MARQUETTE – As you know, the LSCP is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Below is the speech I gave at our annual dinner, trying to put the last 20 years into words.
“How can you sum up 20 years? How…
MARQUETTE – Let me start by going back to last week. The U.P. 200 is not only a great event for the region; it’s an opportunity to entice our friends from Lansing to come to the Upper Peninsula in the winter. The…
MARQUETTE – Well it’s that time of year again for us to release our 2017 year-end results! We did so in style on the campus of Northern Michigan University last Wednesday.
Celebrating 20 years as an organization made this year’s event extra…
MARQUETTE- Amy Clickner, CEcD, Lake Superior Community Partnership, has been appointed to serve as chair of the Performance Oversight and Monitoring Committee (POM).
This committee is one of only 4 standing committees through the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) and is responsible for…
MARQUETTE – Hello 2018! This is my first column of the new year and the start of my eighth year writing a Monday column. Thank you so much to The Mining Journal for allowing me to share happenings in the economic development…
MARQUETTE – The final column of 2017 already? Where has the year gone? At the Lake Superior Community Partnership, we have had a great year thanks to our many amazing partners and stakeholders! In early 2018, I will roll out our 2017…
MARQUETTE – The Vision magazine is now printed and online! This annual project, which we collaborate on with The Mining Journal and Northern Michigan University’s Marketing Department, provides a glimpse into Marquette County to encourage the attraction of business and talent. We…
Dickinson County – The Dickinson Area Economic Development Alliance (DAEDA) recently hired Lois Ellis as the Director of Economic Development.
Ellis has an extensive background in Economic Development in the Upper Peninsula. Her experience in economic development started in 2002, when she…
MARQUETTE – We’ve talked in the past about a successful economic development strategy needing three main functions in its portfolio:
– Attraction
– Retention/Expansion
– Start-Up
As any good businessperson knows, it costs less to retain a customer than it does to attract a new one,…
MARQUETTE – Believe it or not, the time is here! Time to kick off the celebratory year of the LSCP’s 20th anniversary!
For those of you who are too young to remember, the LSCP was created during the loss of the K.I….