MARQUETTE, MI-- Fifty-eight Marquette County businesses collectively created 211 new jobs in 2017.
That’s according to the Lake Superior Community Partnership. The businesses were recognized for their participation in the Plus One program Wednesday during the Partnership’s annual meeting.
Michigan Works! and the Partnership’s Plus One program is designed around the premise that an employer adding just one employee contributes to the economic development of Marquette County. Since the inception of the program 11 years ago, Marquette County businesses have created 3,181 jobs.
The businesses recognized for adding jobs in 2017 were: 906 Technologies, Active Physical Therapy, Bald Eagle Harley-Davidson, Bell Forest Products, Inc., Bennett Media Group, Biggby Coffee of Marquette, Brookridge Heights Assisted Living & Memory Care, Café Bodega, Carpet Specialists Carpet One Floor & Home, Chocolay Ace Hardware, Closner Construction, Community Action Alger-Marquette, Compudyne, Contrast Coffee, Eagle Mine, Fraco, Inc., GEI Consultants, Inc., Great Lakes Recovery Centers, Grover Daycare, Honor Credit Union, Integrated Designs, Inc., KADU Designs, Katherine Jarvi Photography, Lakestate Industries, Manpower, Marquette Area Public Schools, Mommaerts Mahaney Financial Services, Inc., MQT Nutrition, National Carbon Technologies, LLC, North Oak Manufacturing, Inc., Northern Michigan University, Ojibwa Casinos, Peak Gymnastics & Fitness, Plan Sponsor Consultants, Potlach Corporation, Queen City Running Company, Range Bank, River Valley Bank, Spotless Results Cleaning, Superior Extrusion, Inc., Superior Eye Health & Vision Therapy, Superior Rehabilitation & Professional Services, Swick Home Services, The Bobber Shop, The Guys’ Place, U.P. General Contracting, U.P. Health System-Marquette, U.P. Home Health & Hospice, U.P. Office Equipment Systems, U.P. Rehab Services, Upper Peninsula Health Plan, Upper Peninsula Power Company, Velodrome Coffee, Women’s Center, Inc., Yooper Shirts, Yooptone Music.
