LOTTA TIME TO kill these days while practicing social distancing and mourning the closure of coffee shops, restaurants, bars, and retail stores. So we old folks sleep, eat, take a walk, rest, eat, take a walk, work on a 1000 piece puzzle, rest, take another walk, eat, watch the news...and then evening! Netflix! Woohoo! ... Continue Reading
What’s Ahead for Marquette Mountain?
SO ERIC JORGENSEN, a highly successful and involved businessman, now owns Marquette Mountain. Has he bought himself a profitable enterprise? And if not, can he transform it into a money maker? "The revenue this season is better than it's been in at least several years," says general manager Andrew Farron, "but it's ... Continue Reading
Who Is Eric Jorgensen and Why Did He Buy Marquette Mountain?
ERIC JORGENSEN'S SENIOR yearbook at his Wisconsin high school may have foretold his future. The seniors were asked what they thought they would be in twenty years. Jorgensen, the prescient teenager, answered "leader of a large corporation" and "owner of a ski resort in Utah." Okay, his prediction wasn't exact, but you ... Continue Reading
Anatomy of a Business Failure
TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-old Klint Miller looks you straight in the eye from across his desk at UP General Contracting in downtown Marquette. He's ready for questions. He's just shut down his business after less than four years. A locked door, employees let go, building contracts unfulfilled, debts unpaid, some of them ... Continue Reading
Is Marquette About to Become Pot City USA?
RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA IS coming to the city of Marquette. That much is clear. What's unclear is exactly when? And how many shops will there be? Will pot shops be cropping up everywhere? Probably not. "Based on conversations we've had at meetings and here at the City Manager's office, I would expect that we'd have ... Continue Reading