TRAVERSE CITY - Northwestern Michigan College's Training and Research with the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center will be hosting a special three-day seminar and workshop on Toyota Kata, the practice of supporting continuous improvement, adaptation, and enhanced results at any organization. The event is being held...
REGION - National resort sales consultant Tom Goetschius compares Tamarack Lodge on East Grand Traverse Bay to Disney World - just without the ears.Seemingly going against the grain of the rest of the housing market, the waterfront resort's fractional ownership, or shared-housing occupancy, part of...
TRAVERSE CITY - The only one of eight siblings to go to college, Inman's career started with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Interior Design from Michigan State University. After graduation, he moved to the nation's hotbeds of art and design: first San Francisco, and...
When Governor Snyder unveiled his fiscal year 2011-2012 budget last March, one controversial feature was the elimination of tax credits for various industries (film industry, Brownfields, etc.). While the elimination of the Farmland and Open Space Preservation Act (PA 116) did not find its...
TRAVERSE CITY - The Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay has been awarded three grants totaling $2.2 million to install improved runoff filtration systems in Suttons Bay and Traverse City, and to manage sediments as two dams are removed on the Boardman River.The funding comes from...
TRAVERSE CITY - How many nonprofits could survive several months without a leader? Or, miss out on the "bread and butter" of the fundraising year - the end-of-year ask?One thing is certain, you don't do it without a passionate board. Just ask Junior Achievement of...
Wiley, 2005 - $24.95 - 280 pagesIt's timely to read and review a book about the founder of a small brewery. The growth of micro-breweries in the United States and, in particular, Michigan, counters the...
The Traverse City Commission, after eliminating a few staff positions in the new budget, may now create a brand new position: the Traverse City Ombudsman. All seven commissioners reacted positively to the idea proposed by Mayor Chris Bzdok - after all, who could criticize...
How do you define impact? Influence? Power? Visible, tangible change that's measured by dollars or miles or jobs? Or the evident but unquantifiable stuff that makes up - and improves - a community's quality of life? Judgingby the number of nominations made to this year's...
