Michigan Works! SBTDC PTAC

Business Header

Greetings!

 

Please take a moment to view our weekly update to keep current on the exciting happenings around the Upper Peninsula.  

 

 

January 23, 2013

Business After Hours

 

You are cordially invited to attend... 

 

Lake Superior Community Partnership's Business After Hours sponsored by Michigan Works! The Job Force Board and the Upper Peninsula Economic Development Alliance (UPEDA)! 

 

Please join us for an evening of celebration, hors d'oeuvres, door prizes & great networking!

 

Featuring Products from:

MIUPPERHAND White  

 

 

We can't wait to see you there!

 

Where: Holiday Inn, Marquette

Date: Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Time: 5:00-7:00 pm EST

 

Michigan Works! SBTDC PTAC  

UPEDA 2012  

LSCP  

 

  

_________________________

January 24, 2013 

 

UPEDA Quarterly Meeting 

Holiday Inn, Marquette

 

UPEDA 2012

 

Topics include:

  • Keynote Speaker - John Austin, Michigan Economic Center
  • Upper Peninsula Commercial Air Service Panel - Facilitated by Fred Kotler, panelists: Duane DuRay, Sawyer International Airport; Connie Ness, Delta County Airport; Dennis Hext, Houghton County Airport 
  • Regional Food Hubs as Economic Drivers in the UP - Michelle Walk, MSU Extension 
 

Click HERE for more information and to register. 

 

  

________________________________

 

January 25, 2013

Operation Action U.P.

Annual Meeting

OAUP 

 

"Blazing a Trail to the U.P.'s

Economic Future"

 

Annual Meeting 

 

Each year, the members of Operation Action U.P. and the business community from across Michigan's Upper Peninsula gather to review the accomplishments of the past year and cast the vision for the next. Key business leaders will share their success stories and economic development progress will be reviewed. 

  

This year, will feature two panel discussions, one focusing on workforce development and another on infrastructure.  

 

Where: Northern Michigan University's - University Center

 

Register:

 

Download the registration form here and then register by:

Please register no later than Friday, January 18, 2013.

___________________________

January 17, 2013 

  

Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Understanding the Basics

  

This seminar is designed to answer the following questions:

  • What is the FAR?
  • Where do I find the FAR?
  • How to look up & interpret a FAR Clause.
  • Scenarios where the FAR will come into play.
  • How do FAR clauses apply to government solicitations?

And much more!

  

WHEN:        January 17, 2013

TIME:           9:00 - 11:30am EST

  

ARRIVE:      Between 8:30-9:00am EST

  

WHERE:      Michigan Works!                             

                       Service Center

                       2831 N. Lincoln Rd.

                       Escanaba, MI  49829

   

TO REGISTER:

 

Contact Don Makowski at donmakowski@nwm.cog.mi.us
or (906)789-0558, ext. 244.

 

There is no fee to register for this event.  However, space is extremely limited!

 

HOSTED BY: 

Michigan Works! SBTDC PTAC 

Northwest Michgan Council of Governments  

  
Join Our Mailing List!

 

  Like us on Facebook
View our profile on LinkedInFollow us on Twitter

January 2013 Reporter

 

 

Scan the QR code to join our mailing list.

QR Sign-up

Use your mobile device to scan the QR code.


QUICK LINKS 

MIUpperHand
 
 
UPWARD2  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
UPCOMING EVENTS


 

January 17, 2013

Health Care Reform Seminar
Location: Northern Michigan University's Great Lakes Rooms (MQT)
Time: 8:45am - Noon EST
Cost: $15.00/Person 
For more information or to RSVP please call Lake Superior Area Partnership at (906) 226-6591
or email Claire at ckooperman@marquette.org

 

 

 

January 17, 2013

Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Understanding the Basics

Location: Michigan Works! Service Center in Delta County

Time: 9:00am EST - 11:30am EST

For more information contact Don Makowski at donmakowski@nwm.cog.mi.us
or (906)789-0558, ext. 244.

 

 

 

January 23, 2013

Lake Superior Community Partnership's Business After Hours

Sponsors: Michigan Works! and UPEDA

 Location: Holiday Inn, Marquette

Time: 5:00 - 7:00pm EST

For More Information call 

(906) 789-0558

 

 

 

January 24, 2013

UPEDA Quarterly Meeting

Location: Holiday Inn, Marquette

Time: 10:00am - 2:00pm EST

For More Information

Click HERE

 

 

 

 January 25, 2013

Operation Action U.P. Annual Meeting

Location: NMU's University Center

For More Information

Click HERE

 

 

 

January 29, 2013

2nd Annual Building You Capacity with Federal Contracts

A Regional Conference for Native, Tribal and Rural Businesses

Location: Radisson Hotel and Conference Center - Green Bay, WI

For more information contact Adam Warpinski at the FACC PTAC at adam@faccptac.com or

(920) 496-7430

 


January 31, 2013
Bay College Job Fair
Location: Bay College's Joseph Heirman University Center

For more information call Annette Johnson at (906) 217-4033

 

 

 

February 13, 2013
Summer Job Fair
Location: Northern Michigan University's Great Lakes Rooms (MQT)
Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm EST
To register, complete online registration form at www.nmu.edu/jobfairs by January 27, 2013
For more information, please contact NMU Career Services at 906.227.2800, emailcareers@nmu.edu or visit www.nmu.edu/careers 

 

Last week 17 people found employment through Michigan Works! The Job Force Board with estimated annual wages of $327,855.88. Thanks to our many partners that helped make these connections possible.
Our vision is to create and maintain a healthy and growing economy with a local workforce that has the knowledge, skills, and abilities to enable local employers to compete and succeed in a global and technologically sophisticated market place.

Thank you for your continued support of economic and workforce development efforts throughout our region.


Sincerely,

Orrin Bailey
Michigan Works! The Job Force Board

 Equal Opportunity/Employer.  Michigan Relay (800) 649-3777. 
Auxiliary Aids and Services Available to Individuals with Disabilities upon Request.