Despite the promise of a revolutionary new technology for small-scale wind energy, one local company has found the industry’s headwinds too stiff to stay in business.

The estimated $27 million effort to restore the rapids in the Grand River has a new supporter: the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Urban Waters Federal Partnership.

GRAND RAPIDS — CWD Real Estate Investment has built a portfolio of some of downtown Grand Rapids’ signature facilities.

Compared to a decade ago, Michigan is a far better place to start and run a small business.

When a career fair turned into a $10,000 disappointment, Jonathan DeWys could have walked away chagrined and started whining that the lack of skilled workers was hampering his company’s opportunities for growth.

KALAMAZOO — In an era when most companies see outdoor grills as mass-produced commodity items, one Southwest Michigan company has cemented its reputation by taking a contrarian approach.

In the past decade, strong financing tools and development incentives created opportunities for empty nesters and millennials to take up residence in downtowns across West Michigan.

Two long-forgotten downtown Grand Rapids bank lobbies have found new life as event spaces thanks to recent renovation projects.

The days are numbered for the fee-for-service model in health care.

After being given the green light from parent corporation Trinity Health, Mercy Health Partners will now begin formulating final designs for a large project in Muskegon.

For local would-be food entrepreneurs, incubators give them a chance to get their ideas out of the kitchen and into the market.

Thanks to a combination of natural and political headwinds, the Great Lakes shipping industry is bracing itself for another season of rough sailing.

KALAMAZOO — When anonymous donors in Kalamazoo committed millions of dollars to local schoolchildren, the city cemented itself as the “education community.”

Just a handful of Randy Amyuni’s clients five years ago carried insurance policies to cover their companies from potential losses associated with cyber risks.