After launching their custom car accessory business in a Kalamazoo garage, the buddies behind Auto Image relocated to small-town Plainwell, where their business has been growing. This month, the company took part in the Michigan International Auto Show in Grand Rapids.
The economic development group's new board members bring expertise in tribal economic development, furniture manufacturing and automotive manufacturing.
The seven buses, which cost $1.1 million, are funded with a combination of state and federal funds. The new vehicles will emit fewer greenhouse gases, less nitrogen oxides, less carbon monoxide and fewer particulate emissions compared with other fuels.
The GRIT wheelchair can go across all terrains standard wheelchairs can’t, and a West Michigan family who knows the constraints of conventional wheelchair use has created a program to allow the public borrow two of them.
With the help of a $560,000 MEDC grant, DeWys Metal Solutions is making a $3.4 million capital investment that will generate 80 manufacturing, engineering, and administrative jobs.
The Loutit District Library's Brooks Media Center received $30,000 from the Grand Haven Area Community Foundation, part of $232,000 in Community Impact Grants.
The annual Michigan Green Communities Challenge encourages communities to participate and also measures their sustainability efforts. This was the first year Fennville participated in the challenge, after hearing about it from the Michigan Municipal League.
A growing partnership model between community foundations and nonprofit lenders is expanding investment power in Michigan's small businesses.
The Zeeland company is opening a technology hub to help the company support, attract, and retain top engineering and software talent from throughout West Michigan.
MI Mental Health spoke with Northern Lakes Community Mental Health Chief Operations Officer Joanie Blamer and Sanilac County Community Mental Health CEO Wil Morris on addressing the mental health and wellness needs of rural communities.
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