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Working Together to Create More Housing Options in Marquette County

Ensuring a vibrant local and regional economy involves many moving pieces, from a clear flow of capital to ensuring sufficient housing and amenities to create a high quality of life that retains and attracts residents to the area. Housing is a…

LSCP’s 2024 Resolution: Committing To Our Guiding Principles

Welcome to the new year! I hope everyone had a safe and healthy holiday season. While it was a rare Christmas without snow here, traffic across the county in the days leading up to Christmas seemed to suggest that didn’t deter…

Celebrating a Productive, Impactful Year

It’s hard to believe that this will be the last LSCP Perspectives Column of 2023. Where did the year go? We’ll have the full results of 2023 to share when we issue our annual report, but I’d like to take some…

Marquette County is Open for Work

Marquette County – like nearly all other areas – has focused a majority of its economic development efforts on creating jobs, continually fighting the perception that employment opportunities were scarce or low paying. While it is true that we have…

Supporting Small Businesses with Big Investments 

As we head into the holiday shopping season, it’s always a great time to plan a strategy for how and where you’ll find the perfect gifts for those on your list. The National Retail Federation expects a 3-4%…

Marquette County Data Booklet Now Available 

Marquette County Data Booklet Now Available  The Lake Superior Community Partnership (LSCP) serves many roles in the community, from fostering connections, providing business support, advocating on behalf of Marquette County businesses and organizations, celebrating new investments, and much more….

LSCP Perspectives: Quarter Three: One for the Record Books 

While small bits of color started appearing across the Upper Peninsula weeks ago, we can now officially welcome the fall season in all its glory. As we fill our time with our favorite fall activities and food – from football…

LSCP Perspectives: Celebrating A New School Year

You’ve surely noticed it: the surge in activity throughout Marquette County as families with K-12 children prepare for a new school year, college students return to Northern Michigan University, and career technical programs begin preparations for the next batch of students…
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