A Mackinac Island-based toy store is opening a permanent new location in Marquette in partnership with the Upper Peninsula Children's Museum.
Great Turtle Toys originally opened in Marquette for the Christmas 2014 shopping season, just a few doors down from the children's museum on Baraga Avenue, but owner Ben Nye had such success that he started looking for a long-term location.
The museum's internal store, Sprout, focused on educational children's toys, but the museum saw the benefit of partnering with Great Turtle to hand over the toy store space to an expert.
Great Turtle Toys will now replace Sprout in the museum's 123 West Baraga Avenue location, as a satellite of Nye's main store on Mackinac Island. The store recently celebrated a grand opening along with the Marquette Downtown Development Authority.
Writer: Kim Eggleston
Source: Marquette Downtown Development Authority
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