2011 Business Forecast:
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2011 will almost certainly bring good economic news. For the first time in more than a decade, the state will see a year...
I introduced myself at a recent meeting of the West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum as Grand Rapids Community Colleg...
Toward the end of the year, MiBiz requests its contributors to gaze into their crystal balls and tell the readership wha...
Great carnival fortunetellers claim to have magic in their crystal balls, but they really just have a knack for noticing...
A former econ professor once joked that economists and weathermen are two professions where one can be constantly and co...
You don’t need a crystal ball to see that it’s much better to be a manufacturer in West Michigan today than it was ...
Those of us working in the auto industry are breathing much easier today having escaped what could have been a worst-ca...
2011 will be a year of expediential growth or decline for aerospace and defense manufacturers, depending upon their str...
Is it time yet for the automotive industry to exhale? We’ve been on the road to recovery over the past year, but it h...
Following one of roughest times in recent history, the automotive suppliers in Michigan are generally seeing meaningful...
This past year again presented most West Michigan commercial, industrial and institutional contractors with extraordina...
2011 will be better than last year — I hope. Seriously, last year was strained for our industries, and while it will ...
Damian Hill, industry relations director at Associated General Contractors of Michigan, participated in a Q&A with ...
While the cranes dotting the skyline of Grand Rapids have started to come down, the construction industry in West Michi...
Ask any community member or a business looking to relocate, and they will tell you that together with education and pub...
Under the new healthcare law, most U.S. residents will be required to have health insurance by 2014. About 32 million a...
If there’s one thing you can count on in the healthcare industry, it is unpredictability. Not only does healthcare de...
Energy is something that many of us largely take for granted. For those raised in the post-World War II era, access to ...
WEST MICHIGAN — A stagnant economy, declining funding and ever increased need for post-secondary education. What’s ...
The last couple years have been difficult ones for the people of Michigan. We’ve seen the strongest sectors of our ec...
Carol Lopucki, State Director of the Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center, participated in a Q&a...
Michigan small business owners closed 2010 on a positive note, but look forward to 2011 with somewhat less optimism. Th...
If there is one word that best sums up the outlook for small business in 2011, it is a word that has not been used for ...
When considering how design may play a role in the future of our region, it’s useful to have some perspective from th...
For most consumers — especially in the Michigan markets — it has been a long road to recovery. Each step forward see...
Ever hear the old joke about what’s going to happen in the future? While the joke generally varies, it usually ends wi...
Michigan’s economy will begin its turnaround in earnest in 2011. ...
A slow-moving U.S. recovery looks likely to accelerate modestly in 2011, as financial wounds gradually heal and the Fede...
WEST MICHIGAN — As the banking industry looks ahead to 2011, the lending landscape remains uncertain with increased sc...
2011 is likely to be a mirror image of 2010 regarding the real estate climate in West Michigan. The housing market is p...
Michigan farmers are chomping at the bit to get to business in 2011 and work with a new administration and legislature ...