Ready to take recreational advantage of Michigan's resources and existing outdoor activities, Kevin Karpinski launched Okemos-based Green Planet Extreme Adventure Tours, an adventure tour company focused on fun, sustainability and community service.
Green Planet Extreme Adventure Tours focuses on transportation and guide services, taking adventurers to their destination, finding guides for adventurers and picking them up when the adventure finishes. Adventures could include snowshoeing, back packing, cycling, water tours and brewery tours, to name a few. These tours are being created throughout the state.
Green Planet Extreme Adventure Tours was launched in February 2009, but will have its official grand opening in the spring or summer.
“Within the last couple of months the state came up with adventure tourism to attract entrepreneurs and in the meantime, we’ve launched our business and website,” he says.
Karpinski also gives a portion of proceeds from the tours to varying community groups. For example, a portion of the proceeds for the upcoming Lansing-based water tour (Feb. 6) will go to the Grand Learning Network.
Karpinski says he’s working with local developers to find a permanent location for his offices, but adds that he may be able to operate the company from his Okemos office for some time.
“We want to make this the heart of Michigan in Lansing,” he says. “We were born and bread in Michigan and we’re pretty excited about this.”
He also has locations in Ludington and wants to add kiosk locations throughout the state.
Source: Kevin Karpinski, Green Planet Extreme AdventureTours
Ivy Hughes is the managing editor of Capital Gains and can be reached here.
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