New Mining in This Community: Select Areas of Marquette and Baraga Summary Report

This report attempts to objectively identify the issues of importance to the people who fall in the middle of the two extreme views on mining and the community.  Their views will be used to establish a social baseline of where this group positions itself as new mining moves forward in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (U.P.) with special attention drawn to the U.P. counties of Baraga and Marquette.  The project idea was launched by Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company (KEMC) and then constructed, conducted, and analyzed by two independent community consultants.  Over the span of eight weeks, eleven sessions gave people with different economic, political, social, and cultural backgrounds who were not strongly for or against new mining development a place to share their views and opinions on the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT).  Session results are summarized here.  This summary and more in-depth correlation and factor analysis will be combined and made part of a more comprehensive report written by another researcher.  It is posted at:  http://miningandcommunities.org/