A cooperative alliance building triple bottom line prosperity in the Upper Peninsula.
Mission:
To be the local forum where businesses come together to transform and model an economy built on a triple bottom line (economy, community & environment). We work with local, independently owned businesses that have the autonomy to make any transformational change in their business that they can imagine… reexamining where we buy goods and services, how we grow and distribute our food, how w
02/26/2013
Great video expose on how data can be used. Just think about how we can use data in the U.P.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21535739
How 'big data' is changing lives A lifetime of data in a day? How 21st Century data deluges are changing the way we live.
02/20/2013
Project: ICE Official Trailer PROJECT: ICE (Documentary) "PROJECT: ICE" tells the story of the Great Lakes through the prism of ice, viewed from the crossroads of history, science and Climate…
02/12/2013
Congrats on the growth ODBC. Keep p the great work. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=608386462511937&set=a.372378309446088.107765.329710000379586&type=1&theater
This is going to be a crazy week! We are hitting a huge milestone this Saturday with the start of distribution of Ore Dock beer outside the taproom. You may have noticed that our increased capacity has allowed us to keep certain beers on tap more consistently. Nick has been focusing on perfecting these quality, true-to-style recipes. While the tap room provides the opportunity to showcase these favorites as well as sharing seasonal and new brews, the favorites will be a distributing foundation for us.
Join us in celebration of this milestone on Feb 16 at an Ore Dock tap takeover at the Landmark Inn's Pour Party!
02/04/2013
“There is nothing inevitable about the current structure of our economy, it’s not the the product of some natural evolution, it’s the logical outcome of a set of policies”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6rAgHcuYtE
Why We Can't Shop Our Way to a Better Economy: Stacy Mitchell at TEDxDirigo Stacy Mitchell is a researcher and writer at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR), a national nonprofit organization that challenges corporate consol...
The Placemaking Myth:
People today are beginning to voice the concern that Placemaking is “counterproductive” to economic development, because they’ve been led to believe that the process is simply about cutting and pasting things that worked somewhere else into struggling spaces. But great places and strong local economies are created in the same way: by getting people together to define local challenges and come up with appropriate solutions to address them.
http://sustainablecitiescollective.com/projectpublicspaces/117221/placemaking-and-local-economies
http://sustainablecitiescollective.com/projectpublicspaces/117221/placemaking-and-local-economies
Did you know UP with Local is expanding??? Our new website will be launched tomorrow and will explain quite a bit more. Keep your eyes peeled.....
01/27/2013
Do the large national and international banks truly have local interests at heart?
http://www.ilsr.org/small-business-lending-charts/
Small Business Lending: Local Banks vs. Big Banks Although they control only 21% of U.S. bank assets, small and mid-sized banks provide 54% of small business loans.
01/03/2013
Help support one of our local members!
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2013 is looking to be an exciting year for UP with Local and it's supporters. We've been talking with a number of sister organizations around the country and picked up some great inspiration. Here's just one example.
http://vimeo.com/27929501
Sustainable Business Network of Greater Boston Vimeo is the home for high-quality videos and the people who love them.
09/04/2012
Are you a business owner? A manager? If you have any employee's working under you. This brief article is worth a read.
http://blog.intuit.com/employees/5-phrases-to-avoid-saying-to-your-employees/
5 Phrases to Avoid Saying to Your Employees What you say â and donât say â to employees can have a significant impact on your relationship with them. This is important for small-
06/20/2012
Summer Fashion Show benefitting Superior Watershed Partnership. Fun event for a great cause! Tickets going on sale in a few weeks! https://www.facebook.com/ #!/events/428467033845603/
05/16/2012
Our marketing event went very well tonight! Thanks to all that came out and participated. Special thanks to Karyn Olsson for coming all the way from Houghton to give the presentation. Check out her company's website and blog for marketing tips and info. www.marketingdepartmentinc.com
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