Article Author: Heather Baker

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 […]

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 […]

John Korycki may be Director for Culinary Education at Kalamazoo Valley, but his love for food and cooking goes all over the place. John Korycki Director for Culinary Education, Kalamazoo Valley Community College, June 2015—present Executive Chef, Greenleaf Hospitality Group, August 2004—April 2015 Founding Chef, Zazios Kendall College, Associate of Arts and Sciences, Culinary Arts, […]

Angie Jackson gives us a look inside the Chief Mixologist Bar Program at Green Door Distilling Company. What is your profession? The professional term is Master Culinary Mixologist. I like to say I’m preaching and teaching the gospel of fine-crafted cocktails, using seasonally fresh, locally sourced items. The less pretentious term I also like to […]

Rich Sheridan shares his perspective on the value of joy. Joy. That feeling of great pleasure and happiness resulting from success, good fortune, or a sense of well-being. What does it look like? A child with ice cream cone. A college graduate waving a diploma. A smiley face with tears melting out of the corners […]