Entrepreneurship

Honors pile up for Kalamazoo ad and web marketing agency

Kalamazoo ad agency Biggs-Gilmore continues its winning ways in the annual competition sponsored by the Web Marketing Association. The agency took home 22 WebAwards and for the seventh straight year […]

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Engineering safety: Comstock design couple helps build bridges that last

A Kalamazoo company is making a name for itself as the people who can do the tests that help keep bridges from falling down. We call that vitally important work. Writer Jane Parikh finds out why business is booming for Tourney Consulting Group.

Jimmy John’s goes up in Battle Creek
South Haven plastics plant gets tax break
Contractors hear what’s needed for Whirlpool campus
Toolkit for building downtowns gets a new sparkplug

New retailers who choose downtown Benton Harbor, St. Joseph or Stevensville could get deal on their rent. Managing editor Kathy Jennings visits the towns on the third coast and shows us how they get it done.

Classic aircraft maker spices up customers’ lives
Tea Shop owner reads a bright future in tea leaves

The difference between a good cup of tea and a bad one is all in the timing. Writer Zinta Aistars reveals the passion, the process and the product behind tea shop Chocolatea's success story in Portage.

Draw your own rail routes session draws good crowd
Runway project ready to stop circling the tower

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