Not seasonally adjusted jobless rates edged down slightly in 10 of Michigan’s 17 major labor market areas during March, with monthly rate decreases ranging from 0.1 to 0.3 percentage points, according to data released from the Michigan Department of Technology,...
Updated April 29, 2021 Beyond the health implications of someone contracting COVID-19, the pandemic has exposed deep vulnerabilities in our nation’s public health infrastructure. Lives have been lost, inequities intensified, and years of progress eroded across our...
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...
The Kalamazoo County Health & Community Services Department is reporting that health care partners such as hospitals, federally qualified health centers, pharmacies, and local public health departments have administered 128,649 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to...
Longtime local experts in the development of display products, Consort Display finalized the purchase of a building they have rented for about 15 years in the Edison neighborhood. This building is just one of many in the area that Consort works out of. Supporting this...
When the first cases of COVID-19 were detected in Michigan and emergency orders shut down the state in mid-March 2020, most people believed we’d be back to normal after a month or two. Now a full year in, and we are all continuing to face questions and learning to...
Looking for an affordable place to lay out your “Home, Sweet Home” welcome mat? If so, Southwest Michigan is a great choice. Kalamazoo continues to hold its place in the top five places in the U.S. with the lowest cost of living, closing out 2020 in the number two...
This morning Southwest Michigan First's newly appointed CEO, Lee Chatfield, submitted his resignation to the Southwest Michigan First Board of Directors. A statement from the organization confirmed the following, "At our 10:00 a.m. meeting today, the board accepted...
Governor Gretchen Whitmer Announces Nearly 6,000 Small Businesses Across Michigan Awarded $52.5 Million Through Michigan Small Business Survival Grant Program Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) grant program supports small businesses impacted by COVID-19...
UPDATE: On Monday, February 22, 2021, Lee Chatfield resigned as CEO of Southwest Michigan First. In a statement to the community, Southwest Michigan First updated its plans on how it will approach the future search. You can read that update here. Regional economic...
