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Street Talk: That cheering was from the Michigan Chamber

The Michigan Chamber of Commerce celebrated last week as it announced the anti-fracking group in Michigan failed to get enough signatures to put its...

Huntington likely to unveil new mortgage program

A locally originated program designed to keep underwater homeowners in their houses may soon become operational in six states. Kent County Land Bank Authority Executive...

Downtown Plan moves forward

The proposals are in, and members of the Grand Rapids Downtown Development Authority agreed last week on the composition of a volunteer committee that...

DDA going completely underground

A company that has built 11 underground parking ramps nationwide will determine how feasible below-ground parking will be for potential development sites south of...

Spectrum Health study shows new option for epilepsy treatment

A recently published study by researchers at Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids and Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit suggests that surgery may be an...

Medical manufacturers are making investments

Three local manufacturers that serve the medical industry to varying degrees are asking for tax breaks, and each will tell its particular story to...

GROW may not be the only loan arranger

If the Grand Rapids Economic Development Corp. can make it work, there will be two. The city’s EDC decided last week to create a three-member...

Downtown board backs nonprofit’s renovation work

Local developer and construction consultant Mike De Vries laid the groundwork last week that helped the Downtown Development Authority make a decision that turned...

Flour is King in Lowell

(As seen on WZZM TV 13) King Milling Co. will start production in its newest mill on its complex in November, bringing the total...

Kate Pew Wolters earns philanthropy award

One of the reasons Grand Rapids is continually referred to as a generous city is because of people like Kate Pew Wolters. Wolters, president of...

Pharmacists anticipate start of flu season

Meijer has announced that its pharmacists expect to administer 40 percent more flu shots this season than last. Meanwhile, the federal Centers for Disease Control...

Varnum marks 125th year with plans for growth

When Robert Montgomery and McGeorge Bundy founded a law firm in the Ledyard Building on Ottawa Avenue NW in Grand Rapids in 1888, they...

Developer gets two key agreements from city

The building owner that greeted ArtPrize visitors with “Hi” banners hanging from its structures during the 19-day ArtPrize got the “high” sign from city...

Students enjoy international flavor

Beginning Thursday, Oct. 17, two-member student teams from Grand Rapids, Barbados, Canada, Mexico and Scotland will compete in the Nations Cup, a three-day international...

Autocam and Obamacare make national news

Autocam got a burst of news media coverage recently when the U.S. Court of Appeals denied John Kennedy’s legal challenge to Obamacare, which will...

City millage proposal for parks and pools earns support

City of Grand Rapids voters will find a millage proposal on the Nov. 5 ballot, a request that would raise taxes by 0.98 mills...

Surging auto sales a 25th birthday present for Autocam

Making precision parts for high-pressure direct fuel injection systems on automobiles is what drives the growth of Autocam, now celebrating its 25th year, and...

Firms tout GR as ‘hot city with cool lawyers’

In an effort to increase recruitment of minority and female attorneys, the Grand Rapids Bar Association and the 12 law firms that are part...

Marketing Michigan to China

As Gov. Rick Snyder and the Michigan business and trade delegation reflect on their recent trip to China, the strategy for how to get...

Cross-border transactions demonstrate need for analysis

I spent the last week of September in Canada attending the BDO Canada tax conference. The discussion centered on cross-border business transactions and planning....