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Educational Seminar: Business Start-Up Basics 201
by (Stingray Adviso...)
Submitted 09-25-2014 under
Your business is up and running. Now what? If you're like most business owners you'd like to expand your client base. Join Leandra Williams from Stingray Advisory Group for Business Start-Up Basics 201. Topics presented will include:...
Cast your vote for best window display during Window Wonderland Campaign
by (erictank)
Submitted 12-03-2013 under NEWS
On November 22 Downtown Grand Rapids Inc. launched its Window Wonderland Campaign, an effort that challenges downtown businesses to create unique holiday themed window displays. Collaborating with local shops are students from Kendall College of Art...
Grand Butchers set to open this week
by (erictank)
Submitted 11-12-2013 under NEWS
If everything goes according to plan, Grand Rapids' newest butcher shop will open its doors to the public this week. Grand Butchers, a grocer and deli owned and operated by Margie Zichterman and Lacey Dryer, has been in the final stages of its...
Grand Rapids Opportunities for Women recognizes outstanding women in business
by (growgrandrapids)
Submitted 10-23-2013 under NONPROFITS
Grand Rapids Opportunities for Women (GROW), a Small Business Administration Women’s Business Center, recently held their annual Seeds of GROWth Conference and Luncheon with an awards ceremony at the JW Marriott in Downtown Grand Rapids on...
GROW Microloan Program driving small business growth with $600,000 to lend
by (growgrandrapids)
Submitted 09-10-2013 under NONPROFITS
Grand Rapids Opportunities for Women (GROW), a Small Business Administration (SBA) Women’s Business Center, has received $600,000 through the SBA to lend to West Michigan businesses. GROW is currently accepting applications for potential...
Southtown Guitar works to impact music, community
by (Davis Dryer)
Submitted 06-24-2013 under LOCAL LIFE
When Dean Wiers-Windemuller decided to open a guitar store, he knew from the get-go that he wanted his business to be different. “I never liked guitar stores before,” says Wiers-Windemuller. "That’s why it feels really weird...
Self- made Foremost Barbershop wants to hang out
by (Davis Dryer)
Submitted 06-20-2013 under LOCAL LIFE
For Andrew Theile, cutting hair isn’t just a job, but a way of life. “Getting a pair of clippers when I was a kid,” he says about how and why got into barbering. “And never liking going to the barber because I never...
BLOOMferments paves path for fermented foods
by (mariah_kat)
Submitted 06-18-2013 under INNOVATION-SPOTLIGHT
Emily Helmus and Amber Rose are the team behind BLOOMferments, a new local business providing kombucha, kefir, sauerkraut and kimchi. Their business, rooted in a curiosity of fermentation of tea and vegetables, began thanks to the urging of...
Plans for Grand Rapids hostel still in the works, but ideas are evolving
by (Matthew Knaack)
Submitted 04-21-2013 under VOICES
In March 2012, I came to the same conclusion that I'd realized when I was a teenager: I wanted to be my own boss. That's when like-minded friend Tom Damitio and I decided that we would open a hostel here in Grand Rapids. Ever since, we have...
Join the GROW Spirit Station this Saturday for Gazelle Girl
by (growgrandrapids)
Submitted 04-08-2013 under NONPROFITS
Gazelle Girl Half Marathon and 5k is this Saturday, April 13, and the races start at 8 a.m.! In case you haven't heard, this historic race is a women’s run to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Title IX, and the proceeds are...