SO FAR, SO good. That's the preliminary verdict on Marquette's Wednesday Farmers Market. The Downtown Development Authority needed at least a dozen vendors to move forward with it, and they're now at twenty. "Some of the vendors were cautious at first because they didn't know if it would succeed," says market ... Continue Reading
More Jobs for the UP, and Crashing While Reading a Safety Warning
"FOR TOO LONG, manufacturing has had the stigma of being a low skill profession. That's not at all true anymore." The words of Brian Sarvello, the career and technical education director for MARESA. He makes that point as he explains how the Upper Peninsula will spend the $1.2 million recently awarded to us through ... Continue Reading
It’s Adios for Dia de los Tacos
WELL, IT'S NOT goodbye quite yet, fortunately. But yes, Mike Walker, one of Marquette's food truck pioneers, will be shutting down his much loved food truck, Dia de los Tacos, at the end of the summer. He's already started his 100 day Farewell Tour. Some of Dia's fans would contend that the loss of Walker and his food ... Continue Reading
Westwood Mall: A Progress Report
SO IT'S BEEN nearly six months since the main part of the Westwood Mall (not Kohl's) was sold to the Kohan Retail Investment Group out of Great Neck, New York. What followed was hope that this languishing mall would finally be revived. Well. Okay, there are new signs outside. Nothing jazzy...just new. Then you ... Continue Reading
Finally! The Bayou (Under a New Name) Will Reopen
FOR TWO YEARS, the Bayou restaurant and brewery in Harvey has sat there, sad, shuttered, and surrounded by an empty parking lot. Well, it's soon coming back to life under a new name which so far has not been disclosed. The old signs have come down. Two local businesspersons, who don't want their names publicized yet ... Continue Reading