Renovating old historic buildings helps preserve our "sense of place" while offering a new purpose for the building, like apartments or retail establishments. In the U.P., several buildings are or will be painstakingly restored and repurposed to meet the needs of the 21st century.
A review from Small Town Girl, Foodie World on the new German restaurant and delicatessen in Au Train, Wagener's.
Dogs in need of intense rehabilitation find discipline, love, and a new lease on life at the Alger Maximum Security Prison. Inmates live with the dogs, train the dogs, and send them on their way, ready to be adopted into their forever homes.
Deer Lake was once so contaminated that the eagles that lived in the area were disappearing and the mercury levels were very unsafe. But cooperative efforts to restore the lake back to its original condition have helped get it delisted as an Area of Concern.
With delisting as an Area of Concern expected in the next few years, the Manistique River has truly turned back into a jewel of the Upper Peninsula.
There is no doubt that Torch Lake took the brunt of the contamination incurred in the Keweenaw during the copper mining heyday, but steps are being taken to rectify those past mistakes.
Many Upper Peninsula towns rely on tourism almost exclusively for economic development, which doesn't go far enough in creating jobs that will keep young people in the area. Learn how one county with a stubbornly high unemployment rate is working to change that by establishing a long overdue economic development organization.
Innovate Marquette is the Upper Peninsula’s third, and newest, SmartZone outpost. With an experienced leader and robust support from NMU, it’s setting in motion an ambitious vision for the region’s economic future.
Three new health care providers join the Upper Great Lakes Family Health network in the U.P.
Aspen Dental is now open in Marquette, offering dental care to an underserved area of Michigan.
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