs.

Leadership & Training Recent leadership awards and long-standing executive tenure suggest stability with opportunities to offer executive coaching, succession planning, cybersecurity governance, and employee training platforms aligned with a growth-focused utility.

Member-Owned Value As a member-owned cooperative with a 33,000-member base and profits returned to members, there is potential for member engagement platforms, marketing automation, self-service portals, and cost-efficient IT services that scale for a distributed membership.

Regional Growth Operations across six counties in Northwestern Michigan with a 100M–250M revenue band indicate a mid-market utility with needs in IT modernization, network infrastructure, data analytics, and reliability-centered maintenance to support expanding service territory.