Editing Nocturnals - RUST CITY (section)

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{{Infobox City |official_name = Traverse City, Michigan
|image_map = MIMap-doton-TraverseCity.PNG
|map_caption = Location of Traverse City within [[Grand Traverse County, Michigan]]|.
|subdivision_type  = [[Countries of the world|Country]]
|subdivision_type1 = [[Political divisions of the United States|State]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Michigan|County]]
|subdivision_name  = [[United States]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Michigan]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Grand Traverse County, Michigan|Grand Traverse]]
|leader_title = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name = Linda Smyka
|established_title      =  [[city charter|Incorporated]]
|established_date       =  [[May 18]] [[1895]]
|area_magnitude = 1 E7
|area_total = 22.5
|area_land = 21.8
|area_water = 0.8
|population_as_of = 2000
|population_note = 
|population_total = 14532 (city proper)
|population_metro =141011
|population_density = 667.2
|timezone = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]]
|utc_offset_DST = -4
|latitude = ?
|longitude =  -?
|latd=? |latm=0 |lats=? |latNS=N
|longd=? |longm=? |longs=? |longEW=W
|elevation = 191
|elevation_ft = 626
|website = http://www.ci.traverse-city.mi.us
|footnotes = }}

'''Traverse City''' is a [[city]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. It is the largest in the 21-county [[Northern Michigan]] region. As of the [[United States 2000 Census|2000 census]], the city population was 14,532.  In 2005, the Traverse City [[United States micropolitan area|Micropolitan Statistical Area]] was the 13th largest in Michigan, with a population estimate of 141,011. It is the [[county seat]] of [[Grand Traverse County, Michigan|Grand Traverse County]] although a small portion lies in [[Leelanau County, Michigan|Leelanau County]]. Despite its modest population, Traverse City, especially its [http://www.downtowntc.com downtown], functions as the major commercial nexus for a seven-county area totaling over 7,000 [[km²]] and, along with cross-peninsula counterpart [[Alpena, Michigan|Alpena]], is one of Northern Lower Michigan's two anchor cities. 

Traverse City is the [[Self-proclaimed Capitals of the World|self-proclaimed]] '''Cherry Capital of the World''', holding an annual week-long [[National Cherry Festival|Cherry Festival]] the first full week in July to celebrate the fact. Besides cherries, the surrounding Tuscany-like countryside produces [[grape]]s, and is one of the centers of [[Michigan wine|wine]] production in the [[Midwest]]. [[Tourism]], both [[summer]] and [[winter]], is another key industry. Freshwater beaches, a mild summer climate, upscale [[golf]] resorts, vineyards, a nearby [[National Lakeshore]], prodigious [[snowfall]], nearby [[ski]] resorts and thousands of square miles of surrounding forests make Traverse City (based on [[American Automobile Association|AAA]]'s 2005 TripTik® requests) the second most popular tourist destination in the state behind [[Mackinaw City, Michigan|Mackinaw City]]. Traverse City is a [[home rule]] [[city charter|charter]] city under the [[Home Rule Cities Act (Michigan)|Home Rule Cities Act]], incorporated on [[May 18]] [[1895]]. The city is governed by six commissioners and a mayor, elected at large.  Together they comprise a seven-member [[legislative]] body. An appointed [[city manager]] serves as chief executive for city operations.