Plus One Recognizes New Jobs in Marquette County

Posted by Lake Superior Community Partnership on January 30, 2014

MARQUETTE – Forty-eight Marquette County businesses have collectively created 241 new jobs in 2013 and were recognized for their participation in the Plus One Program on Wednesday, January 29 during the Lake Superior Community Partnership’s Annual Meeting.

Michigan Works! and the Lake Superior Community Partnership’s Plus One program is a program designed around the premise that an employer adding just one employee contributes to the economic development in Marquette County.  Since the inception of the program seven years ago, Marquette County businesses have created 2,022 jobs.

The businesses recognized in 2013 were: 906 Technologies, Bald Eagle Harley Davidson, Biogenic Reagents, Boomerang Retro & Relics, Checker Bus, Das Steinhaus, Dia de los Tacos, Discovery Central, Elegant Seagulls, Frei Chevrolet, Frontier Medical, Global Response, Great Lakes Center for Youth Development, Great Lakes Radio, Great Lakes Recovery Center, Integrated Designs, Inc. – Marquette, Integrated Wellness, J.M. Longyear, LLC, Lakestate Industries, LASCO, Marquette County Road Commission, Negaunee Public Schools, Northern Initiatives, No-Shank, Inc, Outlanders Dinner To-Go, Panache: Events, Décor, Boutique L.L.C., Range Bank, River Valley Bank, Ron’s Taco Shop, Schramm’s Superior Properties, Select Realty, Spotless Results Cleaning, Superior Contact, Superior Design, Superior Rehabilitation & Professional Services, Superior Title Insurance, Theresa M. Sell FIC, Thrivent Financial, Tractor Supply Company, U.P. Sportsplex, Ulta Beauty, U.P. Catholic Credit Union, U.P. Home Health, Hospice & Private Duty, Upper Peninsula Health Plan, VAST, WBUP/WBKP-TV ABC 10/CW 5, Wealth Strategy Group, Window Outfitters and Yooper Shirts.

If you are interested in participating in the Plus One program in 2014, please contact Betsy Morais at 906-226-6591 or bmorais@marquette.org.