This Leelanau Retiree Wants to Make Sure Local Residents Are 'Getting Their Voices Heard'
By Craig Manning | Oct. 12, 2026
Dave Rozanski fears too many members of the Leelanau County community are being left out of important conversations, about everything from cost of living to housing to farmland preservation. This past summer, he founded a new initiative called Leelanau Together, with the goal of creating a “connector vehicle” to get as many voices heard as possible.
Rozanski, who recently closed out a career doing sales and marketing for major tech companies, quickly found himself twiddling his thumbs after retirement.
“I realized, I can’t just sit still and not do anything,” he laughs. “I found myself asking, ‘What’s the next chapter in my life?’ And I thought, just based on what …
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