Call it a lodging boom for Genesee County. Several hundred new hotel rooms are headed for the southern half of the county. Two new hotels are going up and more may be in the works. A multi-million Fairfield Inn & Suites in Grand Blanc Township and a $16 million Hyatt Place in Mundy Township are Continue Reading
Flint’s Mass Transportation Authority is more than just a fixed route bus service. The public transportation agency better known as MTA is recognized nationally for innovative programs that take people to buy their groceries and get them to and from important medical appointments. “The last 10 years for us has been a real transformation…. We’re Continue Reading
A group of community-minded businessmen emerged from a meeting nearly 20 years ago, committed to help their struggling city make a comeback. Each put up a significant amount of their own cash to try to redevelop a sleepy downtown with numerous shuttered storefronts and buildings. The investors formed Uptown Six LLC in 2001 and Uptown Continue Reading
Doug Witten, Baker College’s cyber defense program director, tells a funny story that illustrates just one of the dangers of being lax about cybersecurity. When Witten worked at EDS, one of his friends was a practical joker. That guy left his computer unlocked around the Christmas holiday. Witten noticed that, went in and called up Continue Reading
When employees of Dee Cramer spend time helping with Hurley Medical Center’s phone-a-thon or GM Customer Care and Aftersales employees do work around Carriage Town Ministries, the organizations clearly benefit from the help and are grateful for having their load lightened a bit. For the volunteers, they get a day away from their jobs and Continue Reading
The story of Diplomat Pharmacy Inc. is in many ways the story of Flint, Michigan. Established as a corner drugstore half a century ago, Diplomat today is a thriving $4.4-billion company that saves thousands of lives every year through its healthcare management leadership in the complex illness and oncology sector. At the heart of this Continue Reading
