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Patience pays off for Greenleaf

For William D. Johnston, chairman of Greenleaf Trust, patience is a virtue. It’s a virtue Greenleaf Trust exercised for 18 years, as it waited for...

On the cutting edge of something new

Victor Sultana was quick to buy an Apple Watch when it was released, but the technology no longer finds a place on his wrist. As...

Inside Track: ‘Leading with compassion’

As a child, Norman J. Beauchamp Jr. always came to the dinner table prepared to answer three questions posed by his mother: How was...

Partnership provides pipeline to college

Area education and municipal leaders said they are concerned not enough Grand Rapids Public Schools students make it to and through college — which...

Hunger relief agencies looking for support

(As seen on WZZM TV 13) Nearly three-fourths of the way into its annual Fall Food Drive, Mel Trotter Ministries announced it was 40,000...

It’s time for West Michigan to fix itself

This cannot be overstated. West Michigan companies are in dire need of skilled workers. West Michigan, as a whole, lags the country — and the...

Foundation’s third wave in charge of legacy

Every year, the Frey Foundation can be counted on to donate approximately $6 million to programs and projects in West and Northern Michigan communities,...

Letter: Legislation lays out blueprint for Michigan’s energy future

Editor: A recent editorial from the Grand Rapids Business Journal about the state legislature’s work to update Michigan’s energy law (“State energy ‘choice’ legislation designed...

Advanced energy sector sees opportunities

The Michigan Energy Innovation Business Council wants to ensure Michigan remains “open for business” in the advanced energy sector. The business trade organization represents approximately...

Proposed business discount eliminations will not be finalized in 2016

Sprinkled among the political thunder and lightning we’ve tried to escape this year is a proposal to change tax rules affecting transfers of ownership...

A penny saved is a penny earned — or is it?

Ben Franklin sought to cultivate his character with a plan of 13 virtues, which he developed at age 20 (in 1726) and continued to...

Change Ups: ITC earns green award

Novi-based ITC Michigan’s rain garden project at its Wayland warehouse earned the Green Infrastructure Project Award from the Wildlife Habitat Council. The rain garden...

Inflation and interest rate environment changing

Construction input prices remained unchanged in October and are just 0.5 percent above where they were a year ago, according to analysis of the...

Public Record

MORTGAGES Selected mortgages filed with Kent County Register of Deeds LUURTSEMA, Jon et al, Wells Fargo Bank, Condo-Shannon Ranch Condominiums, $320,000 CHALIFOUX, Laurie et al, Chemical Bank,...

Street Talk: Agents of change

Leaders along the lakeshore are driving change in Muskegon. The business community gathered earlier this month to celebrate eight community leaders and initiatives that were...

Are legislative changes afoot for cleanup care?

A proposed change to a law on environmental cleanup regulations aims to bolster the “due care” responsibilities property owners face when developing land. The current...