Jeffrey Mosher speaks with Amy Clickner Chief Executive Officer, Lake Superior Community Partnership (LSCP), Marquette, MI. Their discussion covers Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and COVID-19 impact on business. To hear Amy and Jeffrey’s discussion please click play on the podcast shared below.
At the time of this recording 32 cases confirmed and 6 deaths, for comparison, nearly 10 times the cases 312, but the same level of 6 deaths in Ingham County the state capitol of Michigan, while the state is approaching 2,400 deaths.
Economic Development continues during the Stay at Home orders, remote working opportunities. leveraging technology which despite infrastructure was becoming a necessity even before when Ironwood to Sault Ste Marie is a 5 1/2 to 6 1/2 hour trip.
Hear about this in more in the interview.
Meanwhile, here is a portion of Amy’s recent editorial for the Mining Journal:
What a crazy world we live in these days. I keep saying it’s like living in a bad movie, or like the movie “Groundhog’s Day”! I also wonder if sweatpants and baseball caps will be standard attire in the workplace once we go back.
What about Zoom? Everyone is setting up not only work calls, but gathering family and friends to catch up or host a virtual Happy Hour. How about all the amazing things that people and businesses are doing to lift each other up and support those that are on the front line? It is truly heartwarming and gives me faith in humanity.
I digress…The current situation certainly isn’t fun and games. There are not only human lives, but business lives on the line. Since my job revolves around the latter, that is what I will address today.
Last year, one of the columns I authored was titled “The Life of an Economic Developer”. My point at the time was to show the varied duties we have and roles we play with the community and with our business clients. Showing the need to be nimble and flexible with the ever changing economic landscape. And, boy, has the landscape ever changed! So let’s talk about a day in the life as we know it now….
