BATTLE CREEK - Transformation of Battle Creek's downtown was recognized as the Construction/Development Deal of the Year by a Michigan business news weekly. Battle Creek's downtown transformation was selected among five other high profile development projects, including the Harbor Shores Jack Nicklaus golf course (Benton Harbor), the new airport terminal in Kalamazoo, the new Gun
TROY - Join Walsh College November 17 when the Walsh College Alumni Association and BLI will host a B2B networking breakfast from 7:15 - 8:30 a.m. in the dining room/cafeteria at the Troy campus. The monthly breakfasts are designed to offer business owners, business development professionals and sales people the opportunity to meet potential new
ANN ARBOR ? If you want to enter the Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest Business Plan Competition and be eligible for cash prizes in January, you need to get your application in by noon Wednesday Oct. 28. But the real heavy lifting, completion of the Executive Summary that gets you into the judging, isn't due until
CLEVELAND - What does the Detroit-Ann Arbor area have over Chicago, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Columbus and Pittsburgh? The ability to attract venture capital for health-care companies, at least during the first nine months of 2009. This exciting news came from Cleveland-based BioEnterprise, a nonprofit that promotes the growth of biotech companies. The study shows the Detroit-Ann
DETROIT - Four months after exiting a U.S.-funded bankruptcy reorganization, Chrysler Group LLC is about to unveil a product roadmap that relies heavily on vehicles from Italian partner Fiat SpA while abandoning many of the U.S. car maker's own models. The plan, due to be revealed Nov. 4, involves the reintroduction of Fiat's premium, sporty
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Small Business Administration is proposing increases in the size definitions for three broad commercial sectors. The proposed increases cover size standards for 71 different types of businesses, two-thirds of them in retail trade sectors. The rest are in accommodations and food services, and other services. The changes, if adopted, will expand
SOUTHFIELD - The Automotive Industry Action Group, one of the industry's largest trade associations, has selected AutoCom Associates as its public relations agency of record. AIAG is a globally recognized organization founded in 1982 by Chrysler, Ford and General Motors. The organization provides an open forum for members to cooperate in developing programs to benefit
KALAMAZOO - An open house on Nov. 5 will help launch the third edition of the Kalamazoo Valley Community College Automotive Academy for which applications are still being accepted. Just like the high-tech vehicles that it trains prospective mechanics to maintain, the academy format is being fine-tuned. It will be shorter in duration, smaller in
ANN ARBOR - The Ann Arbor Area Chamber of Commerce is again bringing popular business marketing author Tony Rubleski of Mind Capture Group to Ann Arbor to assist area business with marketing ideas. Having worked with hundreds of chambers of commerce across the country over the last several years, Tony believes his message is drawing
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Small Business Administration on Wednesday issued the following statement by SBA Administrator Karen Mills on a proposal by President Barack Obama to raise the maximum loan size for SBA-backed loans to small business. �??America�??s 29 million small businesses have been hard hit in this recession. Nine months ago, President Obama sent