Economic Development

Caffeine and community: Coffee Chaos on celebrating 15 years of business

After 15 years serving the community, Kim and Denise Krantz, owners of Coffee Chaos have quite a few memories and blessings to count.

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Hannah’s Flowers, a new floral business, is blooming in Midland

Hannah Tiffin, owner of new Midland flower shop on why dreaming of floral design as a young girl has helped her master her craft and eye for painting, art and design.

Auburn City Park becoming the heart of the community

Auburn leaders are consciously developing a local park into a gathering place for the community and its neighbors.

John and Autumn Filburn strive to provide food unlike anything else served in the area.
Q&A with 5-2-oh Asian Fusion food truck

How this husband and wife duo and food industry veterans took their passion for feeding others mobile with the 5-2-oh food truck. 

This lovingly cared for Victorian mansion carries a hefty asking price, but a quick glance at the listing and its photos reveal why.
Over/Under: Historic homes for sale above and below $100K in Bay City

From homes priced in the hundreds of thousands of dollars to just tens of thousands, Bay City has a diverse array of housing options.

Delta College's Kim Wells and Bob Przbylski each won an Emmy during an award ceremony held in June.
Delta College employees take home the Emmys for locally-produced docs

Two Delta College employees earn top honors for documentaries.

Around every corner: Public art making a scene in Midland

Public art continues to take Midland by storm and this year, the city has some inspirational and timely pieces.

Put a fork in it: Eat Great kicks off the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational on July 14

To welcome the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, the first ever Eat Great Food Festival runs July 14-15 featuring over 60 local dishes and drinks.

Q&A with 5-2-oh the local Asian fusion food truck

How this husband and wife duo and food industry veterans took their passion for feeding others mobile with the 5-2-oh food truck.

More than 40 entrepreneurs competed in last year’s contest. Professional basketball trainer Luke Lloyd won the top prize for his Dribble Stick Training company, taking home a check for $25,000.
Bay area entrepreneurs encouraged to apply for small business competition

Area entrepreneurs are encouraged to apply for the small business competition, which is awarding more than $25,000 in cash and prizes to local early-stage businesses in this year's contest.  

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