KALAMAZOO ? In September, Kalamazoo Venture Tuesday will feature MichBio?s SPROUTS program. The event will be hosted by Jan Garfinkle, managing director and founding partner of Arboretum Ventures. Note that the date of the meeting has been moved to accommodate the Arboretum schedule. That KVT will be held the second Tuesday, September 13.
KALAMAZOO ? Delta Connection carrier Atlantic Southeast Airlines will offer non-stop jet service between Kalamazoo and Delta?s Atlanta hub starting Sept. 9. The new flight will operate on a 50-seat CRJ200. Delta and Delta Connection currently has 35 weekly departures from Kalamazoo to Cincinnati. The new once daily flight to Atlanta will depart at 7
KALAMAZOO ? Ken Fischang, Executive Director of the Kalamazoo County Convention and Visitors Bureau, will be leaving that position to become President and Chief Executive Officer of the new Sonoma County Tourism Bureau in Sonoma County, just north of San Francisco. His final date with the KCCVB will be July 15. Fischang, Vice President, Tourism
KALAMAZOO - The Kalamazoo Institute of Arts welcomes Chihuly in Kalamazoo, an exhibition of the works of artist Dale Chihuly. Designed exclusively by the artist for the KIA, Chihuly in Kalamazoo opens to the public September 25 and continues through January 1, 2006. Hundreds of Chihuly?s large- and small-scale glass pieces will be massed throughout
KALAMAZOO - On July 6, the Charter Township of Comstock, Southwest Michigan First, Midlink Business Park and the Kalamazoo County Road Commission will hold a road opening dedication ceremony to commemorate the completion of more than two miles of new public and private roads throughout Midlink?s 240-acre development. The former General Motors stamping plant was
KALAMAZOO ? ADMETRx Inc., a contract research organization located at the Southwest Michigan Innovation Center, has launched a national public relations campaign using resources provided through the Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Center (MI-SBTDC). Recent studies show that nearly 30 percent of drug failure during clinical trials is due to poor pharmacokinetic and ADMET
KALAMAZOO - The Southwest Michigan Innovation Center has announced its latest tenant ? the 15th company to occupy space at the 58,0000 square-foot wet lab facility built as an incubator/accelerator for entrepreneurial activity. This tenant company, however, was formed in the 1950s. Kalsec, started by Kalamazoo native Paul Todd more than fifty years ago, is
KALAMAZOO ? Dan Blackledge, chairman and founder of BlueGranite Inc. of Kalamazoo, was one of five West Michigan entrepreneurs recently named an Entrepreneur of the Year for West Michigan by Ernst & Young LLP. Originally a Web-site-design and -development company, BlueGranite has become a consulting and software-applications company. It is located in Western Michigan University's
KALAMAZOO ? A panel discussion featuring local entrepreneurs and venture capitalists will follow a series of business pitches for technology-based innovations at the July 5 Kalamazoo Venture Tuesday program, presented by Southwest Michigan First. The 9 a.m. ? noon event is free and open to individuals interested in venture capital development. It will be held
KALAMAZOO ? Four Kalamazoo-based proposals ? including three from tenants of the Southwest Michigan Innovation Center (SMIC) ? received nearly one fifith of the Michigan Technology Tri-Corridor funds awarded last week by Gov. Jennifer Granholm. Of the $27.3 million awarded to 24 award winners, nearly $5.6 million will come to Kalamazoo. SMIC tenants receiving funding