Invest UP: UP Businesses Want to Increase Population and Boost Economy

 The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is a place where small towns reside and a high quality of living is experienced. Its not necessarily about super high paying jobs but about the emersion in nature and the friendly small town vibe. That being said their is room for additional jobs and work. It looks like some of the larger businesses are trying to make some changes. 

Read the article Large UP businesses look to increase population, boost economy to understand some of the ideas that are coming forward. 

One approach they are thinking about is retaining more of the 21,000 higher education students across the Upper Peninsula. I think that is a good strategy. You can read about InvestUP. 

I also think there are other strategies that might work such as a attracting small business, job placement locally when they are near graduation (would likely help much if they have a reason to stay), and thinking out of the box on how the Internet, global environment and small communities can create clusters to attract investment/jobs