Sweet success: Hudsonville Ice Cream expands — again
Hudsonville Creamery and Ice Cream Co.'s $51 million expansion will grow the Holland company's workforce by 50% over the next few years.
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Little pantry brings kindness, helping hand
The Cottrell family has created a little free pantry in front of their Holland home to spread a little kindness and a helping hand during COVID-19.
Socially distanced Santa visits Upward Bound students
Hope College TRIO Upward Bound students received a holiday surprise from their mentors ... and Santa.
West Michigan health company helps pioneer remote patient monitoring
Holland-based Atrio Home Health was one of five organizations in the nation and the only organization in Michigan to test and influence modifications on a new remote patient monitoring platform that is now in use by more than 10,000 patients nationwide.
Hudsonville’s Random Acts of Ice Cream honors everyday heroes
Hudsonville Ice Cream is honoring everyday heroes with its Random Acts of Ice Cream promotion. Anyone can nominate an individual or group making a difference in the community. Hudsonville has chosen hundreds of these heroes to deliver boxes of their ice cream to this year.
Meet the real St. Nicholas: Holland expert shares her St. Nicholas collection
The real story of St. Nicholas begins in the third century, in what is now Turkey. Carol Myers of Holland's St. Nicholas Center shares some of her favorite pieces from her St. Nicholas collection.
Downtown Holland creates holiday magic with a little crowdfunding
City officials worked with the crowdsourcing platform Patronicity to purchase and install a 20-foot Christmas tree in a downtown Holland park. Patronicity mixes crowdsourcing with matching grants to finance community improvement projects.
Brewpub shifts focus during COVID with help from Lakeshore Advantage, MEDC
Tripelroot is known as a Zeeland community gathering place, but COVID-19 forced the brewpub to change course. A pair of grants from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation helped the owners reimagine the establishment as more.
Gentex makes commitment to fight childhood hunger
Zeeland manufacturer will donate $60,000 annually for five years — for a total of $300,000 — to help Kids’ Food Basket combat childhood hunger. A majority of the donation will go toward the nonprofit’s Feeding Our Future campaign to fund projects in Allegan and Ottawa counties.
Haworth honored for circular design process
Haworth Inc. has long had a strong commitment to the environment. Recent developments to make its manufacturing process 100% circular netted the Holland company the West Michigan Circular Economy Leadership Award.
