InvestUP, Together with Local Organizations, Selected for $1M EPA Brownfields Assessment Coalition Grant to Support Redevelopment in the Western Upper Peninsula
MARQUETTE, MI (July 1, 2026) – Communities in the Western Upper Peninsula will have new resources to ready underused properties for redevelopment, thanks to a $1 million Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Brownfields Assessment Coalition Grant awarded to InvestUP, in partnership with the Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region (WUPPDR), Houghton County Land Bank, and Gogebic County Land Bank. The selection was announced by the EPA […]
Episode 28: Danica Stanciu
Don Ryan reflects on U.P. growth, population trends, entrepreneurship, and the need to better tell the region’s story.
Episode 27: Don Ryan
Don Ryan reflects on U.P. growth, population trends, entrepreneurship, and the need to better tell the region’s story.
Copperwood Project in Michigan’s Western Upper Peninsula Moves Forward with the Sustainable Development of the Choate Road Bridge
From restoring streams and habitats and to improving infrastructure, the Copperwood Project is delivering environmental benefits that will support the region for decades ONTONAGON COUNTY, Mich. — Highland Copper, in partnership with the Ontonagon County Road Commission, today celebrated the completion of the newly constructed Choate Road Bridge over Bluff Creek with a ribbon cutting—an […]