The Marquette City Planning Commission meeting originally scheduled for October 17, 2023, has been cancelled due to lack of business. The next schedule meeting is November 14th, 2023.

Lakeshore Boulevard will be closed to through traffic Thursday, October 12 between Pine Street and Fair Avenue for shoreline protection maintenance. This project will begin at 7am and is expected to be completed by the end of the day.

The southbound lane of Front Street between Main Street and Spring Street will be closed Thursday, October 12, 2023, from 6:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Southbound traffic will be detoured around the closure via Main Street, Third Street, and Baraga Avenue. Northbound traffic on Front Street will remain unaffected.

The public is advised to take caution when traveling through this area and to be alert for construction and advisory signing.

The City of Marquette has been approved for a $583,750 Revitalization and Placemaking Program (RAP) award from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) to transform the vacant Marquette Chamber building located in Father Marquette City Park into a vibrant public space for the Arts, Recreation and Sustainable Downtown Development. This is the second round of the RAP grant and is awarded for ‘public space place-based infrastructure for a single project in a traditional downtown’.

The Project will rehabilitate a vacant, blighted, public and historic building in South Marquette and will serve as a local cultural resource hub and economic pipeline that funnels visitors to the business district in downtown Marquette. The Project site provides 1) a new gateway to downtown Marquette, 2) a new Cultural Center for Marquette, 3) a new regional 4-season trailhead. This project will provide the community with a new-centrally located public venue for a wide range of events that will significantly grow the tax base, contribute to the vitality of the downtown district, and reactivate a public space in the heart of the City. The project will include Low Impact Development, ADA/Universal Design and green materials and native landscaping.

The City Community Services Department will be the lead on the project in cooperation with the Office of Arts and Culture. Superior Watershed Partnership assisted with the successful grant proposal.

Due to predicted inclement weather on Saturday, October 7, the static display at Harlow Park will be canceled. Your safety and enjoyment of our outdoor program is important to us.

It has been rescheduled to Saturday, October 14 in the same location from 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.. We hope to see you and your families there! 

Remember: October is Fire Prevention Month! Practice two ways out in the event of a fire. Know your meeting place. Talk about fire safety around your home.

The Saturday Morning Farmers Market on October 7 is canceled due to the weather forecast.

While the Downtown Marquette Farmers Market has a rain-or-shine policy, rain mixed with dangerously high winds is where the line is drawn. The Saturday Morning Market plans to be back next week, October 14 from 9-1 PM at the Marquette Commons.

To learn more about the DMFM visit. www.mqtfarmersmarket.com. To stay up to date with market happenings follow the Downtown Marquette Farmers Market on Instagram, @mqtfarmersmarket, or at www.facebook.com/mqtfarmersmarket. 

For more information about the Downtown Marquette Farmers Market, please get in touch with Sara Johnson, Market Manager at (906) 228-9475 ext. 105 or farmersmarket@downtownmarquette.org

The Marquette City Commission will hold their first regular meeting in October on Tuesday, October 10. The meeting will be held in City Commission Chambers at City Hall, and is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.

The City of Marquette is announcing that all remaining annual flowers, plants, and other temporary seasonal items must be removed from the Park Cemetery before Monday, October 9. Beginning October 9, City crews will be winterizing the cemetery and will dispose of such items left at grave sites. 

On Thursday, October 12, from 6-8 p.m. the Peter White Public Library and the City of Marquette Office of Arts and Culture will be hosting the opening reception for the three art galleries within the walls of PWPL.

The Deo Gallery is owned by the City of Marquette and is located in the lower level of the PWPL in the City’s Arts & Culture Center; it is supported by the Lake Superior Art Association. Light refreshments provided. Receptions are free and open to the public. Exhibits are accessible during regular Library hours. HMC and LL galleries will be on display through November 16, The Deo gallery will be on display through November 30.

EXHIBITS:

The Deo Gallery: Carol Phillips and David Schmitt, Inside/Out
Oil and Acrylic Paintings. Artist Talk at 7:00 p.m.

Huron Mountain Club Gallery (Main floor): Steven Leuthold, Artful Yoga

Oil Paintings. Artist Talk at 6:30 p.m.

Lower Level Lobby Gallery (Outside the Deo Gallery): Cade Musich, Keep. Me. Posted.

Photography.

More information about the Public Gallery Program and current exhibits can be found on www.mqtcompass.com/public-gallery-program/

Marquette City Manager Karen Kovacs will hold her next community office hours on Wednesday, October 11 from 10 a.m. to noon in the Shiras Room, on the top level of Peter White Public Library (Front Street side). The meeting is intended to provide an informal opportunity to discuss issues within the community, and to give citizens the opportunity for direct dialogue with City staff about interests and concerns.