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State Funding Helps Pave the Way for New Jobs and Opportunities in the Upper Peninsula
$50 million MSF grant and $7.5 million MDOT grant will support the Copperwood Project and critical industries in the Western U.P. MARQUETTE, Mich. (August 25, 2026) — InvestUP and community
More Than 130 Leaders Representing Every Upper Peninsula County Join “Our U.P., Our Future” to Show Support for the Copperwood Project and Responsible Economic Development
Broad coalition includes community members, businesses, labor and economic development leaders fighting for the region’s future A new coalition of more than 130 local leaders, labor unions, business
New Statewide Poll Shows 71% of Voters Support the Copperwood Project
Copperwood Project will create jobs, boost economic activity in the UP and include strict environmental monitoring MARQUETTE, Mich. (August 21, 2026) — New statewide polling conducted
InvestUP and Upper Peninsula Planning Agencies Launch Rent Study to Improve Regional Housing Data
MARQUETTE, MI (August 10, 2026) – InvestUP has launched the Upper Peninsula Rent Study in partnership with three of the U.P.’s regional planning organizations, Central
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
Daniel J. Kobasic Foundation Commits $1.4 Million to Build U.P. to Support CTE Housing Partnership Across the Upper Peninsula
Daniel J. Kobasic Foundation Investment Helps Build U.P. Expand Housing and Skilled Trades Pipeline MARQUETTE, MI (May 7, 2026) – The Daniel J. Kobasic Foundation
Featured Member: People’s State Bank of Munising
People’s State Bank of Munising has been providing excellent banking services to the people of Alger County and beyond since 1910. With five locations (Munising,