This year the TCBN inducts two more Traverse City legends to join its list of local luminaries. Since 2013, the TCBN has paid tribute to the leaders and entrepreneurs who have made lifetime contributions to the economic growth and community vibrancy of the Grand Traverse...
The sign business is having a banner season in northern Michigan. Traverse City is home to many creative production companies that provide an array of services from wayfinding signage to experiential exhibits, event banners to pop-up displays, transit bus wrapping to auto painting. The possibilities...
This year the TCBN inducts two more Traverse City business legends to join the list we’ve celebrating for eight years now: the list of entrepreneurs who've made lifetime contributions to the economic growth of the Grand Traverse area. In 2013, we introduced the 10-member charter class....
[caption id="attachment_21452" align="alignright" width="300"] Oak barreled wines aging in the lower level of The Barrel Room, which opened in May 2017 at The Village at Grand Traverse Commons.[/caption] Note: Please see the “Inside the Village” insert in the June TCBN for more updates on The Village...
Nathan Brown joined Twin Bay Glass shortly after graduating from Northwestern Michigan University in 1999. Twenty years later, he owns the company, which specializes in shower doors, car windshields, and residential and commercial windows. Brown and his wife, Kerri, purchased Twin Bay Glass from original owners...
Pat Wilson was the 22nd attorney to join the Grand Traverse-Leelanau-Antrim Bar Association when he started practicing law in Traverse City in 1963. John Blakeslee was the 25th in 1966. The roster was still low when Joe Fisher and George Bearup arrived in 1974. Today,...
Pain management has been an ongoing facet of healthcare for generations. However, as the challenges of opioid addiction rage through the country and states like Michigan adopt new regulations, physicians, caregivers and health systems are pursuing new medical and intervention strategies to treat patients for...
[caption id="attachment_19154" align="alignleft" width="300"] Kate Walski and floral manager Rory O’Donnell. Photo by Wren Photography[/caption] Kate Walski remembers the moment she decided to become an event professional. “I was working at the Park Place Hotel’s front desk and watched a bride and groom walk in,” she said....
This year the TCBN inducts two more Traverse City business legends into the list we’ve been building and celebrating for seven years now: the entrepreneurs who have made lifetime contributions to the economic growth of the Grand Traverse area. In 2013, we introduced the 10-member charter...
Long before their names were on plaques and buildings, Jerry Oleson, Les Biederman and Art Schmuckal and their families started businesses, raised children and volunteered often. Today, their descendants lead philanthropic efforts and family foundations that continue to support the causes and community they loved. “My most...
