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Blue Jeans Recycled Into Insulation

GRAND RAPIDS - If you want to go green, you may have to go blue instead. Or at least that's what Cotton Insulation hopes. The company recycles old blue jeans into cotton insulation that's then stuffed into walls to not only reduce heat loss in winter and air conditioning loss in summer, but also noise

By |2008-12-02T00:00:00-05:00December 2nd, 2008|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

Standale Lumber’s Green Builder Expo

GRAND RAPIDS - Standale Lumber, a long time building contractor in West Michigan, has gone green in a big way. The company has developed a line of clean, environmentally friendlier building products, plus hosts an annual Green Builder's Expo that showcases all the sustainable builders in the Western half of the state. The next Expo

By |2008-12-02T00:00:00-05:00December 2nd, 2008|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

Early Voting Bill Will See Light Of Day In 2009

LANSING - Legislation providing early voting in Michigan, which languished in committee since testimony was taken earlier this year, may see some action this week in the House. HB 4090 , which requires clerks to be open for voting a week before each election, is expected to be reported out of the House Ethics and

By |2008-12-02T00:00:00-05:00December 2nd, 2008|Archive, Politics/Government|

Wii Leads The Way On Healthy Black Friday

SAN FRANCISCO - Black Friday proved to be a relatively bright light in an economy largely characterized by dark, gloomy reports. Overall, retail sales for the day after Thanksgiving were up 3 percent from the same day in 2007, with preliminary estimates putting total sales in the U.S. at $10.6 billion, according to Shoppertrak RCT,

By |2008-12-01T00:00:00-05:00December 1st, 2008|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Nominations Sought For Exceptional Professional Business Women

WARREN - The Michigan Business and Professional Association is seeking nominations for exceptional professional women to honor at its 13th Annual Women and Leadership in the Workplace Symposium and Awards Luncheon. The MBPA is dedicated to recognizing women who have attained significant achievements, peer recognition and are committed to the advancement of issues related to

By |2008-12-01T00:00:00-05:00December 1st, 2008|Archive, Events/Announcements|

$225,000 Donation To Kettering For Entrepreneurship Across Curriculum

FLINT - Kettering University will receive $225,000 to develop a program focused on teaching entrepreneurship studies across the curriculum. Kettering joins the Illinois Institute of Technology as the only two grant winners to enter the next phase of a program supported by the Kern Family Foundation of Waukesha, Wisconsin. Kettering President Stan Liberty said the

By |2008-12-01T00:00:00-05:00December 1st, 2008|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|