by Craig Manning While the past 16 months haven’t been the easiest time for most business owners, that doesn’t mean business development has stalled. Here is a rundown of just a few of the new businesses that have opened in the Emmet/Antrim/Charlevoix area since early 2020. PETOSKEY Tillie’s...
[caption id="attachment_66111" align="aligncenter" width="627"] This Lake Charlevoix condo sold in a day. It was listed for sale at $780,000 and sold for $823,000.[/caption] By Ross Boissoneau Strong demand and low supply. If that sounds like a recipe for a challenging real estate market, be assured it is. It’s...
[caption id="attachment_66104" align="alignleft" width="288"] Marcie Earl is the owner of The Place Promotional Products in Elk Rapids.[/caption] by Amy Lane At Marcie Earl’s Elk Rapids business, orders for custom-designed items like promotional pens and sports team T-shirts have been making a return as Michigan moves past COVID-19. That’s...
by Craig Manning Pitch night competitions; a new culture of entrepreneurial innovation; high-speed broadband internet service in rural northern Michigan. These are just a few of the economic development highlights currently playing out across Emmet, Antrim, Cheboygan and Charlevoix counties. For David Emmel, who came aboard as the...
The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in Antrim, Emmet, and Charlevoix counties. Five outstanding business innovators from these counties represent a dynamic cross-section: a farmer; a drone pilot; a sock manufacturer; a makeup artist and a hairstylist. We’ve captured their stories here, along with...
With at least a dozen restaurants operating during any given season at three northern Michigan properties, Boyne Resorts has no shortage of staffing needs. But finding and retaining the skilled culinary workers for Boyne Highlands Resort, Boyne Mountain Resort and the Inn at Bay Harbor is...
[caption id="attachment_53248" align="alignleft" width="216"] Boyne City-based snow ski manufacturer Shaggy's joined with 1-800-Stencil, also of Boyne, to manufacture approximately 175,000 disposable face shields for McLaren and other Michigan hospitals.[/caption] Virtually every northern Michigan manufacturing company was touched, in some way, by the devasting coronavirus pandemic. Many were forced...
From Elk Rapids to Charlevoix, Petoskey and Harbor Springs, the business climate looks pretty rosy up north. The anticipation of a busy summer – potentially the busiest ever, according to some – along with a strong economy bodes well for private and nonprofit businesses. For starters,...
Antrim, Charlevoix and Emmet counties are increasingly being viewed as attractive places to do business, pulling in nearly $450 million in new private-sector investment in the past five years. In spite of the rosy financial outlook, there have been spots of dissent, most notably from Emmet...
From his post as president of the newly named Petoskey Wine Region, Dustin Stabile sees wineries working together and aiming higher. “We’re trying to turn this into a destination, where people are making plans to come to Petoskey … we want them coming here to Petoskey...
