Numerous organizations have expressed support for the Western U.P. Regional Prosperity Initiative over the years by submitting letters or resolutions of support for one or more of WUPPDR’s applications. This year’s supporters and partners of WUPPDR’s 2019 Regional Prosperity Initiative application- businesses, educators, healthcare providers, nonprofit organizations, public agencies, and state and local legislators – are listed below.
The state requires participation of several categories of partners: adult and higher education, workforce and economic development (including Community Development Collaborative [CDC] members), private sector, transportation, foundations/non-profits, and local governments. Most participants in the list are in one or more of those categories.
Acronyms are included where they are commonly used to refer to the organization.
Adult Education
- Copper Country Intermediate School District
- Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District
- Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District
Higher Education
- Finlandia University
- Gogebic Community College
- Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College
- Michigan Technological University – Innovation and Industry Engagement
- Michigan Technological Univesity– Keweenaw Research Center
- Northern Michigan University – Center for Rural Community and Economic Development
Economic Development
- Baraga County Chamber of Commerce
- Central Upper Peninsula Planning & Development Regional Commission (CUPPAD)
- Dickinson Area Partnership
- Eastern Upper Peninsula Regional Planning & Development Commission
- Keweenaw Convention & Visitors Bureau
- Keweenaw Economic Development Alliance (KEDA)
- Keweenaw Peninsula Chamber of Commerce
- Lake Gogebic Area Chamber of Commerce
- MTEC SmartZone
- Northern Initiatives
- Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC)
- Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
- Upper Peninsula Economic Development Alliance (UPEDA)
- UPWARD Initiative
- Village of Baraga (CDC member; also local unit of government)
- Village of L’Anse (CDC member; also local unit of government)
- MTEC SmartZone
- Lake Gogebic Area Chamber of Commerce
- Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
- Ironwood Chamber of Commerce
- Wakefield Chamber of Commerce
- Western U.P. Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Baraga County Economic Development Corporation
Workforce Development
- Eastern Upper Peninsula Workforce Development Board/Employment and Training Consortium
- Goodwill Industries of Northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, Inc.
- Michigan Technological University – Innovation and Industry Engagement
- Michigan Works! – Central Upper Peninsula (The Job Force Board)
- Michigan Works! -Eastern Upper Peninsula
- Michigan Works! – Western Upper Peninsula
- UPWARD Talent Council- Michigan Works!
- Six-County Employment Alliance
Transportation
- Baraga County Road Commission
- Gogebic County Road Commission
- Gogebic County Transit Authority
- Houghton County Road Commission
- Indian Trails (also private enterprise)
- Iron County Heritage Trail
- Michigan Department of Transportation – Ishpeming Transportation Center
- Michigan Department of Transportation – Superior Region Office
- Ontonagon County Public Transit
- Keweenaw County Road Commission
Foundations/Non-Profits
- Goodwill Industries of Northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan (also human services)
- Portage Health Foundation
- Superior Alliance for Independent Living
Pre-K – 12 Education
Healthcare/Human Services
- Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital
- Copper Country Human Services Coordinating Body
- Copper Country Mental Health Services
- Michigan Department of Human Services – Baraga/Houghton/Keweenaw Counties
- Michigan Department of Human Services – Business Service Center 1/Upper Peninsula PATH
- UP Health System – Portage
- U.P. Community Services, Inc. (operating as Dickinson-Iron Community Services Agency [DICSA]) (also transportation)
- Western Upper Peninsula Health Department
Private Sector
- Eagle Mine
- Extreme Tool and Engineering
- L’Anse Manufacturing, Inc.
- Upper Peninsula Engineers and Architects
- Upper Peninsula Power Company
- Waste Management, Inc.
- Coleman Engineering Company
- Extreme Tool & Manufacturing
- Houghton Energy Efficiency Team/New Power Tour, Inc.
- Jacquart Fabric Products
Miscellaneous
- Gogebic County Forestry and Parks Commission
- Gogebic Range Solid Waste Management Authority
- Keweenaw Young Professionals (KYP)
- Michigan State Senator Tom Casperson/Upper Peninsula State Legislators
- United States Representative Tom Benishek
- Upper Peninsula Commission for Area Progress
- Keweenaw Young Professionals
- L’Anse Manufacturing
- PM Power Group
WUPPDR Member Units of Government
- Baraga County
- Gogebic County
- Houghton County
- Iron County
- Keweenaw County
- Ontonagon County
- City of Hancock
- City of Houghton
- Village of Ontonagon
- Calumet Charter Township
- Portage Charter Township
Other Units of Government
- City of Crystal Falls
- City of Iron River
- City of Ironwood
- Village of Calumet
- Village of Lake Linden
- Village of South Range
- Bohemia Township
- Eagle Harbor Township
- Grant Township
- Hancock Township
- Laird Township
- McMillan Township
- Osceola Township
- Spurr Township
- Wakefield Township
- Watersmeet Township
- Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
These partners and units of government form the foundation of a diverse group of stakeholders who have been invited to participate in quarterly collaborative meetings. Complete lists of members of the Advisory Committee and stakeholders are available on the Documents page.