The Leelanau Conservancy has officially taken title to the 145-acre DeYoung farmstead in Elmwood township.

Now begins what Conservancy director Brian Price calls a "marathon" effort to raise the approximately $2 million cost of the project, which will include restoration and reuse of some of the farm's many historic buildings. This Record-Eagle story has some of the details. For even more on the DeYoung property, take a look at the Conservancy's site