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Manufacturer soars to new heights

Composite Builders is shooting for the moon. The Holland-based fabricator of advanced composite and carbon fiber structures for the mobility sector just signed a deal...

Residential market afflicted by low inventory

Low inventory will continue to plague the residential market in 2020, according to experts. The growth of the housing market in West Michigan has been...

In the business of rejects

Two brothers who grew up during the age of Amazon are making a living off its excess. Ross Kunzi, 22, who is a 2018 graduate...

Students develop electric swing for girl with special needs

(As seen on WZZM TV 13) A group of engineering students at Grand Valley State University recently delivered a custom-built electric swing to help...

Right Place exceeds three-year goals

The Right Place concluded its three-year strategic plan well over goals. From 2017-19, the Grand Rapids-based economic development organization spurred 5,192 new and retained jobs,...

Inside Track: Steimle-App harnesses empathy

Monica Steimle-App once wouldn’t have considered empathy a strength, but being able to look at a project through the eyes of developers, builders, managers...

Kentwood sues developer over safety issues

The city of Kentwood is taking a metro Detroit developer to court over multiple safety issues at its residential properties. Ashton Woods Apartments in Kentwood...

DGRI offering retail grants

For the past 20 years, the population touching downtown Grand Rapids has doubled, according to Downtown Grand Rapids Inc., but despite the boom in...

Nonprofits step in to help homeless youth with health care

Five nonprofit organizations have collaborated to provide wraparound health and wellness services for homeless youth. The Comprehensive Health Initiative is providing services to 400 youth,...

Public Record

BANKRUPTCY 19-04679 – KAPLAN, Catherine J., 1348 Union NE, April A. Hulst (Ch. 7) 19-04683 – THORNE, Ronald N. III, 10251 Edgerton NE, Rockford, Ralph M....

Change Ups: Airport coin containers raise nearly $4K for homeless

Coin containers installed in the fall of 2018 at the Gerald R. Ford International Airport’s standard security screening area, as well as at the...

Street Talk: Manufacturer’s cool concept driven by research

Structural Concepts met an upcoming climate change-reducing standard a cool month ahead of schedule. Muskegon-based Structural Concepts reported Dec. 9 that all of its self-contained...

State’s economic policy should involve raising household income

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently announced both an expansion of access to food assistance, cash assistance and state emergency relief, and an increase in the...

Multitasking, focus and other stuff

I just had a conversation with a sales manager at my last seminar. The gist of it is this: He has so many competing...