{"id":11237,"date":"2022-01-20T18:01:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T18:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.investupmi.com\/?p=11237"},"modified":"2022-01-20T18:01:12","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T18:01:12","slug":"u-p-communities-use-medc-revitalization-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investupmi.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/20\/u-p-communities-use-medc-revitalization-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"U.P. communities use MEDC revitalization tools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While the Upper Peninsula is widely known for its unlimited outdoor recreational opportunities, it also features dynamic communities which are home to vibrant cities and villages that attract business and recreation, as well as workers, students, tourists, and residents, like Houghton and Hancock. Communities across the Upper Peninsula are proactively investing in themselves by addressing local needs while becoming a place that attracts business and visitors alike with support and technical assistance from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michiganbusiness.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Michigan Economic Development Corporation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond its traditional incentive assistance, two MEDC programs are providing technical assistance to revitalization efforts across the U.P.\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.miplace.org\/programs\/michigan-main-street\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Michigan Main Street<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miplace.org\/programs\/redevelopment-ready-communities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Redevelopment Ready Communities (RRC)<\/a>. While Sault Ste. Marie is the only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miplace.org\/programs\/michigan-main-street\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Michigan Main Street Community<\/a> in the U.P., three communities are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miplace.org\/4ae3d1\/globalassets\/documents\/maps\/rrc-map.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RRC Certified Communities<\/a>\u2014Bessemer, Houghton, and Marquette\u2014and 24 communities are RRC engaged, including Calumet, Chassell Township, Clark Township, Escanaba, Gladstone, Hancock, Iron Mountain, Iron River, Ironwood, Ishpeming, Lake Linden, L&#8217;Anse, Laurium, Manistique, Menominee, Michigamme Township, Munising, Negaunee, Newberry, Norway, Ontonagon, Sault Ste. Marie, St. Ignace, and Wakefield. Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michiganbusiness.org\/news\/2022\/01\/upper-peninsula-communities-revitalization-creates-aesthetic-social-and-economic-benefits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the Upper Peninsula is widely known for its unlimited outdoor recreational opportunities, it also features dynamic communities which are home to vibrant cities and villages that attract business and recreation, as well as workers, students, tourists, and residents, like Houghton and Hancock. 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