Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
STATE AND local officials cut a ceremonial ribbon at the former Hurley Super One store off Tenth Avenue on Friday to celebrate the city receiving a grant that will return a grocery store to the site. Attending the ceremony were, from left, Hurley City Council members Jamey Francis and Robert Lanctoe; Great Lakes Food's Gene Mylener; Pat's IGA owners Ben and Joe Campioni; Hurley Mayor Joe Pinardi, and city council members Joanne Bruneau and Jay Aijala.
HURLEY - A crowd of around 50 people gathered in the parking lot of the former Hurley Super One on Tenth Avenue Friday for a ceremony in recognition of the city of Hurley receiving a grant that will bring the return of a grocery store to the city.
In addition to a ceremonial ribbon cutting, several speakers addressed the crowd, including Iron County Development Zone Coordinator Kelly Klein, Hurley Mayor Joe Pinardi and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation's Barb LaMue.
A $250,000 WEDC community investment grant is largely responsible for enabling the grocery store to return to Hur...
