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It's a new year and a new name for your favorite stationery store. It's imperative that business owners listen to their customers. When Abbey Fowler, owner and designer at 6.25 Paper Studio, listened to her patrons, she noticed them mispronouncing and misinterpreting...
Christy Malone and her husband ate organic foods and used all-natural beauty products such as deodorants, soaps, shampoo and makeup. It wasn't until the bursting of a disposable diaper on their second child that the couple questioned what products they were using on...
Going into business with your friend? Sounds risky! But the women from Rustic City Living will tell you otherwise. Bypassing the Best Friends Forever necklace, pals Amy Calvert and Kristy Dipiazza decided owning a business looks a lot better on them. "We've been best...
"It's pretty much a family affair," said Margaret (Peg) Finkelstein, Director of the Peg & Mort Finkelstein Historical Archives at Temple Emanuel in Grand Rapids. At least, that's where Peg's fascination with history began. In March 2017, Peg received the Olson...
"I learned very early that no matter what was going on in my life, music was the constant that could help me through," said Stephanie Leonardos, President and CEO of Amerikam. "I would incorporate it into everything." On November 16, 2017, Stephanie will be honored at...
"Unconditional love is what drew me to this ministry," said Marge Palmerlee, Executive Director of Dégagé Ministries, an organization that offers help—and hope—to homeless and disadvantaged individuals in Grand Rapids' Heartside Neighborhood. Marge first walked...
Breast cancer affects everyone—both men and women. That's why the American Cancer Society (ACS) recruits men to fight breast cancer through their Real Men Wear Pink campaign. The distinguished group of West Michigan community leaders is determined to raise...
"I need to be alive for my kids." Jori Phillips, a mother to three girls and one boy, was 35 when she felt a lump in her breast. She was breastfeeding her baby when one breast felt empty, and the other constantly felt full of milk. She went in for a mammogram;...
The worn wooden floorboards creak at The Sparrows Coffee Tea and Newsstand, and the back wall is five different shades of paint. "It's gritty, but warm and welcoming," said Lori Slager Wenzel, owner and founder. Believing that coffee is an experience best shared with...
Floriza Genautis, Founder and CEO of Management Business Solutions, Inc. (MBS), knows staffing. After graduating with a degree in math and computer application from De La Salle University in the Phillippines, she had a job waiting for her. Instead, Floriza moved to...