When ROWE Professional Services Co. began construction on the ROWE Building at 540 S. Saginaw in 2006, it was one of the earliest businesses to join in what would become the first wave of revitalization in downtown Flint. Since then, not only has Flint taken on new life, but ROWE has weathered economic uncertainty as Continue Reading
Flint Township-based Automation Movers International (AMI) is embracing the opportunity that the skilled-trades gap opens up for local residents to learn a trade and get to work. Skilled trades – which include jobs such as electrician, mechanic, machinist, welder and pipefitter – have seen a huge increase in the need for a newly trained workforce. Continue Reading
Loan documents, W-2s, medical records, credit card bills – many identity-theft experts recommend that anything with personal information on it should be shredded rather than just thrown away. Companies have an even bigger stake in shredding private and confidential information to remain compliant with various federal and state laws and regulations regarding documentation. There are Continue Reading
Lewis & Knopf has seen a lot of changes in the Flint area, and in the nation’s tax laws, since the firm’s founding more than eight decades ago. The secret of its continuity rests with its people; its clients; and its investment in the community, says Director Thomas Shade. “It is unusual for a business Continue Reading
Suzanne Shew is often a fixture at Flint & Genesee Chamber events. Chances are you even saw her at the December Chamber Luncheon sporting the ugliest sweater in the ballroom, which, by the way, earned her first place in the annual Christmas competition that celebrates good cheer, holiday spirit and bad taste. However, aside from Continue Reading
Mike Czop faced a tough choice in February 2018. Wisconsin-based TIDI Products was looking to divest itself of its Fenton facility on north Leroy Road. After acquiring the privately held company known as Contour Fabricators, Inc. (CFI), less than four years earlier, TIDI’s executive leadership decided that the Fenton operation no longer fit with its Continue Reading
On a warm and sunny afternoon in August 2018, Flint Optical Co. was abuzz with activity. A small, talkative youngster flittered about as he waited with his mother to meet with the eye doctor in back. At the opposite end of the rectangular waiting-area-and-showroom, a young man quietly perused an assortment of eyeglass frames arranged in Continue Reading
MW Gallery, which opened two years ago in downtown Flint, showcases museum-quality African diaspora art from the large Mott-Warsh Collection. The gallery is free and open to the public. Maryanne Mott, daughter of Charles Stewart Mott, and her late husband Herman Warsh established the collection in 2001. It focuses on work from post-World War II. Continue Reading
From planning elaborate princess weddings with The Walt Disney Co. and visits to the Most Magical Place on Earth for families with a disabled child, Shannon Bonadurer has an inside edge when it comes to Disney travel. After working with Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings & Honeymoons for about 10 years, Bonadurer and her husband Troy Continue Reading
Jan Barlow has reinvented her Clio laundry and dry cleaning business several times over since she opened in the midst of a recession in February 1982. Barlow started with just a small coin laundry, added dry cleaning about six months later and followed shortly with an addition. The former teacher has been ahead of industry Continue Reading
