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Cut Ribbon? Check: The new hospital in Marquette got one step closer to officially opening for patients in early June, when the community celebrated with a ribbon cutting at 11 a.m. this morning. The UP Health Systems hospital in the city has been about eight years in the making, from concept to construction. A special VIP tour of the new $300 million, 265-bed state-of-the-art hospital and adjoining medical office complex, still in final construction stages, was given Thursday night. UPHS Market President and CEO Brian Sinotte talked with FoxUP about the new building and location, praising the location and construction as “patient-centric.” He also touted the artwork chosen for the new downtown structure. On the hospital’s Facebook page, a video shows UPHS-Portage CEO Randy Neiswonger touring the new space with UPHS regional director of marketing and business development, Victor Harrington, who also has been the leader on the artwork and signage, including a new history wall (being installed here) done in cooperation with Marquette Regional History Center.
And So It Begins: As of Monday (April 8), Duluth’s main downtown artery – Superior Street – will be closed to traffic from Lake Avenue to Third Avenue East as the city’s second phase of a massive street and underground utility reconstruction. Later, after Grandma’s Marathon on June 22, that closure will extend to Fourth Avenue East. The city and Greater Downtown Council hosted a final update before the closure on Monday, as reported in BusinessNorth. Concerns were again raised by business owners about access to their stores, especially for deliveries, which on the lake side will need to be done on Michigan Street. (Michigan Street, usually a one-way, will be a two-way during construction.) Residents of Greysolon Plaza, on the corner of Third Avenue East and Superior Street, also expressed apprehension about access to the building by emergency services and transportation vehicles for those with disabilities. For Duluth residents and visitors wanting to access the nearly two dozen shops, theaters, restaurants, pubs and hotels along those blocks, the city and contractors promise plenty of directive signage and constant updates on Google Maps. A website, Word on the Street, also offers continued updates on the Superior Street Reconstruction project. The city parking ramps along those blocks will remain open, but access will be via First Street. FYI for Lake Superior Magazine friends and family – this year’s “Season Two” of the project
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