ANN ARBOR - In Mid-June, GRCurrent, the Grand Rapids SmartZone based at GVSU?s Cook-DeVos Health Sciences Center, graciously hosted a BioMixer. The food and beverage had a distinctly World Cup flare and a flat screen hook-up allowed attendees to keep tabs on the games being played. It all made for good networking and a fun
GRAND RAPIDS - Who are you? really? A business owner got real with me one day. After several years in business, he realized the company he founded had drifted off course. Somehow it had lost sight of its original business objectives. It?s purpose for being. Where were the markers that propelled them early on? The
CASCADE TOWNSHIP ? Medbio decided to stay in Michigan, after reviewing options in South Carolina and Alabama, after the Michigan Strategic Fund awarded the company a $180,000 Michigan Business Development Program performance-based grant. The company will now spent $3.4 million in private capital to expand its operations and add up to 45 new jobs, the
DETROIT - For the first time, Detroit residents voting by absentee ballot will be able to register for the ballots online, the city clerk said Wednesday. Janice Winfrey, joined by Michigan Democratic Party Chair Lon Johnson, at a press conference in Detroit announced that the clerk's office would accept applications for absentee ballots online. Applications
DETROIT - David Kircos of Grosse Pointe and Hunter Rosenblume of Syosset, New York, won the $5,000 grand prize for building the top app for the Detroit Public Library at the #hackDP competition earlier this month. Both are interns at Detroit Venture Partners. The event was sponsored by Automation Alley. The app building competition was
TROY ? A $1 million grant from the Michigan Strategic Fund closed the deal on a new Michigan call center for S&P Data Michigan that will spend $4.4 million and hire 420 new workers. S&P Data Michigan LLC is a new subsidiary of S&P Data LLC which has operated since 2006 in Ontario, Cleveland, and
ROCKFORD - Are you looking for a volunteer experience that REALLY makes a difference in someone?s life? Do you have a gift for working with people? North Kent Community Services is looking for seven volunteers to act as empowerment coaches for the 15 participants in Thrive, a new program to help people get back on
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network and New Horizons Computer Learning Center announced Thursday a collaboration to offer the entire catalogue of professional development course offerings to Merit Members at a 20 percent discount. Through this unique agreement, Merit is now aligned with one of the largest independent IT training providers. New Horizons Computer Learning has
MIDLAND - The law firm Warner Norcross & Judd LLP will host an Environmental Law Briefing Aug. 6 in Midland where attorneys from the firm?s Resources, Energy and Environment Practice Group will provide updates on state and federal laws and regulations. Jon Lauderbach, a partner in the firm?s Midland office, will welcome attendees at 1:30
DETROIT - Wayne State University?s department of surgery at the School of Medicine has received an $8.5 million grant from Mike and Marian Ilitch to develop innovative surgery technologies, the university announced Wednesday. The grant will create the Ilitch Chair for Surgical Innovation and establish a fund to support research. The school has renamed the