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Lake Superior Community Partnership Foundation announces new board members

  The Lake Superior Community Partnership Foundation (LSCPF) is pleased to announce the induction of many new board members over past nine months. Scott Knaffla was elected on the LSCP Foundation board October 2015. He is a Financial Advisor and Managing Director at Barton & Associates, Ameriprise Financial Services providing…

Job Opening: Business Development Representative

POSITION SUMMARY The Business Development Representative carries out the organization’s program involvement strategies, serves part of a staff team for associated programs, and conducts retention visits with area businesses to assess current opportunities and challenges and inform of applicable LSCP business services. PRIMARY POSITION OBJECTIVES Conducts partner and prospect retention/expansion and…

Lake Superior Leadership Academy Class of 2016 Graduates

The Lake Superior Leadership Academy (LSLA) is pleased to announce the graduation of this year’s Academy class. The graduation ceremony took place on May 12 at the Landmark Inn. The LSLA, a project of the Lake Superior Community Partnership (LSCP), is…

Workshop will assist artists with their business

The Lake Superior Community Partnership (LSCP) is partnering with the City of Marquette Arts and Culture Center to put on a workshop aimed at assisting artists with their business. The workshop is for both artists who own a business or are interested starting one. Turning a creative practice into a…

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…

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…

Job Posting: Administrative Assistant

POSITION SUMMARY: This position is responsible for overall office maintenance and administrative duties. Functions of this position include invoicing of receivables through Chamber Master, coordinating meetings and events, travel arrangements and providing administrative support for assigned committees and staff. This position is the “front line” staff person, the first contact…

Taking on the ‘Dark Store’ issue

I am sure, by now, you have heard about what most refer to as the “dark store issue” that has hit Marquette County hard. The best overview I have seen of this complex issue came from the Michigan Association…
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