Diane Arnold had never been to Traverse City when Munson Healthcare recruited her husband, Matthew, earlier this year to work there as a neonatologist. As a “trailing spouse,” Arnold was faced with having to make new friends, find a neighborhood attractive to her young family and...
The ever-increasing demand for renewable sources of energy, combined with growing interest in local power generation, has made for some key developments in northern Michigan’s solar industry this year. Whether its consumers investing in residential systems, businesses installing large solar arrays or utilities figuring out...
Good news at the gas pump is mostly bad news for the Northern Michigan oil and gas industry. Fill up at a Grand Traverse area station today, and you’ll pay from $2.11 to $2.20 per gallon. Adjusted for inflation, that is roughly on a par with...
Sondra Shaw Hardy remembers when women’s philanthropy was a foreign concept. Today, she celebrates the “power of the purse.” “Reaching out to and recognizing women as having money and being philanthropists is a given now,” Hardy said. “(But) 30 years ago almost no one thought that...
Gordon Brown and his wife, Susan, were passionate boaters and active for years with the Inland Seas Education Association in Suttons Bay. When Brown died in 2012, he left a gift of more than $40,000 to the Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation to invest with the...
Stormcloud Brewing serves up craft beers while the Benzie Symphony plays inside the pub. Traverse City Chamber of Commerce members confer during Leadership @ the Movies at the Bijou. Downtown art walks add vitality to the streets, showcasing artists while driving retail sales. These are just...
The date has been pushed back a month or so, but Dr. Rick Nielsen said the new Crystal Lake Health Center on Long Lake Road will open in February or March of 2017. When it opens, Nielsen said the facility located near West Senior High will...
Munson Medical Center's 3T MRI is saving patients time and money. The machine, installed a year ago, is four times more powerful than Munson's 1.5 MRI machines and provides clarity that previously was unavailable locally, meaning patients had to go downstate. It can be adjusted to...
Thanks to a million-dollar grant from the federal government and nearly half that again in support from the area, the new Traverse Health Clinic is a reality. The clinic’s move from its location on Logan Valley Road to the new facility on Garfield resulted in...
With a positive, 25-year record of production and jobs, folks at Coding Products in Kalkaska might be excused if they got a little complacent. But instead, they always seek to improve. And that goes for the front office just as much as the shop floor. Such...
