After months of fundraising, Muskegon's new maritime and naval museum will break ground for its new facility which is expected to draw 50,000 maritime enthusiasts and their tourism dollars to the region each year.
According to excerpts from the story:
The Great Lakes Naval and Maritime Museum has been raising money for its planned new facility on the Muskegon Channel for nearly a year.
Now it's time to start building.
A groundbreaking ceremony for the $2 million building is scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday at the museum site at 1346 Bluff, next to the World War II submarine USS Silversides.
"It's been a long time in coming," said Robert Morin Sr., president of the museum board.
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