The SBSH Scoop | Direct Grants - Read All About It!
This round of grant awards represents more than $215,000 in direct support to local businesses and 46 rewards. The 2025 SBSH direct grant recipients include:
- Andy's Feed Station
- Barbeaux Fisheries
- Bayside Coin Laundry
- Bear Creek Tree Service LLC
- Bee Wise Farms LLC
- Belonga Plumbing and Heating
- Byce's Michihistrigan Campground Bar and Cabins
- Canusa, LLC dba Bins Ahoy Overstock
- Parish Creations
Read the full press release from November 3, 2025 here.
Business Spotlight | Gaylor-Thompson Sales & Service
What this SBSH grant funding truly represents is an opportunity for a more sustainable business.
If you live in the U.P., you know one universal truth: snow happens. And when it does, you need the right gear to move it, plow it, or at least keep your driveway from turning into a seasonal parking ban. That’s where Gaylor-Thompson Sales & Service comes in.
Based in Kinross, this long-standing, family-run business has been helping locals (and plenty of folks from below the bridge) tackle snow and heavy work that requires reliable equipment since 2015. They’re the go-to spot for tractors, implements, and snow plows—basically, everything you need to survive and thrive through another glorious U.P. change of seasons.
Whether you’re a farmer, contractor, or just someone who needs to move a mountain of snow before coffee, Gaylor-Thompson has the right tools—and the friendly know-how—to help you get the job done.
Check them out at gaylorthompson.com! And maybe order that snowplow early… we hear it’s going to be a doozy of a winter.
Gaylor-Thompson Sales & Service
SMART Workshop #3 | Hands-On Strategy & Systems: Your Playbook in a Day
Get your business out of your head and onto paper!
Join operations expert Tyler Sharette for a hands-on SMART Workshop where you’ll craft your business playbook in a single morning—your vision, goals, and systems all mapped and ready to roll.
Walk out ready to lead your team with clarity.
Your Turn | How Are We Doing?
We try to deliver practical programming that helps your business—not pile more stuff on your to-do list.
If you’ve got a few seconds, tell us how we’re doing! It’s completely anonymous, and we promise not to take it personally—unless you say something nice, then we totally will.
Your feedback helps us get even better at helping you.
People in the Know | Your Local Economic Development Peeps
Here are more people you can connect with when you are looking for resources and connections.
- Bob Sawruk - Sault Tribe - RSawruk@saulttribe.net
- Chris Olson - Chippewa County - admin@chippewacountyedc.com
- Nikki Radke - City of Sault Ste Marie - nradke@saultcity.com
- Miche Rayment - EUP region at large (and Mackinac County) - Miche@HeadwatersNorth.org
- Tammy Henry - Luce County - director@lucecoedc.com
- Tara Parrish - Bay Mills Indian Community - tparrish@baymills.org