In the 1990s, Second Chance Body Armor was the darling of the northern Michigan business scene, with legends of its founder actually shooting himself to prove the efficacy of its products. In 2004, a recall put the company in a tailspin, its assets sold off. But now,...
[caption id="attachment_27147" align="alignleft" width="253"] dsb Publishing, Sept. 16, 2019 • 267 pages, softcover $29.95[/caption] Reviewed by Chris Wendel In a nutshell: A thorough reference guide for understanding and addressing the essential elements of running an efficient team or organization. Who is it for? Those working in teams or...
A new, state-of-the-art orthopedic surgery center has opened just off US-31 near Sam’s Club in Traverse City. Alliance Surgery Center is a joint venture between Great Lakes Orthopedic Center (GLOC) and Traverse City Orthopedics. The center had been under construction for a year and opened...
The sign business is having a banner season in northern Michigan. Traverse City is home to many creative production companies that provide an array of services from wayfinding signage to experiential exhibits, event banners to pop-up displays, transit bus wrapping to auto painting. The possibilities...
There’s plenty happening at Cherry Capital Airport. Between the potential transition from a two-county-operated facility to an airport authority model, a record year of passenger traffic, new carriers and routes and airport improvements, Executive Director Kevin Klein is ready to talk about it all. TCBN: First...
Local businesses that we meet with often wrestle with the same challenges. They want more consumers to know about their products and services. They want to increase sales. They want to cultivate long-term relationships with their best customers. And they want to do it in...
The economy. Millennials. Marijuana businesses. These are just three hot topics we'll be reading and hearing about this year. The TCBN has once again compiled a list of the people, places and products that we predict will be making headlines in 2020. Below are five items from the...
In 1997 the Traverse City Commission took an important step in the development of downtown Traverse City by approving the Tax Increment Financing (TIF) 97 plan. This plan was well designed and has proven a huge success not only for downtown Traverse City, but for...
[caption id="attachment_27159" align="alignleft" width="300"] PB&J Marketing co-owners Karl Bastian and his wife Maria Perez-Bastian look over some of their recent work. (Photo: Todd VanSickle)[/caption] Meat, potholes and penguins have had Traverse City buzzing since PB&J Marketing launched Maxbauer's Meat Market's eye-catching billboard and marketing campaign several...
This year the TCBN inducts two more Traverse City business legends to join the list we’ve celebrating for eight years now: the list of entrepreneurs who've made lifetime contributions to the economic growth of the Grand Traverse area. In 2013, we introduced the 10-member charter class....
