A 1200 ACRE tract of land south of Sawyer International Airport could be the site of a major solar farm in the U.P. Marquette resident Rich Vander Veen, best known for having jump-started the wind power movement in Michigan, is teaming up with Tradewind Energy on the project. They've leased 1200 acres where they've ... Continue Reading
Jazz Club Hopes Are Dimming
IT SURE SOUNDED like a great idea at the time. And it still might happen, but the plans for a new jazz club at an old railroad depot in downtown Marquette have been put on hold. Attorney, trumpeter, and jazz aficionado Karl Numinen bought the building a year ago and announced plans to open a jazz club that would ... Continue Reading
Veridea to Buy Old Hospital Site
IT'S THE STORY everybody's been asking about for a couple of years, and now we have an answer. The Veridea Group, the Marquette-based development firm, has signed an agreement to buy the old hospital site after it's vacated next year, and will convert it to a mixed use development--offices, residences, retail shops, ... Continue Reading
Beacon House Sale Falls Through
DISAPPOINTMENT. FRUSTRATION. AND hope. That basically summarizes the mood of Beacon House CEO Mary Dowling today (Friday). The deal to buy the old Beacon House property on Third Street--the one that looked so promising just a couple of weeks ago--has fallen through. "Finance issues" were the problem. The ... Continue Reading
Bakery Revival
THE BREAD WILL rise again at the Marquette Baking Company. Founder and owner Peter Claybaker closed down his much beloved bakery a couple of months ago but now he's sold the business to Courtney Dalman and Brian Quale. Dohlman is employed at the Marquette Co-op, Quale works in construction. They expect to re-open the ... Continue Reading