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Shop Local Passports

Shopping locally is ALWAYS important, but we tend to focus on it more this time of year.  With Christmas just around the corner and Black Friday, Shop Local Saturday and Cyber Monday merely weeks away, it is the time…

Derek Bush Awarded EMSI Certification

Marquette, Mich. – Derek Bush, Business Development Representative of the Lake Superior Community Partnership (LSCP), has recently achieved his Economic Modeling Specialists International (EMSI) Certification. EMSI Certification is labor market education designed to help individuals become experts in EMSI data so that strategic issues can be approached with confidence…

Succession Planning

One of the biggest issues facing business owners today is one that we rarely like to talk about and are even less likely to act on: exit strategies.  Exit strategies can be a number of things and encompass…

Sawyer International Airport

Most people don’t think twice about an airport.  They want it to be there when they travel, they want to travel comfortably and safely and they want to pay a fair price.  But there is…

Year in Review

Last Wednesday, we held our Annual Meeting which includes the Plus One Awards, and for the first time, a keynote speaker, Kristen Fish, Redevelopment Resources, LLC.  We encourage our partners to attend this Annual Meeting as we think…

Economic Outlook Study

For the second year in a row, David Baker of Baker Strategy Group has conducted an Economic Outlook survey to six states in the Great Lakes region.  The LSCP once again was included as one of 16…

Networking at Business After Hours

Are you looking to market yourself or your business? Looking to expand your business or generate new clientele? Consider attending or hosting a Business After Hours. Networking events can be intimidating and uncomfortable at times. Yet,…

Business Leaders for Michigan – Turnaround Plan

Business Leaders for Michigan (BLM) is the state’s business roundtable, composed of C-level executives of the state’s largest job providers and universities.  Jointly they represent one quarter of the state’s economy and nearly one half of…

Small Business Saturday

It’s that time of year again! Colors have changed, leaves have fallen and as we move deeper into winter I would like to take a minute to discuss this process and its importance to the environment….

November Election

“Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.”    – Franklin D. Roosevelt November in the U.P. brings…
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