Virtual Business After Hours Tonight the Lake Superior Community Partnership is facilitating their first virtual Business After Hours. And you can go! Or at least you can attend, virtually. The idea for this event is to keep the momentum going with the popular Business After Hours but do it in a Covid compliant ... Continue Reading
Barrel and Beam Prepares to Brew, Parking Meters Bring in Cash, Mine Closure Not So Bad, Entrepreneurship Up, One Woman Bakery Is Busy, Change at WJMN, Snow Guns Ready at the Mountain, and a Free Meal Downtown
BARREL AND BEAM will be brewing up its first batch of beer next week. No, you won't be able to drink it yet. Nick VanCourt and Marina Dupler, the husband and wife team who own Barrel and Beam, plan to open the niche brewery the week between Christmas and New Years. Note the word "plan." Unexpected delays can ... Continue Reading
Doghouse Changes Delayed, Panda Garden Closes, Big Business Proposal at NMU, Sawyer Traffic Booming, a New Sheriff in Town, and Whole New Lineup at ABC 10
THE MUCH ANTICIPATED transformation of the Doghouse to Digs downtown will have to wait. There was a problem with getting the new booths here in time. So now the change--complete with relocating the bar, erecting a stage, bringing in new tables and chairs, changing the menu and the name, and giving the establishment a ... Continue Reading
LSCP Rumors: True , Untrue, or Somewhere in Between?
RUMORS ABOUT THE Lake Superior Community Partnership have been flying around town the last day or so. Turns out, they may be a bit exaggerated. But still significant. The story is this: LSCP has just lost its designation as the lead economic development agency for the Michigan Economic Development Corporation in the ... Continue Reading
Boomerang and Lutey’s Are Moving, Cliffs Is Dealing, Reed Is Leaving, Grace Methodist is Deciding, and Employers Are Searching
THAT EMPTY STORERONT at the corner of Washington and Front Streets will soon be filled by a downtown neighbor. Boomerang, which features retro clothes, housewares and furnishings from the Fifties and Sixties, will be moving from its current location on Washington, a half block away. The new space, formerly occupied by ... Continue Reading