TEN YEARS AGO, enrollment at Northern Michigan University was close to 10,000 students. Today, it's at 7750. And dropping. "We'll continue to decline for the next five to seven years," NMU president Fritz Erickson concedes. "We should stabilize our enrollment somewhere around 7000 students, maybe as low as 6500, just ... Continue Reading
NMU Expansion, Negaunee Demolition, Mather Inn Revival, Country Grill Closure, and Buying Local
STRANGE, WE'RE NOT hearing much talk about NMU's plans to remodel and expand the University Center. It's a $17 million dollar expansion, complete with a 900 seat banquet facility. That's a big deal. It could open up a whole new market for the university in a town that's crying out for more banquet space. The Board of ... Continue Reading
The Ball is Back, and the Spectacle is Better than Ever
THE BALL DROP is back for New Years Eve in Marquette. And it'll be a new ball dropped from a new building. You can thank the Double Trouble boys and the Downtown Development Authority. A couple of weeks ago, JP Electric announced that, after a few decades of conducting the ball drop from the Savings Bank ... Continue Reading
A High Rise on the Shore, High Praise from the Rest of the World
WELL, IT'S FINALLY begun. Take a drive down Lakeshore Boulevard near the Hampton Inn, and you'll see that, at long last, construction of One Marquette Place is underway on the shore of Lake Superior. Actually, crews are moving dirt right now to fortify the ground in preparation for the installation of massive ... Continue Reading
Questions about Upfront, a New Training Studio Downtown, and 906 Technologies on the Move
LET'S NOT GET overly excited about the reopening of the Upfront (to be renamed The Harbor) just yet. It's not a done deal, not even close, according to an executive who works for the current owner Rhys Mussman in Indiana. This executive indicates there's been no apparent progress on getting financing for the deal over ... Continue Reading
A New Day for the YMCA…and for Gophers Bakery
THERE'S NO OTHER way to put it: 2016 has been a nightmare for the Marquette County YMCA. Lawsuits filed against it. The CEO fired. Dozens of bills, totaling more than $5 million, unpaid. Staff laid off, programs cut. The Board of Volunteers dwindling to a mere five members (bylaws call for between 11 and 25 ... Continue Reading
Ball Drop in Jeopardy
LOOKS LIKE MARQUETTE won't be celebrating its traditional New Year's Eve ball drop this year. JP Electric. which has conducted the drop on a volunteer basis since 1988, will not be involved this year. Owner John Prince says he and his staff are getting older, the ball drop has always been a little risky, and it's time to ... Continue Reading
Coco’s to Close
COCO'S, THE LAKE SHORE Boulevard restaurant that's been for sale for the last couple of years, is closing down on October 30th. Owners Jackie and Patrick Gonda have given their employees and customers the sad news over the last few days. The Gondas are retiring and will eventually relocate to Spain where Patrick's ... Continue Reading
STRAIGHTtalk with Lee Francisco
Lee Francisco is one of the high tech pioneers in Marquette. He founded 906 Technologies in 2005 and remains its CEO today. The company also led to the creation of 906 Engineering and, most recently, 414 Technologies. Brian Cabell sat down with Lee to get a better sense of his life and philosophy. BC: Where'd you grow ... Continue Reading
Arby’s Closes, So Does Revolutions, Dark Stores Is Discouraging, Walmart Isn’t Greedy, Fresh Coast Is Promising, and the Free Store Is Reborn
ARBY'S IS CLOSING down. If you're saying to yourself, "Where's Arby's?" that might be problem. It's located in the strip mall near WJMN and Biggby coffee, not far from US 41--not a bad location, but somehow it just didn't seem to click with most Marquette fast food consumers. Arby's has its fans--and 3300 ... Continue Reading
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