AMPERSAND IS NO more. At least the name "Ampersand" is gone. (Next to the door temporarily is a big question mark.) The downtown co-working space, which has struggled to stay solvent over the last two years, is being renamed "Campfire Coworks," and, more important, it's coming under new management. The new ... Continue Reading
Tech Jobs in Marquette: Not So Unusual Anymore
CAN MARQUETTE EVER become a mini-Silicon Valley? A regional center for tech-based businesses? Skeptics may question that possibility, noting that the SmartZone here, designed to attract young, innovative tech businesses, is now nearly five years old, and yet still only a handful of tech businesses call Marquette ... Continue Reading
Marquette “Redmen”: Is There Room for a Compromise?
MONDAY'S MAPS SCHOOL board meeting will likely be unusually crowded. And maybe impassioned. It'll be the first Board meeting since a research committee returned its recommendation that Marquette Senior High School drop its controversial nickname "Redmen." "The research reviewed by the committee demonstrated that a ... Continue Reading
Google Expands in Michigan but Omits the UP
LOOKS LIKE GOOGLE, which seems intent on mapping every square inch of the world, has forgotten where the Upper Peninsula is. It's not the first time a major company or organization has omitted the UP from its map of Michigan, but there is some irony here because, gosh, Google knows everything. The omission comes in ... 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