This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Traverse City Business Legends Hall of Fame. Since 2013, the TCBN has paused to honor business giants, civic and community champions and philanthropists – both deceased and living – who have made lifelong contributions to the economic...
What’s in a tagline, a logo design or billboard campaign? A lot of brainstorming, probably a few bad ideas and maybe even some late nights. But ultimately, all of that creative work ends in slick slogans, eye-catching graphics and memorable messaging. For companies and non-profits that...
If you would have told Richard Anderson in 2016 that every year 125,000 people would drive down a long dirt road in the middle of nowhere to visit his business, he would have told you … well, you can guess what he may have said....
[caption id="attachment_42426" align="alignright" width="439"] Dennis Prout, Shea Petaja and Heidi Thompson. Photo by Michael Poehlman Photography[/caption] Every week, Dennis Prout hops behind a microphone at WTCM in downtown Traverse City for New Retirement Radio, a one-hour program on NewsTalk 580 that’s made him a little bit...
Women in the construction and development industry – whether working at jobsites or running companies – are more prevalent than ever before. Still, the overall percentage is small in the male-dominated field. What do they have to say about that? The TCBN talked to four...
Is your social media strategy working? How did that customer hear about your product? Is your brand identity projecting the image you really want? These are just a few of the countless questions marketing and design professionals tackle daily in their work for companies and...
Making wishes is fun. Having them come true is even better. The TCBN hopes to grant at least a few wishes this season with its annual Nonprofit Wish List. We ask several area nonprofits representing a range of missions for some of their wishes as...
A former executive with a $4.5 billion health care system in southeast Michigan has joined Munson Healthcare’s senior leadership team. Laura Glenn filled the role of vice president of physician network in mid-December. It’s a new position – with a much broader scope – for the...
No harm in wishing, right? Just ask these seven area nonprofits. That’s exactly what the TCBN did in the spirit of the upcoming season of good cheer and giving. Specifically, we asked these local organizations to dream up three wishes at three different value levels...
Nearly half a million dollars in state funding is fueling improvements in public transportation options for the region’s commuters. Coming soon: increased hours of operation for bus service, more dedicated/fixed routes, and more express services from point A to point B. On Oct. 1, BATA and...
