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Small business restart grant applications now accepted

MARQUETTE — In an effort to continue to support small businesses, the Michigan Small Business Restart Program will provide funding to local economic development organizations which will provide grants to eligible small businesses that have been negatively impacted by COVID-19 pandemic and need working capital to support payroll expenses, rent, mortgage payments, utility expenses or other similar expenses that may be incurred. The Michigan Economic Development Corporation has provided a single, statewide application starting last Wednesday, at ...

Chamber Chat: Following virus response plans

Following Our COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Plans As part of the reopening, all businesses were required to develop a COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Plan. These were put in place to help slow the spread of the virus and create a safer environment for employees and customers. It ...

THIS WEEK’S BUSINESS PROFILE: Northern Michigan Land Brokers

MARQUETTE — Looking for a new home? Is a camp or cottage on the wish list? In search of the perfect property for the small business you have always dreamed of opening? Perhaps that dream parcel of waterfront or woodlands? Northern Michigan Land Brokers are ready to help you with that. They ...

A new era begins at Jon’s Auto

MARQUETTE — Just 52 days after Jon’s Auto started a new era of ownership, the COVID-19 pandemic hit. But new owners Brian Kipling and Mike Guenette did not let that get them down. In the midst of the stress of the pandemic, the new owners of Jon’s kept things in perspective. “What do ...

News from the Greater Munising Area

Since recently moving back to Munising, friends living in other areas have asked about my rural hometown and what makes it special. “I’ve only driven through it, what’s there to do?” or “I’ve been on a boat tour, but that’s it,” are the most common phrases I’ve heard. ...

Partnership News and Views

It is wonderful to see businesses and organizations continued the reopening process! While we all realize that things are definitely not as they used to be, we continue to adapt to the “new normal” and begin to live our lives outside our homes. The last three months while challenging have ...