People expect that professional athletes, construction workers, landscapers and other physical laborers will get injured in the course of all of their daily activities. What people don't expect is that those who work in an office have a pretty good chance of getting "injured" from...
Being green is important for both individuals and businesses, at least according to results of an inaugural survey conducted by the Traverse City Business News. Of the 349 respondents to the online survey, ranging from company presidents to line employees, 87 percent agreed "It is...
REGION - Why do we preserve land in northern Michigan? Because it has value. In some cases, value in the millions of dollars - but also value in terms of recreating and relaxing, as well as protecting scenic farmland, forests and water quality. Here's a...
TRAVERSE CITY - Grand Rapids-based Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services has been busy. The number of outpatients visiting the nonprofit's 25 clinics, including its Traverse City clinic, climbed seven percent last fiscal year, and its COO wouldn't be surprised if they hit 10 percent...
TRAVERSE CITY - Cedar Valley Ridge, a nature-hugged residential community in Grand Traverse County's Long Lake Township, continues to nab attention and admiration as one of the most underdeveloped developments in the area. Owner Dan Paulson could have carved 56 lots out of the pristine...
Every year U.S. organizations lose seven percent of revenue annually to fraud. Northern Michigan is no different than the rest of the country. Incidents of fraud are as prevalent here as they are elsewhere. And as the economy struggles, incidents of business fraud appear to...
REGION - Throughout much of the recession, at least one economic indicator in the northern Michigan business scene has been off the charts: the number of SBA loans. Bolstered by on-again, off-again stimulus measures, the number of loans guaranteed by the U.S. Small Business Administration...
The fate of the Fed's SBA loan guarantee is still uncertain, but the last year has been booming. The TCBN takes a look at the number of SBA loans some regional banks made - and how much they gave.REGION - Lamenting what they call a...
No one can predict with certainty what the economy will do in the next twelve months: go up, go down or remain essentially the same. But most economic experts agree that a rebound is inevitable. When that occurs, you'll want your company to be in...
