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MI Makers Box: The Secret’s Out

A love of what’s being made in Southwest Michigan brought together a group of people who want others to know what’s happening here. Their idea for getting out the word […]

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Katie Marshall and Ethan Archer at capital factory
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Mr. President: A cocktail lounge for the over-30 crowd

After being closed for 14 years Mr. President Restaurant and Lounge is back in business.

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Mini Maker Faire comes to St. Joseph
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4 C’s of making Battle Creek more attractive to young entrepreneurs

As Battle Creek's economy becomes new again, what will it become?

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Jambo African Cuisine says ‘hello’
Jon Good and Josh Cook
Distilleries want to be the next big thing in Southwest Michigan

The  Kalamazoo area boasts a rich distilling history with spirits being produced and bottled in large quantities from 1836 to 1881. Today a new batch of spirits makers are bringing back those heady and productive years.

Fido creator strives for lots of fun on two wheels

An old buggy chassis factory in Kalamazoo's Edison neighborhood is the new home for a practical means of gas-free transportation: an electric scooter. 

Higher ed wakes up and smells the beer, but new brewing program is no joke

Ever since WMU and KVCC announced the nation's first sustainable brewing program people have been joking that they wish they could have gotten college credit for their beer studies. Jeremy Martin finds there's much more to the new program than the jokesters imagine.

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