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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…

Amplifying Our Voice, Together

The Lake Superior Community Partnership team has built a deep and well-balanced bench of benefits for our Partners over the year. While much of the attention often goes to tangible benefits such as ribbon cuttings, Business After Hours, the business…

Lake Superior Community Partnership Celebrates Distinguished Service Award Winners

Marquette, MI – On Wednesday, April 10, 2024, the Lake Superior Community Partnership (LSCP) held its highly anticipated Annual Dinner at the NMU Northern Center Ballrooms. The event brings together diverse community members, leaders, and businesses to celebrate economic development. The theme of this year’s Annual Dinner was ‘The Great…

An Evening Celebrating Marquette County Economic Development

As we enter the second quarter of the year, we’re preparing for one of the LSCP’s longest-standing events: our Annual Dinner. This year, the dinner will take place on Wednesday, April 10 at the Northern Center. Each year, the Annual Dinner…

LSCP and Marquette Sawyer Regional Airport Launch Air Service Survey

The Lake Superior Community Partnership and Marquette Sawyer Regional Airport are asking businesses to add their voice to support expanding air service in the region. A brief five-question survey will help quantify ‘latent demand’ – demand that is not otherwise captured in other data sets because businesses and…

Building a Foundation for the Next Twenty-Five Years

Last year, the LSCP celebrated a quarter century of serving Marquette County businesses and communities as the go-to resource for economic development information and services. Over those years, one of the defining features of the LSCP was its ability…
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