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Getting ready for our annual meeting

It is that time of year again, our Annual Meeting. This is when we invite all of our stakeholders together to hear what we have been up to over the past year as well as celebrate businesses who have added…

Snyder ’16-’17 Budget

LSCP Partners, Governor Rick Snyder this week released his proposed budget for Michigan’s 2016-17 fiscal year. As expected the governor’s proposed spending plan, totaling nearly $55 billion, includes significant resources for addressing the public water crisis in Flint and the ongoing debt of Detroit Public Schools among the priorities for…

Michigan Personal Property Tax

As many of you may remember, the Michigan Personal Property Tax (PPT) was modified in 2014. This resulted in exemptions from assessment of PPT for many small businesses in 2014 and, in the phased-in reduction of PPT assessments, for property with over 50% manufacturing activity through the identification of…

Meet-Up a success; watch for more events

In my last column I told you about Marquette Area’s Entrepreneur Eco-System Meet-Up. This was an opportunity for small business owners and entrepreneurs of all kinds with ideas and dreams to gain a better understanding of the business resources, connections…

Event offers opportunity for entrepreneurs

I am very excited to share information about an amazing (and FREE!) opportunity for local business owners, inventors, entrepreneurs and anyone with an idea or a dream. We are teaming up with our friends at Accelerate UP, Invent@NMU, Innovate Marquette…

Area programs help bridge skills gap

You may have seen some press lately regarding the unemployment rates in Marquette County. In November, we saw the lowest rate since 2005 at 4.4%! This is below the Upper Peninsula and the State of Michigan. We monitor these numbers…

LSCP Partner Benefits

My last column of 2015! Where has the year gone? Here at the LSCP we had a great year thanks to many amazing partners! I can’t wait to tell you more about it early in 2016 when we give our…

UP Health System – Marquette finalizes purchase of land for new medical campus

MARQUETTE – UP Health System – Marquette and the City of Marquette have finalized the purchase of the Roundhouse Property in south Marquette, paving the way for construction of UP Health System’s new medical campus. The health system completed the real estate transaction Monday, following the City Commission voting to…

UP Health System has large economic impact

Part of what we do in economic development is “sell” our community. We package and sell the assets that we have in order to showcase that we are a great place to live, work and play. For employers and their employees,…

Shop Locally

With the holiday season underway, we often think about everything that we are thankful for. Here in Marquette County we truly have many reasons to be grateful. We are lucky to live in this wonderful community surrounded by amazing…
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