Houghton and Hancock Introduce the Spring into Summer Event

While the Copper Country warms up to spring and heads into summer. The cities of Houghton and Hancock invite the Keweenaw peninsula’s residents to enjoy a Saturday afternoon in the town with the area’s first official event headed into summer with Spring. Hancock DDA coordinator Todd Gast says that the idea came out of wanting to support local businesses after the slow winter tourism season and a desire to work together as the region’s population center. 

“We really feel like this is more of a regional event and we want our local residents obviously to come out and celebrate our local businesses because without our local businesses we would not have much of a great economic value to our cities. So it’s important for us to really celebrate our local businesses. This is a great way to do that. We invite anyone to come in and enjoy that. We’ve got approximately 12 businesses. in Hancock and in Houghton that are wanting to be involved and they’re doing all kinds of different promotions. So it’s just going to be a great Saturday afternoon to celebrate local businesses.” – Todd Gast, DDA Coordinator, City of Hancock

Around town, Houghton and Hancock businesses participating in Spring into Summer will offer special discounts during the afternoon. Including restaurants, local shops, or a place for a sweet treat. 

“Yeah, and I think people are really wanting to come outside and enjoy our cities. We chose this date, May 18th, from noon till 4pm because it’s right between Michigan Tech graduation, right between Memorial Day weekend, and it’s right before the tourist season. So we really felt that. This is a really a great date to choose for us to have this type of an event here in the cities of Houghton and Hancock. Get the people out, enjoy our beautiful spring. It’s not too warm and there’s no bugs.” – Todd Gast, DDA Coordinator, City of Hancock

Spring into Summer in Houghton and Hancock will take place this Saturday from 12 pm to 4 pm. Enjoy an afternoon taking in the transition of seasons this special time of the year while walking around the historic downtowns or sitting at a local park. Spring into Summer is supported by the cities of Houghton and Hancock, the Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce, and Hancock Business Association. Those interested in learning more about Houghton and Hancock’s spring into Summer event this Saturday can learn more about the event here. 

Below is a list of participating business locations:

CITY OF HOUGHTON
Chickadees
Copper Country Running Co.
Copper Poppy
Downwind Sports
Fresh Coast Yoga
Grace + Gather 
LevelUP
Portage Paddle Sports 
Protea
Studio 13
Surplus Outlet
Swifts Hardware

CITY OF HANCOCK
5th & Elm Café
Celebrations
Copper Country Community Arts Center
The Flower Shop
Gino’s Restaurant
Ilo shop
KC Bonkers
Nisu Bakery and Café
Northwoods
Sew Cranky
St. Vincent de Paul
Sunflower Books & Coffee