TRAVERSE CITY - "Partake" is the catch phrase in Chateau Chantal's newest business venture. The word is defined as, "to take part, to take a portion, to eat or drink in the company of others." And it is an apt description of their decision to...
BELLAIRE - On April 29, only one week after finalizing the deal, the VanThomme family opened its second PlantMasters location.Located on the north side of Bellaire at 906 N. Bridge St. (M-88), it replaces the former Bellaire Greenhouse. For long-time customers, there's a great deal...
TRAVER SE CITY - They say timing is everything, and nobody believes that more than Chuck Lombardo.Seeing a need for public relations consulting in the early 1990s, the former corporate PR Manager decided to open a firm of his own."I had a vision of a...
TRAVERSE CITY - Is there anything more exciting than new technology? Or more daunting? That's exactly what the Northwestern Michigan Telecommunications Association (NMTA) is all about: showcasing the latest advances in telecommunications and tackling the biggest questions that come with them."The idea of the group...
"America's future will be all malls connected by the interstates all because your parents no longer can their own tomatoes."-- Garrison KeillorTRAVERSE CITY - The Northern Michigan Environmental Action Council (NMEAC) asks you to consider these facts:? Run-off from chemically-intensive agricultural operations is a leading...
TRAVERSE CITY - The region's reliance and interest in the Internet is exploding, and businesses are sprouting right along with it.One of these is ISPhone, started in 1997 by Kenneth E. Moody and Victor von Schlegell, ISPhone's president and CEO. The company provides the latest...
A new market has been created from the idea of converged networks, defined as a number of applications on one connection. "Applications can be voice, video and data and, when converged, create significant cost savings to the customer," explains Sterling Enfield of BCS Networks, Inc....
OPENINGS• Fleis & VandenBrink Engineering Inc., a Grand Rapids-based civil and environmental engineering and survey firm, has opened a Traverse City office. The firm serves municipalities, developers, industries and the State of Michigan."This geographic expansion will allow us to capitalize on opportunities for work in...
When I'm out taking pictures or running errands, I try to take different routes around the area so I can scope out all the new businesses springing up--seemingly overnight.This rubbernecking doesn't thrill drivers behind me, nor does using my steering wheel as a writing pad....
For those of us who use e-mail regularly, it's hard to remember what we did before we had it at our fingertips.According to a recent article published by Law Library Resource Xchange (www.llrx.com), an estimated 72 million employees currently use e-mail, generating approximately 4 trillion...
