TRAVEL MARQUETTE IS now reviewing a study it commissioned several months ago, asking tourists what they like about Marquette County and asking locals how they feel about the tourists. A thousand visitors from 36 states and three foreign countries gave responses. So did about 500 locals. Here's the most astonishing ... Continue Reading
Fairfield Inn Hustling to Break Ground, One Marquette Place Filling Up, and Taking a Chance on a Distillery
THE FAIRFIELD INN isn't wasting any time. They're planning to break ground for their new hotel in south Marquette on June 27th, according to architect Barry Polzin. The City Commission this week approved dividing the last of the Founders Landing properties on Lakeshore Boulevard, which allows Fairfield Inn, a Marriott ... Continue Reading
Marquette’s Growing Love Affair with Bikes
SO YOU THINK Marquette is a bike-friendly community? Watch what happens over the next three years. We're going to see a huge increase in the number of streets that will be welcoming to bicyclists. The city's got just over 100 miles of streets and currently 6.4 miles have designated bike lanes, and 2.4 miles of streets ... Continue Reading
Biking Starting on Marquette Mountain
BIKING SEASON HAS arrived at Marquette Mountain. It's something new that the new management is trying this summer--biking from 3-8 pm on Thursdays and Friday, and then two sessions, 10:30 am to 3 pm and 3-8 pm on Saturdays. Official opening day? This coming Thursday. How's it work? A shuttle bus with a bike trailer takes ... Continue Reading
The Courtyards, the Underachiever, and the “F*ck Yeah” Phenomenon
WELL, THE SIGN'S up on south Marquette's newest commercial establishment, The Courtyards. The parking lot's been striped. So....it's opening? "Within a week," says owner and general manager Don Durley. "No, let's say within two weeks, just to be sure." They're dealing with some minor technological issues. Computer ... Continue Reading
Moose Appears Downtown
OKAY, IT'S NOT a real one. But it's an Earl Senchuk creation that just showed up in the Pocket Park on Washington Street, the same park where Senchuk's sitting statue of Phil Niemisto is located. Four feet long. Made out of concrete and steel. It's located in the back half of the park, not far from some mushrooms that ... Continue Reading
Two and a Half Million Dollars for UP Kids
IT HARDLY CAUSED a ripple when it was announced late last week. It should have been a giant splash. NMU was awarded a "Marshall Plan" grant of nearly $2.5 million to set up classes and training programs in cyber security in 21 school districts in the central and western U.P. This grant comes in addition to the ... Continue Reading
Marquette’s SmartZone After Four Years: A Success?
IT OFFICIALLY OPENED four years ago--Innovate Marquette, Marquette's brand new smartzone. It was this city's attempt to attract high tech entrepreneurs, nurture them, and enable them to become income-producing, job-creating businesses. It had happened all over the country--Silicon Valley, Boston, Boulder, Austin, even up ... Continue Reading
Construction on McClellan Avenue
SO WHAT'S UP with that huge mound of dirt on McClellan (M-553), just south of Econo Foods? More condos? A new brewery? A big coffee shop!! Nope, nope, and nope. It's going to be the new corporate headquarters for Embers Credit Union. "We need more space," says Embers CEO Tom Blake. "We need to expand." Embers ... Continue Reading
Hospital Finds Parking Spaces, Artist Plans Giant Mural for Third Street
PARKING CRISIS AVERTED at UPHS-Marquette. Hospital officials have found more spaces on the campus and plan to lay gravel in them to provide adequate parking for the employees. It'll happen before the hospital's official opening on June 2nd. Marketing director Victor Harrington says the gravelled areas will then be ... Continue Reading
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