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As the computer titans clash for control of the cloud, a small Kalamazoo company quietly works with Google Apps to find the right solution for a business in need of a computer solution right now. Newmind Group Inc. likes Google because its customers like Google.
People are discovering they don't have to go to the big city to get world-class art. Writer Zinta Aistars talks to Terry Nihart about how he got the nerve to open a downtown Kalamazoo gallery to show that art in the teeth of a fierce economic downturn. Sometimes he shows art so edgy it tickles.
CSAs bring together farmers and the people who buy the produce they harvest in a relationship that goes beyond seller and buyer.
Kellogg Company has the Spirit of America says the United Way.The company's generous giving and innovative leadership in the community inspired the United Way to give its top national award to Kellogg.Kellogg Company is the first Michigan-based company to win the Spirit of America award. United Way has recognized corporate giving with the Spirit of America Award for 23 years. Some past winners include 3M, FedEx and Pfizer. The United Way lauded Kellogg Company for going beyond food and financial donations to spearhead a downtown revitalization effort in Battle Creek, including the expansion of its global nutrition research facility, committing to move more employees downtown, donating a building for potential use as a math and science education center and partnering with various organizations to bring new businesses and jobs to the community.In 2009, Kellogg was the first to produce food solely for donation. The company donated an entire day's worth of cereal production — 3.7 million pounds — to Feeding America, the nation's largest hunger relief organization. United Way was impressed with Kellogg's innovative celebrity partnership with Katalyst, a social media studio co-founded by Ashton Kutcher. Kellogg teamed up with Katalyst to spotlight the plight of the hungry. An online video consisting of user-generated content and directed by Demi Moore illustrated the fact that one out of every eight Americans struggle with hunger."On behalf of our entire organization, I'm humbled and honored to accept the United Way Spirit of America Award," says David Mackay, president and chief executive officer of Kellogg Company.The United Way spelled out the other gifts that led to the award:-- Kellogg Company's $5.9 million campaign pledge in 2009 was 19 percent over goal. -- Kellogg also stepped up with a $600,000 grant to United Way of Greater Battle Creek to address increased basic health and income needs in the hometown of the company's headquarters. This grant provided, among other gifts, 20 pounds of fresh vegetables weekly to nearly 2,000 people.-- Kellogg employees across the United States conducted more than 45 food drives that collected more than 47,000 pounds of food. And Kellogg has donated more than 94 million pounds of food, or 66 million meals, over the past five years.-- Kellogg also worked with Action for Healthy Kids to improve healthy eating and physical activity among children around the country. This includes helping dozens of schools nationwide increase the number of kids eating a healthy breakfast at school.-- Kellogg partnerships around the globe, including working with United Way of Mumbai, India, to provide meals to underprivileged children. The company also is a founding partner of The Global FoodBanking Network.Writer: Kathy JenningsSource: David Mackay, Kellogg Company
In Battle Creek they're teaching the people who decide if your food is safe to eat how to make those decisions. The city gets the added bonus in jobs and spending downtown.
In the new script theater lives long and prospers. Downtown, at Studio 246, they're keeping the spirit of alternative theater alive. With a little help from their friends, they're fixing up the place and everyone's invited to see what's up next.
There's a new wave cresting in Southwest Michigan. It's the wave that brings in what's next. A second wave of talent, growth and development. We're riding it.
Turning old, vacant buildings to places for people to live and shop have made a downtown believer out of James Dally. Find out what's in the works.
A culinary school, urban farms, spaces for artists, retailers andentertainers could be neighborhood spinoffs of an event center plannedfor downtown Kalamazoo, reports the Kalamazoo Gazette.Kalamazoo County Commissioners must decide whether to proceed with theproject by asking voters whether they can agree to a 1 percent tax onfood and drink at restaurants and bars, and an increase in the hoteltax from 5 to 6 percent to fund construction of a 6,800-seat, $81million arena. The county has until May 25 to make a decision onwhether to place the question on the August ballot. Commissioners began weighing their options after a committee recommended proceeding with the event center.Excerpt: The proposed downtown Kalamazoo arena is feasible because ofconservative cost estimates, said Bob Beam, the retired vice president ofbusiness and finance at Western Michigan University.The committee took a conservative approach, estimating the restauranttax would generate about $4 million a year initially and grow by 1.75percent a year, Beam said."We think we have been careful in our revenue estimates," he said. To find out more, read the whole story on the downtown arena proposal.Source: Kalamazoo Gazette
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