UPword
In the summer of 2022, Issue Media Group relaunched its online, community-informed, digital publication in the Upper Peninsula. Working with a coalition of parnters, UPword focuses on innovation, talent, entrepreneurship, social innovation, and community development, while featuring U.P.-based talent.
In the summer of 2022, Issue Media Group relaunched its online, community-informed, digital publication in the Upper Peninsula. UPword focuses on innovation, talent, entrepreneurship, social innovation, and community development, while featuring U.P.-based talent.
Prior to the relaunch, Second Wave Upper Peninsula ran from 2010 to 2018. The relaunch and rebrand of this publication comes at a time of growth and innovation in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
Issue Media Group is producing UPword with a coalition of partners, including: Invest UP, Operation Action UP, Lake Superior Community Partnership, Northern Michigan University, Michigan Technological University, Enbridge, Dickinson Area Economic Development Alliance, FHL Bank (Indianapolis), Michigan Works!, and MyMichigan Health.
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