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Immigration changes are critical to West Michigan

Both the U.S. House and Senate are expected in the coming weeks to present versions of possible legislation crafting the Immigration Innovation Act of...

County buildings valued at nearly a half-billion

A Business Journal calculation showed Kent County owns 32 buildings that have a market value of $481 million. The structures total 2.4 million square...

Inside Track: From a 7-Eleven to a successful Siciliano’s Market

Sitting at his desk among homebrew supplies and bottles of wine, Steve Siciliano tapped his glasses on his chin. The desk sits in the middle...

Path to business succession is littered with obstacles

Family-owned businesses can avert legal headaches and emotional anguish by having a succession plan set in place before it’s needed. Such plans are particularly significant...

Miedema Auctioneering handles bankrupt Stamp Farms property

Miedema Auctioneering Inc. of Byron Center has been named by the secured creditors and trustees in the $60 million Stamp Farms bankruptcy case to...

West Michigan economy surges upward across the board

Nicely up. That’s the latest word on the West Michigan economy, according to the data collected in the last two weeks of February. Both...

Zoo management change could come next year

(As seen on WZZM TV 13) Under the direction of Kent County and the John Ball Zoological Society, John Ball Zoo has become a...

Scarcity of H1B visas presents employers with conundrum

If the Immigration Innovation Act of 2013 makes its way into law, it would nearly double the number of H1B visas available annually, something...

Effectively influencing people without being in charge

While much guidance is available to strengthen a manager’s ability to lead from a position of authority and control, the individuals whom they lead...

Health care providers struggle to fill jobs

LANSING — Health care providers are having trouble hiring even though undergraduate degrees in health fields have doubled over the past eight years at...

Capital continuum: a roadmap to business financing

Over the past several years, our dynamic economy has created a multitude of opportunities and challenges for business owners. Access to capital and debt...

Policies reduce risk of workplace violence

Workplace violence policies and procedures should be standard fare in any employee handbook, according to Peter Kok, attorney and chair of the Labor and...

One Kent Coalition contemplates its next step

The One Kent Coalition pledged to park its proposal until the Kent County Collaboration Work Group finished its effort, and it has kept that...

Health exchange expert speaking here

Joel Ario, former director of the Office of Health Insurance Exchanges at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, will speak in Grand...

New option surfaces from land bank subcommittee

With tax-foreclosure day rapidly approaching on April 1, the panel charged with determining whether the Kent County Land Bank Authority can buy properties from...

College degrees pay off even during recession, new study shows

LANSING — A four-year college degree is still worth paying for — even during recession years, a recent study shows. The Pew Charitable Trust concluded...

DDA transfers J.A. project’s awards to Grand River Bank

The Grand Rapids Downtown Development Authority authorized an agreement last week that is becoming more commonplace in the financing of construction projects. The project is...

Street Talk: Competitors rise for Levin’s seat; who will Land there?

For politicians, it’s the busy season, which became earnest as U.S. Senator Carl Levin announced his pending retirement. There remains only three months before...

Public Record

March 15 — MORTGAGES Selected mortgages filed with Kent County Register of Deeds  </p BYLAK, Katherine A. et al, Fifth Third Mortgage, Condo-Catamount, $417,000 BASILIUS, Daniel et al,...

Change Ups: HGTV host partners with Lake Michigan Credit Union

Builder/carpenter and HGTV host Carter Oosterhouse has formed a marketing partnership with Lake Michigan Credit Union. The Traverse City native will become the “face”...