by Kimberly Viers | Jun 7, 2020 | Business
The team at FIRST & 42 is always one to embrace a little bit of history. When it comes to politics, we can’t resist the temptation to let our mind drift back to the days of Rome’s open-air Forum back in 500 B.C. It was at this Forum when people first began meeting...
by Kimberly Viers | Jun 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
The fall-favorite destination, Gull Meadow Farms has innovated during the past couple of weeks to bring a little joy to the community through its donuts. While donut making is typically reserved for autumn at Gull Meadow Farms, Manager Justin Wendzel decided to begin...
by Kimberly Viers | Jun 4, 2020 | Leadership
OPINION “…We wept and prayed” is a line from the movie, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” that refers to collective community action and tends to be my first reaction in days of collective loss and trauma. There is a holiness in tears and prayers for insight and guidance. In...
by Kimberly Viers | Jun 3, 2020 | Culture
The team at FIRST & 42 struggles to find the right inspiration for you today, during this period of adversity and pain abound in our community and the world at large. We are at a crossroads where the options presented to us are either to continue down the...
by Kimberly Viers | Jun 3, 2020 | Culture
Did you know that in Michigan you’re never more than six miles from an inland lake or more than 85 miles from one of the HOMES, a.k.a. Great Lakes? With more than 11,000 inland lakes, there are so many beautiful bodies of water to explore and enjoy. This must be why...
by Kimberly Viers | Jun 2, 2020 | Culture
We struggle to find the right inspiration for you during this period of adversity and pain abound in our community and the world at large. We are at a crossroads where the options presented to us are either to continue down the comfortable path of accepting social and...
by Kimberly Viers | May 22, 2020 | Culture
Apollo and his harp have reigned in our region for almost 100 years through the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra (KSO) with musical education and world-class entertainment. During this difficult time, KSO’s music director, Julian Kuerti, and musicians wanted to find ways...
by Kimberly Viers | May 21, 2020 | Culture
We are raising our glass to all of the local distillers that add spirit to Michigan on National Craft Distillery Day! Local craft distilleries are on the rise (almost like a Phoenix rising from the ashes) and producing award-winning spirits. “We found a niche in a...
by Kimberly Viers | May 21, 2020 | Business
The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC)’s Match on Main program, which serves as a tool for local units of government, downtown development authorities, or other downtown management organizations to support place-based businesses, is being expanded to...
by Kimberly Viers | May 19, 2020 | Business
There’s nothing quite like a fresh coat of paint to update a room, but with executive orders limiting the work for local painting company Quality Touch, CEO Quincy Nunn decided to focus on cleaning-up something else, our hands with hand sanitizer! In late March,...
by Kimberly Viers | May 18, 2020 | Culture
Whether you’re missing Aunt Em, Uncle Henry, or your own loved ones, social distancing can make it challenging to stay in touch with everyone. While we don’t recommend you host a backyard get-together right now, we do have some other suggestions on how you...
by Kimberly Viers | May 12, 2020 | Culture
No matter how you slice it, pizza can make any night better. Since it’s National Pizza Day (and Friday, in case you’ve lost track of the days), there shouldn’t be any excuses getting in the way of you celebrating with a local pizza pie tonight. We even dished up a...
