Hurricanes like Ike and Katrina are increasing in intensity, tornado disasters like the dozens that ripped through the south on Super Tuesday 2008 are coming in clusters and doing twice the damage. In northern Michigan, meteorologists and farmers alike attest to new, extreme droughts, rainfall...
TRAVERSE CITY - Dominique Jaurola, Chandran Nair, Matthew Neagle. Who are these people? While their names may not be familiar to everyone, they are coming to Traverse City to share their stories, offer their insights and most importantly, talk and listen to you.For two days...
It's not net-sitting, it's not net-standing around, it's not even net- eating; it is, says Mark Avery, net-working. "Remember - you're there to get something accomplished." He should know. For nine years Avery has been a member of one of the four Business Networking International...
TRAVERSE CITY - Great Lakes Cardiology PLLC and Northwest Michigan Heart and Vascular Specialists PLLC have ended a three-month-old legal battle over access to patients and medical records. James Christopherson, the attorney for Great Lakes, and Dr. Michael Lauer, founder of Northwest Michigan Heart and...
TRAVERSE CITY - Juliette Schultz stands poised to catch a yellow weight ball while keeping her feet planted atop a rounded piece of exercise equipment, an activity that works her body's core muscles. It's just one of numerous repetitions the Traverse City marketing professional will...
REGION - "For Lease" signs in strip malls and office buildings, "For Sale" signs on vacant developable land, a commercial building on the market for two years hungry for a buyer - in a nutshell, this is the state of the region's commercial real estate...
Forget the doom and gloom national headlines, the real estate market in Traverse City is alive and holding its own, thank you very much. OK, maybe an asterisk or two are required here. As the chart indicates, sales are down slightly within the region...
GARFIELD TWP - The expansion project that will turn the Wal-Mart store at Grand Traverse Crossings into a "Supercenter" went out for bids the second week of September and construction could start as early as the beginning of November. The Wal-Mart store is expanding to...
TRAVERSE CITY - A former Garfield Township planner who was asked to resign by the township's supervisor over a public structure dispute is getting back to his consultant roots, opening a planning and design business in Traverse City.Gerry Harsch, who spent more than three decades...
TRAVERSE CITY - When you think of a "church," what comes to mind? Perhaps a grand steeple and a cross, surrounded by ornate stained glass? You probably don't think of a large industrial building. But that is exactly what one Traverse City church plans on...
