WE'RE NOT SURE what it means yet, but the I Love Marquette store on Washington Street in the heart of downtown has been closed for at least a week now. Simply a Closed sign on the door. Lights are on inside, flower pots outside. Becky Salmon, the assistant director of Downtown Development Authority, says she's got no ... Continue Reading
Lakeshore Shopping Mall, Meijer Update, 906 Engineering, Angel Investors, Larry King, and Sydney’s
A SMALL, MOSTLY upscale, two story shopping mall just across Lakeshore Boulevard from Picnic Rocks. That's the plan being designed by a group of Chicago-based investors. It'll be located alongside and behind the newly opened Nestledown Bed and Breakfast. The project manager for the shopping center, Valdy Biernacki, is ... Continue Reading
Meijer Plans, Up the Sky Hopes, Dairy Queen’s Opening, Bill Roth!, Fishing on TV, and a Child Prodigy
NO DEFINITE WORD yet from Meijer on its planned expansion into Marquette County. A corporate executive downstate says, absolutely, they want to come here (they like college towns), they are intending to come here, they are shopping around but have not yet found a site. They've been searching for about two years. We ... Continue Reading