The Leelanau Township Community Foundation will help lower-income households connect the new Northport sewer system. The grants may help to bridge some of the divisions opened by the recent recall campaign in the village.

The recall campaign, which failed, was directed against village officials who had supported the new sewer project. Among the arguments against the project were the costs imposed on residents forced to hook up to the new line. The Leelanau Township group will use $150,000 to make grants to help families make the hookup, according to this Record-Eagle article.