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Grants help give COVID-stressed businesses a restart; lets one Kalamazoo company take a coffee break
Al Jones
Monday, September 21, 2020
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Popular North Side restaurant will expand by opening new Creole and soul food spot in Kalamazoo
Al Jones
Wednesday, September 02, 2020
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Pandemic turns out to be the right timing for Woodin brothers to open food truck, Serious Dogs
Jane Simons
Tuesday, August 11, 2020
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Small Kalamazoo bus company looks for path through huge economic issues
Al Jones
Thursday, July 23, 2020
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Stewart Industries adds medical products to its lineup, uses its Trade Zone to import PPE
Jane Simons
Monday, June 29, 2020
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Entrepreneurship
Focus of Kalamazoo distillery shifts from hand-sanitizer back to cocktails
Al Jones
Monday, June 15, 2020
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Battle Creek entrepreneur turns her love of lip gloss into her own business
Jane Simons
Tuesday, June 09, 2020
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Sixty-three small businesses awarded $1.1 million in loans in Kalamazoo
Al Jones
Thursday, April 30, 2020
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Medicine, engineering, and production came together quickly in Kalamazoo to produce intubation boxes
Al Jones
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
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Recovery for one Battle Creek business takes root
Jane Simons
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
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The Blog: Applying the glue of life
Rick Chambers
Monday, April 27, 2020
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The Blog: Holding on to a this too shall pass state of mind
Peecoon Allen
Friday, April 24, 2020
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How rough has shutdown been on small businesses? Insights from a dentist, barber, and car salesman
Al Jones
Monday, April 20, 2020
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The Blog: A new feature this week with words by Judy Sarkozy
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Friday, March 27, 2020
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Battle Creek Unlimited loans will help small businesses during virus related economic emergency
Jane Simons
Thursday, March 26, 2020
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Spanish language newspaper gives voice to Latinx in Battle Creek and across Southwest Michigan
Jane Simons
Thursday, March 19, 2020
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Experienced, long time businesses and those getting started all call Edison home
Al Jones
Thursday, March 12, 2020
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New authentic Mexican restaurant coming to Kalamazoo's Edison Neighborhood
Al Jones
Thursday, March 12, 2020
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It's 80 years and counting for George's Appliance Co. in Kalamazoo's Edison Neighborhood
Al Jones
Thursday, March 05, 2020
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Penetrator Events creates new ways to have fun in Battle Creek in public events and private parties
Jane Simons
Thursday, February 27, 2020
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