by Kimberly Viers | Jan 12, 2021 | Business
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...
by Kimberly Viers | Jan 11, 2021 | Culture
Passion, Purpose, Solutions, Genuineness, and Servant Leadership FIRST & 42 is celebrating the region’s outstanding workplaces with our 2020 Wonderful Workplaces competition. Today we would like to extend a warm congratulations to Consumers Credit Union for being...
by Kimberly Viers | Jan 8, 2021 | Business
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...
by Kimberly Viers | Jan 6, 2021 | Business
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...
by Kimberly Viers | Jan 4, 2021 | Business
Work Hard, Play Hard! We can’t help but celebrate SalesPage Technologies, a winner of the 2020 Wonderful Workplaces competition powered by FIRST & 42. SalesPage is a software, data, and services provider to asset management firms large and small, across the globe....
by Kimberly Viers | Dec 28, 2020 | Culture
Let’s Make a Toast to 2021 There’s no better way to start off the new year than by supporting local breweries, distilleries, and wineries, some of which may have gotten you through the old year (wink, wink). However you choose to celebrate, remember to support our...
by Kimberly Viers | Dec 28, 2020 | Business
A Collaborative Team That Spreads Hope in Our Community Lighthouse Group, a full-service insurance agency, is a 2020 Wonderful Workplaces winner. The company offers comprehensive solutions in personal protection, commercial insurance, and employee benefits. The...
by Kimberly Viers | Dec 21, 2020 | Business
Where Work Is a Home Away From Home Companies that know how to make work both fulfilling and fun for employees deserve to be recognized, which is why FIRST & 42 has scouted around Southwest Michigan to find the top companies in the region that have Wonderful...
by Kimberly Viers | Dec 18, 2020 | Business
Today, Governor Whitmer, Robert Gordon, director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), and Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, Chief Medical Executive and Chief Deputy Director for MDHHS provided an update on the COVID pandemic at a press conference. The...
by Kimberly Viers | Dec 18, 2020 | Business
KALAMAZOO, MI—Kalamazoo County Health & Community Services Department and healthcare partners Ascension Borgess, Bronson Healthcare, Family Health Center, and WMed Health are excited to announce the arrival of the Pfizer vaccine to Kalamazoo County and the first...
by Kimberly Viers | Dec 18, 2020 | Business
Crafting High Quality Products With Fun Along the Way FIRST & 42 has scouted around Southwest Michigan to find workplaces that know how to make work both fulfilling and fun for employees. We are letting out the cheers for our Wonderful Workplace winners with...
by Kimberly Viers | Dec 16, 2020 | Business
Seasonally unadjusted unemployment rates continued their downward fall in all 17 Michigan major labor market areas during October 2020, according to data released from the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget (DTMB). “Regional jobless rates...
