Summer is upon us, and that means a busy time of festivals, tourist crowds and peak traffic for many local businesses. But what will summer 2019 bring that Traverse City hasn’t seen before, and how will this particular summer season affect the local business community?...
[caption id="attachment_20778" align="alignleft" width="300"] Graduation diploma on background of US dollar bills[/caption] Do you want your business to be able to attract top-tier talent? If so, you’d better have something in your benefits package that includes the word “tuition” in it. Out of the college graduating class...
[caption id="attachment_20755" align="alignleft" width="300"] The Maritime Technology program has received more than 350 applications for fall 2019, with the application window still open until July 1.[/caption] Two Northwestern Michigan College programs are renowned on a nationwide level and can claim an exceedingly rare and desirable stat:...
The Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District (TBAISD) Career-Tech Center is seeing record enrollment numbers across many of its programs and growing demand from local industry employers – trends that Principal Pat Lamb attributes to “a positive swing in the direction of skilled trades,” as...
Is the construction industry healthy, or is it on the downward slide? Right now, some experts are predicting that the United States could be heading toward another housing bubble. At the end of last summer, mortgage interest rates spiked and cooled demand, but didn’t curb high...
Northern Michigan Angels (NMA) is driving Traverse City’s evolution as an epicenter for technology, innovation and entrepreneurship. The angel investing group formed in 2012, with the mission of helping to “grow the economic base of the northern Michigan region through investment in scalable early stage companies,...
Two senior living facilities in Traverse City are turning the page on a fresh start. The properties, owned by local real estate developer Bill Clous, have operated for the past five years as Traverse Victorian Senior Living and Water’s Edge Senior Care, respectively. Clous still owns...
Is blockchain poised to change the world of banking and finance? According to most industry experts, the answer is yes – but with a caveat. In all likelihood, blockchain technology will eventually bring huge changes to the banking industry. How long it takes to reach that...
Satellites, spaceports, and heat-treated aircraft parts: these are a few elements of Traverse City’s growing aerospace industry. Up until a couple years ago, no one would have mentioned “Traverse City” and “space technology” in the same breath. Now, northern Michigan is a growing epicenter for activity,...
Traverse City is a known major destination for tourists, but what about business groups? In recent years, more meeting planners and associations have been looking at Traverse City for their annual meetings, conferences, trade shows, seminars or events. Local hotels and resorts like the Grand...
