Traverse Magazine editor Jeff Smith joined in celebrating the long-awaited groundbreaking at Hotel Indigo. Tucked right into the neighborhood on West Bay, the boutique hotel promises to integrate with the surrounding community—a feature that ought to ad to its commercial charm as well.

“For Hotel Indigo owners, city officials, contractors and anybody else who has been rooting for the hotel, the celebration provided much longed-for opportunity to crack open champagne and toast the project that is likely to have remarkable impact on the west end of downtown, promising to bring to blossom a part of the town that has shown strong spirit, but not necessarily fantastic financial success.”

Read more on the groundbreaking and get photos of the event all at Jeff’s Blog.

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