Recently during a Leadership Mecosta visit we noted that while Barryton Michigan and Fork Townships were great places to visit they had virtually no Internet presence. Even Google had very little info. Barryton sits within Fork Township and while the two are separate entities they work well together so we decided to do a website connecting the two in one venue. There is now a place where you can get contact info for the Village of Barryton and Fork Township and even see upcoming events and pics of the area. The website BarrytonConnect.com is up and running. Still a work in progress we wanted to get it up sp people could see the Lilac Festivals Scheduled Events (which kicks off Thursday May 19th). We have the contact info on there as well as a full schedule of events for the Festival. Keep in mind the site is still under construction and should be finished this week. Hope everyone stops in to see the Festival. See you there and Thanks for reading.

Coming up quickly is the Barryton Lilac Festival for 2011. Starts Thursday May 19th at 3:30pm with a Carnival and Flea market. Friday has the Gas and Steam engines at 9am, Photo Contest at 10am, Barbeque at 4pm and the Prince and Princess Contest at 7pm. Saturday is the main day with many things going on all day and it winds down on Sunday. If you are thinking on going check out their schedule on their website at www.barrytonconnect.com and look for the Lilac link. Great little Village filled with good people who will be glad to see you. See you there and thanks for reading.

Friday July 30th is the date to remember for the 2010 Barryton Homecoming Days this year. It's a must do if in the Barryton area this week. Great time to bring the family downtown for the parade and other fun events through out the day including a fantastic truck and tractor pull. See you there and best of luck in all you do.

Barryton Lilac Festival

Another thing to put on your Must Do list would be to stop by the Barryton Lilac Festival. The Festival is from May 20-23, 2010 and has plenty to offer including gas engine show, tractor pulls, flea market, kids rides, a great chicken bbq and you can even enter the goat milking contest. The 3 on 3 basketball tournament gets bigger every year and the parade is always a hit with the kids. Another to do for you from your friends at Lake and Lodge Realty.