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Kick-Off Event Held for Baraga County EDC

  BARAGA – On Wednesday, October 18, the Baraga County Economic Development Corporation (BCEDC) hosted a kick-off event at the Baraga Lakeside Inn to celebrate its restart as an economic development corporation. The kick-off was complete with food, networking, as well as…

SizeUp Available for Businesses

MARQUETTE – As it is budget time for many businesses, I thought it would be a good idea to remind you of a great tool we have that can assist our partners and the business community. The program, available to LSCP partners,…

Very little ‘typical’ about life at economic developer LSCP

typ.i.cal adjective having the distinctive qualities of a particular type of person or thing.  “a typical day” When we talk about economic development, it means many different things to many different stakeholders. But rather than debate what it is or isn’t, I thought…

Business to Business Expo is Back

MARQUETTE – BIG NEWS about one of our favorite events! The Business to Business Expo is back and the agenda is packed with a day full of learning and connecting. This year’s B2B will be held on Oct. 26 at Northern Michigan University’s University Center. We…

Benefits of being a partner of the LSCP

MARQUETTE — Is your business a partner of the Lake Superior Community Partnership (LSCP)? Did you know that the money you invest allows us to support economic development in Marquette County? The dues paid by our partners help us to provide business development services that help…

Terms of Economic Development

MARQUETTE — Often times, I use terms like “life-cycle” or “stages” of business and explain to you how we use each stage to categorize and define the clients we work with at the Lake Superior Community Partnership. I started thinking about all the jargon used in economic development…

Creating Good from Difficult Situations

MARQUETTE — As we are all well aware, the loss of the Empire Mine last year has had a significant impact on our region, in particular the west end of Marquette County. You also know that there has been an initiative, Project Empire, which was kicked…

EDAs in U.P. Form True Collaborative

MARQUETTE — By definition, collaboration is a purposeful relationship in which all parties strategically choose to cooperate in order to achieve shared or overlapping objectives. The definition of collaboration sounds simple; easy to understand. But in reality, true collaboration takes hard work and time to develop….

Job Posting: Director of Economic Development

Dickinson Area Economic Development Alliance (DAEDA) POSITION SUMMARY: The Director of Economic Development carries out the organization’s program involvement strategies, serves as the lead staff for associated programs, and conducts retention visits with area businesses to assess current opportunities and challenges and inform them of applicable DAEDA business services. PRIMARY…
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