Cherry Capital Airport’s Kevin Klein checked in recently with the TCBN for an update on airport traffic, what’s to come for the industry, and which flights in and out of Traverse City are popular — and which are at risk. TCBN: Well, we’re months into this...
A new, state-of-the-art orthopedic surgery center has opened just off US-31 near Sam’s Club in Traverse City. Alliance Surgery Center is a joint venture between Great Lakes Orthopedic Center (GLOC) and Traverse City Orthopedics. The center had been under construction for a year and opened...
There’s plenty happening at Cherry Capital Airport. Between the potential transition from a two-county-operated facility to an airport authority model, a record year of passenger traffic, new carriers and routes and airport improvements, Executive Director Kevin Klein is ready to talk about it all. TCBN: First...
Terry Beia and his partners had just sold some assets in their Traverse City-based oil and gas company, Omega Resources. So where to reinvest the gains? It was 1998, with investment choices galore, from a booming stock market to continued strength in the oil fields...
Matt Wille was named the new president and CEO of Munson Medical Center in September, replacing the role held by Al Pilong, who left for a position at a Virginia health system. It's a big job by any measure – but one Wille says he’s...
Coco Champagne was with Hagerty when they counted the workforce in dozens, not hundreds or thousands. She has now spent 16 years in human resources, recruiting, managing, paying and developing the company’s staff. Last October she was promoted to chief operating officer, expanding her role...
LochenHeath – the exclusive waterfront golf development on the shores of East Grand Traverse Bay – could soon become a private golf club again. Owners have greenlit construction of upscale “statement” cottages on the course, which could be a key step in attracting outside members...
Every industry is undergoing change, but arguably your local and national banks might take the cake: Buyouts, significant regulation changes, and new competitors both in the brick-and-mortar and online worlds are just a few of the daily realities and challenges. Locally, northern Michigan’s banks are...
Realtor Tom Krause knows about failing and starting over. After a tough divorce and moving north to Traverse City to be closer to his son, his new life was met with a bumpy beginning. "I had been doing real estate in the Flint area and took a...
Traverse City-based Britten, Inc. ships more packages around the world than you. It's an easy assumption, given that the banner and sign maker shipped 46,000 packages last year and ranks third among all FedEx customers from northern Grand Rapids to Sault Saint Marie. And though its...
