MARQUETTE, MI-- Governor Gretchen Whitmer is in the Upper Peninsula this week as part of her “UP Jobs Tour.”
Whitmer travels to the Western UP Tuesday to meet with local government and elected officials, along with leaders from several area businesses in Michigan’s $20 billion forest products industry. Wednesday she will meet with leaders from two defense manufacturing companies and will participate in a tour featuring several economic development and placemaking projects in city of Houghton. On Thursday Whitmer will attend the groundbreaking ceremony of a new manufacturing facility at Sawyer and later head to the UP State Fair.
The trip is meant to showcase Michigan’s Economic Jumpstart plan and how her administration is preparing and training the 21st Century workforce. The governor’s plan includes $1 billion dollars to jumpstart Michigan’s economy by investing in businesses, workers and organizations across the state.
