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
Mystery at the Old Arby’s Site, Tourism Bounce, and Hope for Lakeshore Boulevard
STILL NO ANSWERS on exactly what's going in at the old, abandoned Arby's site off the highway, near WJMN and Bigby's. It's clearly going to be a restaurant, with a large, new slab of concrete laid out front for a sitting and dining area. The Veridea Group owns the strip mall and the property. "We can't comment on it," ... Continue Reading
Marquette’s Building Boom: Continuing or Ending?
IS THE BUILDING boom in Marquette just about over? At first glance, it might appear to be. Consider: 1) The $300 million hospital project is gearing down and is scheduled to open this spring 2) The Woods, NMU's huge residential addition, is complete 3) Same goes for the Energy Center 4) And for Harbor Vista, the ... Continue Reading
“Duke” LifePoint Questions, Jazz Club Delays, Panera Rumors!!!, the Cruelty of a Stroke, Marquette’s Two Energy Dinosaurs, the View from Abroad, and Our Phenomenal Wildlife Photographer
QUESTIONS WERE RAISED last week when it was announced that LifePoint Health (the parent of UPHS) was being sold to or merged with RCCH HealthCare Partners. The press release announcing the transaction made no mention of "Duke" as in "Duke LifePoint", so did that mean Duke University was out of the deal? No, says DLP ... Continue Reading
Questions about Hospital Sale (or Merger), Plans for a New Patisserie–and a New Coffee Shop, Anger over a News Story, More Plaudits for the UP, Tourism Figures Are Up, an Unusual Write-In Campaign, and Trillium House’s First Guest
WELL, THE RUMORS were true, after all. UP Health Systems-Marquette (along with the other UPHS hospitals in the UP) is being sold. Or "merged." Semantics. What we know, if the deal goes through, is that Apollo Global Management, a huge private equities firm that owns RCCH Healthcare Partners, is buying Duke LifePoint ... Continue Reading