WASHINGTON DC - The League of Conservation Voters Action Fund, which works to elect candidates who will implement sound environmental policies, announced its endorsement of Field Reichardt to represent Michigan?s 2nd District in the U.S. House of Representatives. "Field Reichardt is a proven leader in the public and private sectors who knows how to bring
TRAVERSE CITY - Verizon Wireless has completed a $750,000 integration of its network with that of Alltel across much of northern Michigan, including Antrim, Charlevoix, Emmet, Kalkaska and Grand Traverse counties. Verizon Wireless? voice network and high-speed 3G data network (that lets customers rely on their phones for just about everything other than making calls)
FLINT - The third annual Veteran Entrepreneurial Training Conference is scheduled for June 16 at the Lansing Community College, M-Tech Center and will focus on starting and funding a business, procuring state and federal contracts, and veteran benefits. Chris Holman, one of Lansing's best known civic leaders and entrepreneurs will be the keynote speaker. Rick
DETROIT - Lawrence Technological University is conducting a survey to identify the availability of, and gaps in, resources needed by individuals that are crucial to spur innovation, entrepreneurship and new business creation in Michigan and the Great Lakes Region. The survey deadline is June 15. Sponsored by the U.S. Commerce Department, the Innovation and Entrepreneurship
ANN ARBOR - The Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Area Chambers of Commerce officially formed the new Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Regional Chamber on June 1. "We are proud of our new logo that symbolizes the two communities coming together and overlapping to cause a ripple effect throughout the county," said Diane Keller, Chamber President. ?We launch not
ANN ARBOR ? Doug Selby, owner of Meadowlark Builders, has been selected by Remodeling magazine to join the Remodeling Big50. The Big50 awards were presented at a gala dinner at the Remodeling Leadership Conference in Alexandria, Va., last month. Each year since 1986, the Remodeling Big50 inducts the owners of 50 remodeling companies that have
LANSING - Cloud Computing analyst, CloudHarmony, performed a comprehensive analysis of 20 Cloud Computing Vendors' CPU performance. Cloud Harmony benchmarked more than 150 different cloud server configurations focusing this round of testing specifically on raw CPU performance. After exhaustive analysis, Cloud Harmony determined Liquid Web's Storm On Demand's 48 GB Cloud Server to be the
EAST LANSING ? Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest is announcing the winner of its $100,000 SmartZone Award June 10 at Michigan State University, along with winners of cash prizes up to $40,000. The day-long event also will include a golf outing, networking event and MIT Enterprise Forum presentation, discussion groups, and elevator pitches and the results
MIDLAND - As part of the second annual entrepreneurial networking event of the region, the MidMichigan Innovation Center, more than 250 entrepreneurs, business and community leaders, and accredited investors and nearly 40 exhibitors came together May 27 at the Dow Diamond to celebrate entrepreneurship in Mid Michigan. The keynote address came from Dwight Carlson, Chairman
DETROIT - The Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center (MI-SBTDC) will host information sessions in Detroit on June 8 and in Ann Arbor on June 9 to educate business owners and CEO's about the PeerSpectives Roundtable program. Tables are forming in Livonia, Troy, Ann Arbor and Detroit. Owners and CEOs of growing, second stage