The Art Of Design
Local designer blends artistic vision and functionality in commercial spaces...
Local designer blends artistic vision and functionality in commercial spaces...
BENZIE CO. - A Detroit-area company has purchased HW Jencks, a privately-held, family-run machine shop with two Benzie County locations, Frankfort and Benzonia, keeping all of the approximately 25 employees.Troy-based Ross Controls, an international manufacturer of pneumatic valves, control systems and safety products for the...
TRAVERSE CITY - In 1972, Gary John decided on a hunch to launch a rental business for events since there were none in the Traverse City area at the time. He started with 200 tables and chairs and, by the end of that first summer,...
The TCBN gets up close and personal with some local families whose businesses - and blood - have withstood the test of time.Roy's General Store - Traverse CityREGION - What started as Roy's bait shop in 1958 slowly grew as the population around it grew...
FRANKFORT - What happens when a trained MD with a PhD in biochemistry discovers the genetic mechanism that can cure many human cancers? For Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski it has meant a battle of time, wits and money.Burzynski stands to be the first person in history...
Lake Ann - "I was and always have been obsessed with houses and the people who live in them,"says Dorina Rudd of Lake Ann Twenty years ago, Dorina turned her fascination into Design Strategies, a successful business specializing in interior and exterior design. Recently...
Handicaptain"All I wanted to do was figure out a way to get Dad on his boat again," says Handicaptain inventor Adam Begley. When his father, a longtime boater, became wheelchair bound, Begley says he felt helpless when the rest of the family would have to...
BENZONIA - From machines for cutting coffee in Hawaii to lifts for harvesting pinecones for reforestation in British Columbia, to huge trimmers for walnut trees in South Africa, Gillison's Variety and Fabrication's specialized agricultural equipment is shipped to 70 different countries worldwide. The business, whose...
REGION - Everyone is looking for a bargain these days. And judging by the size of the crowds, area auctions are one of the more popular spots to find one. People who are looking to make some fast cash by liquidating assets, or those hoping...
BENZONIA - In this technology-crazed world we live in, Fernand Footwear makes shoes that are designed and handmade to fit the feet that wear them. In his small, but airy Benzonia shop just off the main drag, owner Tim McKay traces his customers' feet and...