A local family’s business, Taste of Midland, opens in the old Bushey’s location. The quick-serve, casual dining establishment offers Tex-Mex options, including appetizers, lunch, dinner, specialty drinks and margarita flights.
In the latest in a series of columns on different segments of our community, Catalyst Midland focuses on how several women have developed a network of support to help them succeed in their leadership roles across the community.
The pedestrian plaza will be opening in downtown Midland on June 10, with street closures beginning June 4. Midlanders and tourists alike can enjoy outdoor seating, added greenery, twinkling lights, live music, and fun events all summer.
Sanford Hardware and the Red Oak Restaurant are back in business in downtown Sanford after Three Rivers Corporation completed a comprehensive rebuilding and restoration initiative. Community grants and donations of labor and materials from local businesses accelerated the projects and provided continuing support for the reopened businesses.
Mackenzie Hopkins and Kaela Dolan, lifelong friends and now cousins, recently opened The Rebel Mamas storefront in downtown Midland. Beyond selling custom balloons and custom confetti, they also host classes and special events.
Aviator Cookie Company was chosen for a crowdfunding campaign after an application and interview process with the Midland Young Professionals (MYPros). The MYPros Community Crowdfund program provides opportunities to contribute to the development of businesses that seek to offer unique products and experiences for the community.
Steve Scott, owner of Craft Hemp Company, focuses on hemp education in his downtown Midland store. He sources his hemp from growers in Shepherd, Mid Michigan Hemp Supply and Ag Marvels. Ag Marvels also happens to be the biggest hemp processor in Michigan.
The Midland Business Inclusion Council and the Midland Business Alliance are working to attract and support diverse businesses in Midland. Catalyst Midland spoke with diverse business owners in the community to hear their business origin stories and their ideas for progress in Midland.
Aviator Cookie Company opens this Saturday in downtown Midland — the same day as Meet Your Merchants. Chris Welch, a pilot, was grounded due to the pandemic. Coupling his love for baking with his daughter’s idea, Welch set course for a new business.
Financial challenges, the pandemic, and a devastating flood all happened in the first year on the job for Northwood University president, Kent MacDonald. The native of Nova Scotia shares with Catalyst how the university has responded, what role a university should have in a community, and who his mentors have been over the years.
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