OCEANA COUNTY, MICHIGAN (September 2025) – Oceana County Economic Alliance is pleased to announce the 2nd Oceana Developer Day to be held on Friday, September 26, 2025 starting at Valley City Metals in Rothbury at 9 a.m.
Oceana Developer Day returns for the second time to highlight opportunities in Oceana County for industrial, housing, and downtown mixed-use developments. Our program is a full day bus tour highlighting several sites prime for development as well as some projects already in progress throughout Oceana County.
“We are excited to bring back Oceana Developer Day to show off successes and opportunities in Oceana County,” said organizer and Oceana County Economic Alliance board member Larry Byl. “Our program focuses on show-and-tell, visiting sites by bus and the tour will invite walking through some locations. We talk about our community and projects throughout the tours, but there are no formal presentations.”
Participants are invited to park at Valley City Metals in Rothbury and the bus will leave at 9:15 a.m. and return to Valley City Metals at 3:15 p.m.
Oceana Developer Day plans to visit the following locations: Rothbury: The tour starts at Valley City Metals in Rothbury where the oldest section of the former steel mill is currently being demolished to make way for an outdoor community space. New Era: Participants will board the charter bus and visit a former elementary school in New Era with a few undeveloped acres on the property. Shelby: The tour will visit a former church facility in downtown Shelby with a few undeveloped acres, and an undeveloped site on the south end of the Village of Shelby followed by a walking tour in downtown Shelby. The tour includes a visit to the new Shelby Acres housing development. Hart: The tour will visit a vacant downtown site prime for residential/commercial redevelopment as well as the planned West Shore Community College campus. Walkerville: The tour includes visits to the remodel underway at Kwik Mart, which is a locally owned convenience store and gas station and is the first Brownfield Plan project in Oceana County. Pentwater: The tour includes a visit to the former village hall building located in a prime downtown location.
“Our last event focused on sites in the Hart area, and this Oceana Developer Day will highlight Shelby as well as our first Developer Day visit to Walkerville,” said OCEA Executive Director Curtis Burdette. “There’s so much happening in Oceana County that we tried to get as many projects and sites into this trip knowing that there is much more happening than we could highlight in a day.”
There is no cost to join the tour, and a light lunch will be provided. Reservations are currently being accepted here:
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There are still opportunities for sponsorship with Developer Sponsor for $500, Lunch Sponsor for $1,000, Bus Tour Sponsor for $2,000 and Title Sponsor for $3,000. For more details, contact Curtis Burdette at
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About OCEA
Oceana County Economic Alliance (OCEA) is the county-wide economic development and community development non-profit organization with local funding and a board of local leaders. OCEA connects local organizations and prospective businesses with resources including site selection, research, education, networking opportunities, housing, placemaking, and workforce development and partners closely with local, regional, and state agencies to connect resources to organizations throughout Oceana County. OCEA fosters economic prosperity as the central hub for the promotion and support of progress throughout Oceana County. OCEA was original formed by Oceana County Commissioners as Oceana County Economic Development Corporation (OCEDC) in 1980 and was reorganized as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in 2018 and began a strategic partnership with The Right Place.
For further information about this event, please contact Curtis Burdette, OCEA Executive Director at
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