Month: June 2016

Belinda Tate’s passion for art led to finding home in Southwest Michigan.  Belinda Tate Executive Director Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 South Park Street Kalamazoo, MI 49007 www.kiarts.org Where did you move from? Winston-Salem, North Carolina. I was Director of The Diggs Gallery of Winston-Salem State University. Before that I was a corporate banker for […]

It all started with a Schwinn Typhoon… Mike Wood Founder of Team Active 22 Michigan Ave W Battle Creek, MI 49017 Mike Wood, of Team Active located on Michigan Avenue in downtown Battle Creek, Michigan, first fell in love with bikes growing up in Jackson, Michigan. Even with the many increasingly sophisticated bicycles available to […]

With the war for talent raging on, employers are continually reminded about the importance of developing and keeping valuable team members. Turnover interrupts productivity, causing quality and service challenges. It’s also expensive. An independent analysis by the W.E. Upjohn Institute has determined in the cost of turnover in Southwest Michigan is approximately $3,500 per lost […]

Scott McIntyre Director of Engineering Project Management & Processes / Site Leader Bosch Automotive Aftermarket / Automotive Service Solutions 6400 Technology Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49009 us.bosch.com Where are you originally from? My wife, Madeline, and I are natives of Carpinteria, California—a beautiful beach community, very close to Santa Barbara. I had been working with a small […]