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Rosemary Parker

Rosemary Parker has worked as a writer and editor for more than 40 years. She is a regular contributor to Rural Innovation Exchange, UPword Michigan and other Issue Media Group publications.

Rosemary Parker's Latest Articles

Could a social district be created in downtown Gladstone? City officials are surveying residents and businesses about the proposal.
Cheers: Gladstone proposes a downtown social district

Gladstone is surveying residents and businesses about creating a social district in the Delta County community's downtown. If created, Gladstone would join communities like Marquette and St. Ignace with social districts.   

Grants help lumber company upgrade, protect jobs

A lumbering operation in Houghton County will remain intact and receive some upgrades, thanks to state and federal grants. The improvements also will help retain 85 high-paying jobs.

Medical equipment manufacturer expands, creating 40 jobs in the U.P.

A Marquette County-based medical manufacturer is expanding its operations with plans to create 40 jobs.

Community welcomes Seven Grandfather Teachings to Marquette’s waterfront

Marquette unveils Seven Grandfather Teachings, a sculpture honoring the region's Indigenous past and a centerpiece of the City Shoreline Cultural Trail.

Marquette honors its Indigenous roots with a sculpture

Marquette honors its indigenous past with the unveiling next week of a sculpture, Seven Grandfather Teachings, by Anishinaabe artist Jason Quigno. 

A hit with anglers, U.P. fish hatcheries reel in tourists, too

It's been a successful fish stocking season for the Upper Peninsula and Michigan. Three U.P hatcheries contributed to that success and are luring anglers and visitors curious about the operations.

Downtown Ironwood.
Ironwood: A community ready for redevelopment

Located in the far-flung western U.P., Ironwood is a city poised for redevelopment, recently earning a Redevelopment Ready Community designation from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.

Historic photo of the Mather Inn.
Ishpeming’s ‘movie famous’ inn finds new life

Renovated historic Ishpeming hotel serves craft cocktails and nostalgia. The hotel, which once housed the cast of the Hollywood film, "Anatomy of a Murder," also has mixed-use space and plans for a basement taproom.

Love the Keweenaw campaign kicks off

The Love the Keweenaw campaign aims to educate and equip residents, outdoor enthusiasts and visitors with strategies and resources to make respectful, sustainable, low-impact use of the peninsula's recreation spaces.   

State and local officials broke ground on the new facility earlier this year.
$7.3 million manufacturing hub underway in eastern U.P.

Chippewa County has broken ground on a manufacturing facility that will serve as a transportation and logistics hub.

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