MARQUETTE, MI— Nearly $551,000 in Going PRO Talent Fund grants is going to 13 Upper Peninsula businesses to help workers receive training.
The state fund makes awards to employers to assist in training, developing, and retaining current and newly hired employees.
The grants were disbursed as follows:
Company | City | Grant Amount |
Carmeuse Port Inland | Gulliver | $ 49,375.00 |
Coleman Engineering Company | Ironwood | $ 36,260.00 |
Engineered Machined Products, Inc. | Escanaba | $ 34,500.00 |
Ironwood Plastics | Ironwood | $ 14,528.00 |
Jacquart Fabric Products | Ironwood | $ 34,000.00 |
Lexul-Houghton | Hancock | $ 2,000.00 |
MJ VanDamme Trucking, Inc. | Gwinn | $ 12,000.00 |
Northern Hardwoods | Newberry | $ 97,440.00 |
PotlatchDeltic Land and Lumber, LLC | Gwinn | $ 10,000.00 |
Precision Edge Surgical Products | Sault Ste. Marie | $ 41,239.00 |
Resolve Surgical Technologies | Marquette | $ 55,200.00 |
St. Francis Hospital | Escanaba | $ 35,380.00 |
Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center | Marquette | $ 129,000.00 |
The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity makes Going PRO Talent Fund awards to employers through Michigan Works Agencies, including Upper Peninsula Michigan Works.
