Full Bloom in Delta County Michigan (Escanaba)-Is it Possible to Carve Out a "Smart City" in the Northern Wilderness?

Delta County Michigan is one of those unexplored and underdeveloped areas that has so much potential for the creative class in terms of lifestyle, recreation and affordability. The town has all of the basics a company needs and with some investment and firms it is possible to turn it from a great city to a "Smart City". Before someone gets upset it already is a smart city. However, in this case, smart city means a city designed for the Digital Era (See Smart City). 

It may be possible to build off of market trends and market demand to create something new in the post-Covid world that appeals to the industries developing in the area. With regional infrastructure developments and the aerospace industry taking off in the U.P. it is possible to take a city like Escanaba and really build a wilderness city for tomorrow.  

One of the best things that could happen is there is a balance between tourism, local business, intellectual firms, government support to create a very adaptable cluster that enhances the lifestyle of the area while keeping its culture and flavor vibrant. 

This is a town you may want to relocate your firm if your looking for a place that has the recreational environment you need with the local skills and abilities your company craves (P.S. rumor has it you can buy a whole building downtown for like $100K with store front and office space. There is also some serious broad band investments going on! 😮🙊. See DC Downtown Revitalize and Adventure-Venture and DC $18 Mil Telecommunications). 

This may be the place where American design/manufacturing firms and new start-ups come together to create innovation can grow quickly (This is part of a theoretical thought experiment on economic clusters and national development. See DC Start Ups.).  It could also have global appeal for some industry specific companies that want to move their HQ back to the U.S. but aren't sure where to go. 

If I was a Venture capitalist I might keep an eye out for lush untilled soil. 

"Keep on sowing your seed, for you never know which will grow - perhaps it all will."

Albert Einstein

Ok...this post is about the picture...:)

Nice beach. If they groomed it by the beach house in addition to
food, rentals, recreation, and shuttles that run during summers
from downtown and around the park that would be cool. 
I wonder if anyone remembers the old trolley. That would be
super cool to have a trolley bus and a revamped downtown
for fun and functional work.