May 3, 2021
Street Talk: Make life more than a job
Express Employment Professionals of Grand Rapids is on a mission to raise awareness throughout West Michigan about the many career opportunities currently available and the value of having a job.
Public Record
MORTGAGES Selected mortgages filed with Kent County Register of Deeds LATO, Jeremy et al, Macatawa Bank, Wyoming, $346,329 DENNIS, Zachary R. et al, Union Bank, Condo-Preserve, 400,000 SCORCI, Bret et al, Crosscountry Mortgage, Caledonia, $441,400 STEIN, Craig et al, Grand River Bank, Parcel: 411402376027, $1,036,800 ANDERS, Timothy J. et al, Crosscountry Mortgage, Parcel: 411427405012, $396,500 […]
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Change-Ups: AEBetancourt taps Eggleston as COO
With more than a decade of experience in recruiting, business consulting, sales training and management, Brian Eggleston has joined AEBetancourt as chief operating officer. Eggleston was most recently the chief sales officer at Hub International, the world’s fifth-largest insurance broker with offices across North America.
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Inside Track: Teacher finds her own way of educating students
At 31 years old, Jennie Kueppers has quickly climbed the ladder to lead one of the premier tutoring programs in the country.
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Commercial real estate could look different post-pandemic
The deadly pandemic has left commercial real estate at a crossroads as companies, businesses and individuals decipher how to safely return to a new normal or how to permanently revolutionize the way they will operate.
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Advisers cautiously optimistic for retail
Multiple commercial real estate markets in Michigan are showing signs of recovery as activity picks up across the state, according to Colliers West Michigan’s 2021 Q1 market trend reports analyzing trends in West Michigan’s retail, industrial and office sectors.
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Cannabis as a growth industry
There are now more cannabis workers than police officers in Michigan.
Pentagon’s demands hinder COVID-19 response
The past year has been incredibly difficult for our country.
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Nonprofit makes history, charts course for the future
For the first time in its 17-year history, Family Network of Wyoming has two female leaders of color, and half of its board members are women.
End of times? It’s debatable
A couple of months ago, PRWeek published a column by Ian Bruce of Forrester Research titled, Why Traditional PR is Dying.
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MSU’s growth to net Kent County $339M annually
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine officials recently published a study outlining the future economic impact of the four buildings that comprise MSU’s Grand Rapids presence on the Medical Mile.
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Facility designs bearings for Mars Rover
A global company many years ago began designing in Muskegon special application bearings for missions in space, and its work can be found today on the Perseverance Mars Rover that’s currently collecting samples on the red planet.
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Coalition works to bring recess back to schools
A new coalition is raising awareness around the lack of recess and is advocating for the increase in physical activity, play and recess for all students in Michigan.
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UFP Industries puts workers on path to success
The talent shortage is real, and one local company is working to solve it with a training program that turns employees into leaders.
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Developers eye U.S. 131 commerce center
A group of property owners in Hopkins Township are attempting to have approximately 500 acres of land along U.S. 131 annexed to the city of Wayland to allow development for a new West Michigan Commerce Center.
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EGLE and partners collaborate on NextCycle Michigan
Leaders of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) and several public and private stakeholders convened in April to unveil a collaborative effort to spark a “recycling and recovery” economy in the state.
