Through $39,015,052 in grants from the Going PRO Talent Fund, Michigan is helping nearly 30,000 workers across the state to secure employment, industry-recognized credentials and strong wages by providing training grants to more than 850 Michigan businesses to support...
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Start Making Your Reservations
Restaurants across Michigan received clearance on Friday from Governor Gretchen Whitmer during a press conference that they will be able to reopen for indoor dining. Beginning on February 1, 2021, restaurants may reopen their dining rooms with a restriction of groups...
2020 Wonderful Workplaces Winner: Greenleaf Trust
Supporting Teammates through ‘Business as Unusual’ Joining the ranks as a 2020 Wonderful Workplaces champion is Greenleaf Trust, a privately held wealth management firm with specialized disciplines in asset management, trust administration, qualified retirement plan...
2020 Wonderful Workplaces Winner: Gibson Insurance
Creating a Great Experience for All FIRST & 42 is celebrating Gibson Insurance as a winner of this year’s Wonderful Workplaces competition. Gibson provides counsel and advice on complex business and people issues that go far beyond the scope of an insurance...
2020 Wonderful Workplaces Winner: WMU Foundation
A Workplace Where the First Three Letters of the Profession Are FUN! FIRST & 42 is celebrating another 2020 Wonderful Workplace winner: the WMU Foundation. The team at WMU Foundation joins 14 other regional companies receiving the honor for their outstanding...
Gibson and Health Rosetta Scaling Proven Fixes to Healthcare
Gibson recently announced an expanding partnership with Health Rosetta. This announcement comes on the heels of the selection of Brian J. Bellware, CIC as one of 214 benefits advisors in the nation to be accepted to the Health Rosetta Advisor program in recognition...
2020 Wonderful Workplaces Winner: Byce & Associates, Inc.
Where Coworkers are Family FIRST & 42 has scouted our region for the most outstanding companies with excellent workplace culture, and we’ve rounded up the best of the best in the 2020 Wonderful Workplaces competition. Byce & Associates, Inc. (Byce), is one of...
Getting the Data Straight: A Dispute to the “Brain Drain” Report
During the final weeks of 2020, Kalamazoo was riding high from headlines around the globe touting the achievements from our neck of the woods in producing the first COVID-19 vaccine approved in the U.S. for widespread use. As the way things seem to go with everything...
2020 Wonderful Workplaces Winner: Imperial Beverage
Helping People Succeed FIRST & 42 is raising a glass for Imperial Beverage, a long-standing member of the Michigan beverage distribution community. Established in 1933 after the repeal of prohibition and purchased by Kalamazoo’s Cekola family in 1984, Imperial has...
2020 Wonderful Workplaces Winner: Allied Mechanical Services, Inc.
Faith, Family, and Then Work We’re celebrating Allied Mechanical Services, Inc. as a 2020 Wonderful Workplace winner. Allied Mechanical Services (AMS) is a mechanical contractor that has been servicing customers for over 35 years. Their service team believes each...










