(Pictured above, from l-r: Matt Landaal, Robert Landaal, Mark Landaal and Jay Landaal) You might say “generations” is a common theme at Burton-based Landaal Packaging Systems. On the one hand, the 63-year-old company is now under its third generation of family leadership. And in a completely different sense, much of the cardboard that it turns Continue Reading
(Photo credit: Consumers Energy) The announcement earlier this year that two General Motors facilities in Genesee County will use only clean energy over the next couple of decades helped juice a steady trend that is occurring locally, statewide and nationally. GM’s agreement with Consumers Energy calls for only clean energy use at its Flint Assembly Continue Reading
Efforts underway to foster more accepting and supportive workplaces More than half of U.S. employers are now making diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace a high priority, according to a survey of human resources decision-makers last year by Lever, a talent acquisition suite. While similar, Genesee County-specific data is not available, there’s at least Continue Reading
Even though Jeff Clark grew up watching his dad and stepmom operate what would become Steel Transportation Services (STS) from their Grand Blanc home, he never gave much thought to joining the family trucking business — even while he was attending the University of Michigan-Flint. “It wasn’t a very big company at that time,” said Continue Reading
While many finer aspects of the massive infrastructure bill that President Biden signed last fall are still in flux — including exactly how much of the $550 billion in new spending will make its way to Genesee County — the measure as a whole promises to boost American businesses’ ability to compete domestically and internationally. Continue Reading
Jane Worthing laughingly recalls the proclamation she made shortly after joining the fledgling Genesee Packaging Inc. in 1979 as a receptionist answering telephones. “I told my mom, ‘If you think I’m going to work here the rest of my life, you are crazy.’ And yet, here I am,” said Worthing, president, CEO and sole owner Continue Reading
Sisters Carol Weber and Judy Blake and Greg Viener have helped improve the lives of an untold number of Genesee County residents. But the recipients of two of Genesee County’s most prestigious philanthropic awards are also quick to credit others for fine-tuning or instilling their sense of community service. “It all started with my parents Continue Reading
In more ways than one, growth has been a constant during the past century at Porter’s Orchard. It all began when Ray Porter, a machinist who had moved from Port Huron to Flint, bought the property on Hegel Road east of Goodrich in 1919 and planted his first apple trees in 1921. “He had decided Continue Reading
Remediation efforts a high priority for all With the school year in full swing, Genesee County districts are embarking on a regimen of reading, ’riting and ’rithmetic — and remediation. That last addition to the traditional three R’s is a result of the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, which during the previous academic year Continue Reading
After Father Earl V. Sheridan, a young Catholic priest with a master’s degree in social work, was assigned to Flint in 1941, he promptly formed the Catholic Social Service Bureau to offer counseling to individuals throughout the community. “It kind of just grew from there,” said Kellie Pardi, marketing manager for what is now Catholic Continue Reading
