MARQUETTE, MI-- U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow is scheduled to meet with small business owners in a two-day trip across the U.P.
Tuesday at 9 a.m. the Michigan Democrat will visit Delta Manufacturing in Escanaba, then Cretens Brothers Furniture in Perkins at 10:15 a.m. At 2 p.m. Stabenow is set to visit downtown Marquette small businesses. They include Beth Millner Jewelry, The Flying Moose, Revisions Design Studio, and Donckers.
Wednesday at 10 a.m. Stabenow will be in St. Ignace, visiting Java Joe’s Café and the Voyageur Trading Post.
The U.S. Small Business Administration says small businesses employed more than half, or 1.8 million, of the state’s private workforce in 2012.