More Beacon House By this time, you're likely quite familiar with Beacon House... the mission, the people behind it, and the money needed to make it all happen. Really, what area non-profit has garnered more media attention and fundraising publicity over the last decade than Beacon House? And now their new facility, ... Continue Reading
Beacon House Plans Accelerating, Tourism Trying to Revive, Farmers Market Getting Livelier, and Partridge Creek Harvest Is Surging
General contractor chosen "WE WILL BEGIN construction before the end of summer." The promise of Beacon House CEO Mary Tavernini, who concedes that her group hasn't quite raised enough money to complete Phase One (with 20 guest rooms) of the project. At one point, Tavernini had insisted they wouldn't start building until ... Continue Reading
The New Hotel, the Burgeoning Business Park, Bugsy’s Sunrises, and a Wildcat-Turned-49er Rises in the Coaching Ranks
The owner's not saying much about Superior Stay WE'RE WAITING FOR more news on the former Beacon House which is being converted to a hotel. The sign's gone up: Superior Stay. Renovation has been underway inside for the last few months, the exterior has been painted a very distinctive gray and black (Those seem to be ... 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
Burgers, Hotel, Bank, Coffee, and More
SOMETHING NEW ON Marquette's culinary scene. Queen City Burgers on US 41 (across from Frei Chevrolet) opens next Monday, pending a final inspection this week by the county mechanical inspector. Local businessmen Dave Guizzetti and Eric Curtis have put a lot of work and money into it. "It's not fast food," Guizzetti ... Continue Reading