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Representatives from the Western Michigan University (WMU) Business Technology and Research (BTR) Park North and newly erected Ascension Borgess Cancer Center came together today to celebrate a ribbon cutting ceremony marking the achievements of the two major community developments. The event’s focus was on the completion of the Ascension Borgess Cancer Center, the first corporate […]

Treystar invites the public to an opening and dedication ceremony to officially open downtown Kalamazoo’s newest outdoor space to enjoy community, arts, music, and social interactions. Known as Haymarket Plaza, the community celebration is set for Thursday, September 16, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Driven by the belief that downtown commercial spaces create opportunities […]

Pfizer Inc. broke ground, today, March 31, on one of the world’s most technically advanced sterile injectable pharmaceutical production facilities–known as Modular Aseptic Processing (MAP)–in Kalamazoo, Michigan. MAP is a multi-story, 420,000-square-foot production engine that is expected to add approximately 450 new jobs in Kalamazoo County. Several Michigan elected officials were in attendance. Pfizer announced […]

Portage-based Clark Logic LLC, in partnership with Industrial Partners USA, held a ceremonial groundbreaking to mark the start of construction of a new speculative (spec) building in Battle Creek, Michigan on Wednesday, September 30, 2020. Regional economic development group Battle Creek Unlimited hosted the event. This spec building will be the first of its kind […]

Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE announced that two of the companies’ four investigational vaccine candidates from their combined Project Lightspeed vaccine program to help protect against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, have received Fast Track designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Project Lightspeed vaccine development program is grounded on Germany-based […]

Today is National Eat Your Vegetables Day, and there’s no better place to spend it than in Michigan. Our state has over 9.9 million acres of farmland and produces more than 300 commodities, making it the state with the second most diverse agriculture industry in the nation just behind California. This means there should be […]

When Stryker Corporation began the search for a place to construct a $154 million research and development facility for its Instruments Division, it had to look no further than the home of its birth in Southwest Michigan. On January 27, 2020, several hundred corporate and community leaders celebrated in tandem as the ribbon was cut […]