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Meeting Minutes: January 25, 2012Executive Board Members Present: Bruce Orttenburger, Joel Schultz, Barb Walden (Via Telephone), Tawn Ferrarini, Kristen Claus, Kim Stoker, Tedd Penn, Holly Peoples, Dan Dasho, Randy Tallon (Guest), Kelly Drake-Woodward (Guest), Jeff Hagen (Guest), Glen Andersen (Guest). Read More
UPEDA May 3rd, Meeting AgendaUpcoming Meetings:
May 3, 2012; September 20, 2012, and the next meeting is tbd.
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Download the UPEDA Meeting Flyer 05/03.
UPEDA Membership Meeting May 3rd, 2012Upcoming Meetings:
May 3, 2012; September 20, 2012, and the next meeting is tbd.
Download the UPEDA Meeting Flyer 05/03.
Meeting Minutes: December 2, 2011Executive Board Members Present: Chair Bill Hetrick (VAST), Dan Dasho (Cloverland Electric Cooperative), Joe Esbrook (Packerland Broadband), Ted Penn (Wisconsin Public Service), Holly Peoples (Michigan Works! The Job Force Board), Joel Schultz (MI-SBTDC), Bruce Orttenburger (Dickinson Area Partnership), and Tawni Ferrarini (Northern Michigan University),
Merit Network’s Middle Mile ARRA REACH-3MC ProjectMerit Network, Inc. is a nonprofit, member-owned organization formed in 1966 to design and implement a computer network between public universities in Michigan. After 40 years of innovation, Merit continues to provide high-performance networking and services to the research and education communities in Michigan and beyond.
Download the presentation from the January 26th UPEDA meeting here.
Meeting Minutes: November 2, 2011Executive Board Members Present: Chair Bill Hetrick (VAST), Kristen Claus (Sault Ste. Marie Economic Development Corporation), Cathi Cole (MEDC, ex-officio), Dan Dasho (Cloverland Electric Cooperative), Joe Esbrook (Packerland Broadband), Ted Penn (Wisconsin Public Service), Holly Peoples (Michigan Works! The Job Force Board), Joel Schultz (MI-SBTDC), Bruce Orttenburger (Dickinson Area Partnership), Read More
January UPEDA MeetingPlease join us on January 26, 2012 for a UPEDA Membership Meeting. The meeting will be held at Northern Michigan University, Don H. Bottum Center, Brule Room. The agenda for this meeting includes: Read More
UPEDA November 3rd Membership MeetingThe meeting will be held at Bay College West beginning at 8:30 am CST with registration and networking, followed by an Election of Officers. The day will include lunch and presentations by:
- Ann Franz – North Coast Marine Manufacturing Alliance
- Mark Pontti – Verso Paper
- Joanne Cebelak – Efficiency United
- Bill Cook – Michigan State University Research Station
The UPCDC is a partnership between local and regional economic development agencies and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC). The Council’s purpose is to provide strategic direction and programmatic input to the MEDC senior leadership team.
The UPCDC is intended to help advance the state of Michigan’s economic development through strengthening the relationships, leveraging the assets and improving the flow of communication and project management between the MEDC and local partners.
Download the presentation from the September 8th UPEDA meeting here.
Ring of Fire Investment Opportunities in Ontario’s Far NorthWisconsin Central Ltd. (WC) started in the mid 1980s using most of the original Wisconsin Central Railway’s rights of way and some former Milwaukee Road rights of way after the Soo Line Railroad acquired the Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Minnesota holdings of the bankrupt Milwaukee Road and divested its older railway trackage in Wisconsin. In 1993 the Wisconsin Central also acquired the Green Bay and Western Railroad and the Fox River Valley Railroad.
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