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The leadership of the Michigan Building and Construction Trades Council turned up the volume today in support of a road funding package for Michigan’s deplorable roads and bridges. “We can’t wait any longer for the legislature to continue the hand wringing. We need action now. Michigan’s construction season is too short for more delay. We’ve already lost this season and

KPEP is providing assistance to Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety (KDPS) and the Northside Association for Community Development (NACD) in their efforts to construct the NACD Literacy Park as well as improve roadside conditions along the streets of Ada and Woodbury. I was able to attend these awesome events to cover it via social media and snap some pictures of

LANSING, MI – At a time when partisanship and political logjams appear to be at an all-time high in Lansing, lawmakers from all sides came together today to raise awareness for an important cause. Sen. Gretchen Whitmer and Rep. Peter MacGregor joined representatives from the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine on the steps of the Capitol to encourage

CWD Real Estate Investment plans to bring a hotel to the core of downtown Grand Rapids. The hotel will be built on the surface parking lot located north of 50 Monroe (corner of Monroe Ave. and Louis St. NW) with construction to commence fall 2014.

Four of the state’s leading business organizations today alerted Michigan small business owners to the Feb. 10 filing deadline for a new exemption from the state’s personal property tax (PPT).

Move paves way for majority of Michigan hospitals and medical providers to share health records electronically, improving patient care GRAND RAPIDS and EAST LANSING, Mich. – The boards of Michigan’s two largest health information exchanges Thursday approved a letter of intent (LOI) to merge operations, which will further enable a majority of Michigan hospitals and health care providers to exchange

Grand Rapids, Mich. (Jan. 8, 2014) – CWD Real Estate Investment, West Michigan’s leading investment and property management firm, has hired Lisa C. Young as Marketing Manager. Young joins a dynamic team of more than 30 real estate, finance, investment, and property management advisors at CWD. She will be responsible for planning and executing all branding, marketing, and public relations

Ingrid Jacques at The Detroit News today covered the success of National Heritage Academies’ Walton Charter Academy in Pontiac: We hope you’ll read Jacques’ full column  at The Detroit News’ website – and then also read the News’ editorial: “In education, results are what matter.” 

With the cap on charter schools lifted in Michigan, the pressure from teachers unions and others in the education establishment is rising against the for-profit management companies that operate many of the charters. But the evidence strongly suggests those fears are unfounded. Sound bites saying schools shouldn’t profit off Michigan’s children often aren’t grounded in reality. Monitoring the performance of

Check out this great Crain’s Detroit Business story on the success of the Regional Air Alliance of West Michigan: The Regional Air Alliance of West Michigan will go out of business at the end of 2013, its four-year mission to upgrade Gerald R. Ford International Airport having been accomplished. The airport’s passenger satisfaction numbers have improved; more people are flying