Matt Valiquette, U.P. State Fair operations manager, presents the Sustainability Award to Nicole Landers, annual Steam & Gas Show manager, honoring the UP Steam and Gas Association’s 50 years of positive impact on the fairgrounds and the wider community. (Contributed photo)

Matt Valiquette

In the heart of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, where the woods meet the waters and tradition runs as deep as our lakes, the UP Steam and Gas Association has spent half a century keeping history alive — not just in memory, but in motion. It was an honor for me, on behalf of the U.P. State Fair Authority, to present the organization with the Business Partner of the Year Sustainability Award at the Delta County Chamber of Commerce’s annual dinner on Oct. 9.

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