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Partnership News and Views: Financial support available for business needs

A critical goal in economic development is ensuring that businesses have the capital that they need to get started and grow. Understanding that funding can sometimes be difficult to access, the LSCP encourages businesses to take advantage of the opportunities available. These opportunities ...

Sweetgrass Golf Course named NGCOA National Golf Course of the Year

ESCANABA — Island Resort & Casino’s original course, Sweetgrass, has been named the 2022 Golf Course of the Year by the National Golf Course Owners Association. The announcement was made at the NGCOA Golf Business Conference 2022 in Orlando. The NGCOA selected its winner based on four ...

Chamber Chat: Why we do ribbon cuttings

Ribbon and oversized scissors are essential pieces of chamber of commerce equipment. At the Greater Ishpeming-Negaunee Area Chamber of Commerce, we put our scissors to good use. Our most recent ribbon cutting was on Friday at West End Ski & Trail in Ishpeming. We’ve held ribbon cuttings ...

Key inflation gauge hit 6.1% in January, highest since 1982

WASHINGTON (AP) — An inflation gauge that is closely monitored by the Federal Reserve jumped 6.1% in January compared with a year ago, the latest evidence that Americans are enduring sharp price increases that will likely worsen after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The figure reported ...

How inflation and tangled supply chains are gripping the economy

WASHINGTON (AP) — Since the pandemic erupted two years ago, Forest Ramsey and his wife, Kelly, have held the line on prices at their gourmet chocolate shop in Louisville, Kentucky. Now, they’re about to throw in the towel. In the past year, the costs of ingredients for their business, Art Eatables, have surged between 10% and 50%. The Ramseys are paying their employees 30% more than they did before the pandemic. And in the face of supply shortages, their packaging costs are up. They’ve begun using 12-piece trays in their eight-piece chocolate boxes because they can no longer ...