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Celebrating Our 2025 Small Business Award Winners

Celebrating Our 2025 Small Business Award Winners We are thrilled to recognize the outstanding small businesses and community leaders who are making a meaningful impact across our region. These award winners exemplify innovation, resilience, and a commitment to strengthening our local economy. Outstanding Small Business Award Recipients:

Lake Superior Community Partnership and 4C of the Upper Peninsula Awarded $184,000 in Funding to Coordinate Implementation of U.P. Childcare Action Plan and Family Child Care Networks

MARQUETTE, MI — The Lake Superior Community Partnership (LSCP) and 4C of the Upper Peninsula have been awarded two grants totaling $184,000 by the Early Childhood Investment Corporation (ECIC) to support the implementation of the U.P. Childcare Coalition Action Plan and U.P. Family Child Care Networks (FCCNs). The action plan,…

Lake Superior Community Partnership (LSCP) and Local Partners Awarded $536,550 Revitalization and Placemaking Grant

Marquette County, MI — The Lake Superior Community Partnership (LSCP), in collaboration with a coalition of local partners, has been awarded a $536,550 Revitalization and Placemaking (RAP) grant to support economic development and community enhancement efforts across Marquette County. The funding, awarded through the Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s RAP 2.0…

New Grant Opportunity Aims to Boost Childcare Services in Marquette County

MARQUETTE, MI — The Lake Superior Community Partnership (LSCP) is pleased to announce the launch of the Marquette County Childcare Provider Enhancement Grant, a new grant program designed to support existing childcare providers in Marquette County by expanding their capacity or enhancing the quality of…

Advocacy Update: U.P. Energy Study

🗣️Advocacy Update: U.P. Energy Study ⚡ LSCP CEO Christopher Germain recently spoke at a public hearing of the Michigan Public Services Commission (MSPC) about the importance of allowing recent investments in our energy infrastructure to remain in place in light of…

All-of-the-Above: Moving from Housing Data to Housing Units 

All-of-the-Above: Moving from Housing Data to Housing Units  On May 23, approximately 60 local officials, finance institutions, developers, community partners, and others came together at the Northern Center to take a deep dive in the recently release…

Tackling Labor Challenges Together 

On April 26, the LSCP team held our second Breakfast and Business event of 2024. The topic was workforce trends and challenges. That’s a broad topic, so you may wonder how exactly one addresses such a broad topic. Our…
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