by Kimberly Viers | Jan 14, 2021 | Business
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...
by Kimberly Viers | Jan 14, 2021 | Business
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...
by Kimberly Viers | Jan 14, 2021 | Business
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...
by Kimberly Viers | Jan 13, 2021 | Business
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...
by Kimberly Viers | Jan 13, 2021 | Business
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...
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...
