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Grand River Bank expands with east side location in GR
GRAND RAPIDS TOWNSHIP — Grand River Bank plans to open a new office on the east side of Grand Rapids by the middle of next year.
Breaking News
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Insurance giant Acrisure to move HQ to Studio Park in downtown Grand Rapids
Acrisure LLC, a Caledonia-based insurance brokerage, is moving its global headquarters to the new Studio Park development in downtown Grand Rapids, MiBiz has learned.
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Wonderland Distilling leases Muskegon location for tasting room
MUSKEGON — Muskegon Heights-based Wonderland Distilling Co. has leased a location at 1989 Lakeshore Drive in Muskegon’s Lakeside neighborhood for its tasting room and cocktail…
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Holland-based Trendway Corp. acquired by Illinois manufacturer
Office furniture maker Trendway Corp., a fixture in the Holland business community for five decades, has been sold to Fellowes Brands, an Itasca, Ill.-based manufacturer…
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SpartanNash President/CEO Dave Staples resigns, former CEO Dennis Eidson returns
SpartanNash Co.’s present chairman and former CEO, Dennis Eidson, returned to running the company today following the abrupt resignation of President and CEO David Staples…
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Motus Integrated Technologies acquires Southfield-based fiber manufacturer
Motus Integrated Technologies LLC, a Holland-based Tier 1 and Tier 2 auto supplier, has signed a definitive agreement to buy Janesville Fiber Solutions, a division…
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EEOC sues Meijer over alleged ADA violations
WALKER — A federal agency has accused supercenter retailer Meijer Inc. of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act over its treatment of an employee at a store in Oakland County in… -
Consumers Energy settlement could lead to hundreds of megawatts of solar power
A proposed settlement between Consumers Energy and independent power producers could lead to hundreds of megawatts of solar power being built within the next four years.
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GHSP to expand, relocate headquarters to Holland
HOLLAND — Automotive supplier GHSP is expanding and moving its headquarters and engineering laboratory to the Holland Technical Center, MiBiz has learned.
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Consumers Credit Union builds new Grand Rapids-area branch
Kalamazoo area-based Consumers Credit Union recently began construction on a new branch on 54th Street SW in Wyoming, its sixth office in the Grand Rapids area.
REAL ESTATE & DEVELOPMENT
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Municipalities hope for legislation on dark-store loophole
When Meijer Inc. last month nearly halved the taxable value of its 195,000-square-foot store in Marquette just a year after it opened, the move set off an outcry from advocates…
HEALTH CARE
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REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: How employers can fix our broken health-care system
Beneath all of the recent attention-grabbing issues such as escalating pharmaceutical prices, hospital pricing and surprise billing, there lurks what Ken Thorpe says is the real leading cause of ever-rising…
FINANCE
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BANKING: Banks and credit unions wait for federal law to become more cannabis-friendly
The legalization of cannabis in Michigan offers an emerging economic sector for banks and credit unions, but only if Congress enacts legislation to change existing federal law and allow them…
FOOD / AGRIBUSINESS
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Fatal grain elevator incidents a stark reminder to region’s farmers
The death count from frightful incidents involving enclosed grain elevators is on the rise — a stark reminder to West Michigan’s agricultural industry of the dangers of grain handling.
MANUFACTURING
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AUTOMOTIVE ROUNDTABLE: West Michigan automotive suppliers stay steady, despite uncertainties
A decade into the economic recovery, the region’s automotive suppliers continue to ride the wave of vehicle sales volume in the North Amercian and global auto market. Yet, many are bracing…
ENERGY
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ENERGY: Environmental groups and utilities brace for energy-intensive cannabis operations
Michigan has had its share of blackouts and brownouts over the years. Could “greenouts” be on the horizon?
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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BROKEN SYSTEM: Historic underinvestment in communities of color is root of uptick in gun violence, Grand Rapids leaders say
Five weeks before a pair of mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio rocked the nation, community leaders in Grand Rapids held a press conference on the city’s…
NONPROFITS
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Johnson Center initiative to identify, share best practices for board development
GRAND RAPIDS — The ability of many nonprofits to successfully meet their missions can be directly tied to those who sit on their boards.
TALENT
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HIGHER ED: Michigan colleges prepare students for influx of cannabis careers
As students head off to college this fall, some of them in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula will be blazing a trail when it comes to new fields of study: growing and…
SMALL BUSINESS
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DEVELOPING AN INDUSTRY: Companies race to supply Michigan’s fledgling cannabis industry, yet avoid the spotlight
West Michigan businesses are building strategies to accommodate and support the grand opening of the state’s new billion-dollar cannabis industry, although many still crowd behind a self-imposed shroud of secrecy.
