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SUPERIOR HAPPENINGS
What to expect in the ‘next normal’
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ur Chamber of Commerce has been serving the business community of Superior, Douglas County and the greater Twin Ports area since we were established in 1883. As we’ve written before, Chamber organizations are often likened to the air traffic controllers of a community. We wear TAYLOR many hats, PEDERSEN adjusting to Business the everoutlook changing needs of the communities we serve. We do the work that many people think “just happens” in a community and have the honor of representing the business community and, specifically our membership every day. Likewise, the Chamber, our Chamber, has also changed over the years. The SuperiorDouglas County Area Chamber of Commerce today represents three individual organizations: The Chamber, Travel Superior and The Chamber Foundation. They focus on business, tourism and education. How we function tomorrow will continue to evolve with the everchanging needs of our community and those who invest in it. Over a year ago, communities all over the world were shaken with the sudden onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the U.S., we saw unrest, a lack in trust and rising tensions. Some communities were affected more than others, while the impact on commerce varied greatly depending on industry. The hardesthit industries were the tourism, travel and hospitality sectors. Our business communities, health systems and schools all especially felt the
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Black Fox Hair Studio owner Lena Cooper peeks out from a waxing station in her new space at 1408 Tower Ave. in Superior Wednesday, Feb. 10.
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entrepreneurs Superior More than a dozen Purr-fectly A mobile grooming business new businesses got launched last June. Owner Amy Laessig provides one-on-one their start this year grooming services at her clients’ By Shelley Nelson snelson@superiortelegram.com
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he city of Superior welcomed a variety of new businesses in the past year. Here’s a brief rundown:
Central Flats
Construction was completed on the new mixed-use building that stands on the site of the former Central Middle School, offering 136 market-rate apartments and 12,000 square feet of commercial space. The 175,000-square-foot, five-story structure started welcoming new residential tenants late last year, and its first commercial customer, Imperium Chiropractic, is planning to open this summer.
homes, where older or more nervous pets are likely to remain more calm. Laessig carries supplies like a folding table, industrial dryer, shampoo, clippers, scissors and nail clippers in a few bags to groom dogs, cats and rabbits. Visit the Purr-fectly Superior Grooming Facebook page, call 218-576-2796 or email amy@ purr-fectlysuperiorgrooming. com for more information.
Toppers Pizza
A Superior branch of Toppers Pizza, 1231 N. Ninth St., Duluth, opened at 1214 Tower Ave., in October. While the pandemic interrupted plans to open the new location
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Groomer Amy Laessig cuts dog Emily’s hair Thursday, April 8, 2021. Laessig runs Purrfectly Superior Grooming.
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Framing history for the public Society creates displays of buildings’ histories for owner By Maria Lockwood mlockwood @superiortelegram.com
ing LLC, said JoAnn Jardine of Studio One gave him the idea for the The historic begin- panels. She shared with him a story she’d seen nings of two Superior about the 1228 Banks businesses were put property online, a “slice under scrutiny this of history” post from winter. The end result: the Douglas County Histwo panels featuring torical Society. the background of the “I thought, ‘That’s Badger Building and its cool; maybe they have neighbor, 1228 Banks, something about the which houses Studio Badger Building.’ So I One Photography, will went over to the historisoon be on display. cal society,” Cich said. Matt Cich, who owns “I thought maybe if I the buildings under the had a couple of boards business name JB Build- made up of the building
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Badger building Monday morning, May 17, 2021.
People walk past the Telegram Building, now known and hung them up inside ety, but one business as the Badger Building, in 1923. there, it would be kind of nice for the people coming in the building.” It was a new request for the historical soci-
manager Jon Winter embraced. The research staff dug into the buildings’ histories and their different incarnations.
Maryland Block evolves as tenants change The
Badger
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ing hasn’t always been named for Wisconsin’s state animal. When it
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