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THE CHAMBER NEWS April 2019 Issue
THE CHAMBER NEWSApril 2019 Issue
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CONTENTSApril 2019 Issue
Articles written by outside authors do not necessarily reflect the view or position of the Grand Rapids Chamber. The position of the Chamber will be clearly stated.
The Chamber reserves the right to reject advertising based on content and does not accept advertising that conflicts with a position of the Chamber.
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VISIONARY MEMBERS
PRESIDENT'S CIRCLE MEMBERS
3 Ribbon Cuttings
4 Member Anniversaries
5 Newsflashes
6 Around Town Photos
7 Recently Joined Members
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Infusion Associates PC celebrated the grand opening of their IV therapy
service. 4343 Chicago Dr. SW
Nova Direct Primary Care opened their new office space in West Michigan.
Hope Network's Center for Youth Men-tal Health is now open to the public.
385 Leonard St. NE
RIBBON CUTTINGS
Primera Plastics celebrated their 25th year. 3424 Production Court,
30+ YEARS OF MEMBERSHIPAT&T MichiganBISSELL Inc.Fifth Third BankGordon Food Service Inc.Scarlett, Inc.Grand River Gastroen-terology, PCNationwide Transporta-tion Services, Inc.Vierson Boiler & Repair Co.Preusser JewelersSteelcase Inc.Kent County TreasurerWilliamson Employ-ment Services, Inc.Comcast SpotlightAutocam Medical
20+ YEARS OF MEMBERSHIPTowerPinksterTracy, Inc.The Center for Physical RehabilitationFormax Manufacturing Corp.Martin Commercial PropertiesPromotional ImpactDean Transportation, Inc.Design Financial GroupEvans Tool & Engineer-ing, Inc.GZA GeoEnvironmen-tal, Inc.Lambert, Edwards & Associates, Inc.Marge's Donut Den, Inc.Construction Services of West MichiganDelta Dental of Michi-ganGrand Rapids Comput-er ServicesCapitol GroupWhitecaps Profession-
al Baseball CorporationAxios HRi3 Business Solutions, llcServ-U-SuccessUniversal Fire & Casual-ty Insurance CompanyDK Security & Investi-gationsInternational Met Sys-tems Inc.C2AECourtyard By Marriott - DowntownDominican Sisters GR - Dominican Center MarywoodNational Heritage Academies, Inc.JadePig Ventures, LLC
15+ YEARS OF MEMBERSHIPA.D. Bos Vending Ser-vicesCountry Fresh, LLCEncompass, LLCFifth Third Bank/Alger HeightsFifth Third Bank/Alpine Banking CenterFifth Third Bank/Breton VillageFifth Third Bank/Bridge StreetFifth Third Bank/Edison PlazaFifth Third Bank/Frank-lin & EasternFifth Third Bank/Helms CenterFifth Third Bank/Michi-gan & FullerKent County Osteo-pathic AssociationWest Michigan Cabinet Supply IncElders' HelpersPatriot RealtyUS SignalVoisard Asset Manage-
ment GroupCentury A & EHearty Fresh Inc.Adams Outdoor Adver-tisingGrand Rapids JayceesLittle River Casino ResortMake-A-Wish Founda-tion of MichiganNAI Wisinski of West MichiganParkway Electric & CommunicationsReliable Energy, Inc.Vector Tech GroupBeacon Hill at EastgateInterlogic Outsourcing, Inc.Star Truck RentalsTotal Fire Protection, Inc.
10+ YEARS OF MEMBERSHIPOffice Staffing, a divi-sion of Axios HRReal-time PerspectivesFusion IT LLCVanDerKolk + Kooi PaintingThe Catering Co.Chervon North Ameri-ca, Inc.Growtrust PartnersMico Industries, Inc.Grand Rapids Iron & MetalPro Audio Inc.Rusche's Trucking Inc.Two Men And A Truck/Grand Rapids NorthWelch Law Firm, PLCWolgast CorporationFirestone Complete Auto CareWest Michigan Door Co.Arbor CircleEllis Parking Co., Inc.Buist Electric, Inc.
Byron Center ManorDean Trailways of MichiganGrand Rapids Polishing & Buffing, Inc.Hampton Inn & Suites by HiltonNew West Michigan Industrial, Inc.Phillip Elenbaas Mill-work Inc.PriceWalgrenProgressive SurfaceCDR Disposal Service, Inc.greengiftz.comMcLoughlin Communi-cations & Public Rela-tionsCascade Fresh Clean-ing ServicesCriterion Manufactur-ing SolutionsDave Cole Decorators, Inc.FreedomNet SolutionsGrand Rapids Lighting Center Inc.Michigan Building & Mechanical, Inc.Porter HillsReagan Marketing + Design LLCThornview Electric, LLC
MEMBER ANNIVERSARIES
Interested in doing a ribbon cutting for your business? Fill out the application form on our website!
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Newsflashes is a feature of the Chamber News that recognizes Chamber members’ new products or services, new or promoted employees, and any honors or recognition they have received. E-mail press releases to [email protected]. Deadline: Last Friday of each month.
NEW HIRES AND PROMOTIONSBrent Bassett was announced as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors at Consumers Credit Union Tech Defenders appointed Garth Stidolph director of K-12 solu-tions, Joshua Verhulst as director of business development, Allie Miller as director of marketing and communications and Mark Hud-son as director of ITAD sales Wolverine Building Group hired Deborah Guyton as the Vice Presi-dent of Human Resources Andrews Hooper Pavlik PLC an-nounced the addition of Ann M. Dantuma and Jordan S. Stephens as staff accountants in their Grand Rapids office Edward J. Bardelli, Sean H. Cook and Heidi A. Lyon have been elect-ed to Warner Norcross + Judd's Management Committee Meritage Hospitality Group has hired Greg Corr as Executive Vice President of Wendy's Operations Bodman PLC hired Lindsay Cum-mings as a senior associate at-torney
NEW LOCATIONS, EXPANSIONS & GRAND OPENINGS
BISSELL is set to expand, adding 100+ jobs
Mary Free Bed is expanding its partnership with Covenant Health-Care to build a new $40.7 million-dollar rehabilitation hospital
AWARDS & ACCOLADES Rehmann was named one of Ac-counting Today's Fastest-Growing Firms in the U.S. Raquel Salas of Avanti Law Group won the $1.5 - $3 million category of the Grand Rapids Business Jour-nal's Top Women Owned Business Awards
AppleTree & Gilden Woods Early Care and Preschool, i3 Business Solutions, llc, Kennari Consulting and The Mitten Brewing Co. were recognized as some of Michigan's 50 Companies to Watch by Michi-gan Celebrates Small Business. Harvey Lexus of Grand Rapids has been awarded Elite of Lexus status for the 2018 year
MSUFCU has be awarded the Na-tional Best and Brightest in Well-ness award for the fourth consecu-tive year
RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTSWarner Norcross + Judd partner Timothy L. Horner has been recog-nized by Michigan Lawyer Weekly as one of 2019's "Leaders in Law" ChoiceOne Bank announced a merger with County Bank Corp.
NEWS FLASHES
The Gerald R. Ford International Airport is set to get a Second FBO on their site
Miller Johnson has started a pratice dedicated to mental health law
DTE Energy announced it spent $1.7 billion with Michigan busi-nesses in 2018, creating and sustaining more than 8,000 jobs across the state and exceeding its in-state spending goal by $800,000
Chemical Bank's Soup Bowl Stars campaign brought in nearly 14,000 food donations
Huntington Bank is providing a $50,000 grant to establish the Con-nections to College and Careers program at Grand Rapids Commu-nity College
AROUND TOWN PHOTOS
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Please join us in welcoming the following companies to the Chamber. We encourage you to do business with fellow Chamber members!
RECENTLY JOINED
AFFILIATE
Kuiper Kraemer PC Jack Hoffman (616) 454-3700
k2legal.com
LightSpeed Powered by MetroNet
Mike Cannon (812) 375-6462
golightspeed.com
Sugar Free Specialities, LLC dba Dr. John's Candies
Stephanie Koehl (888) 375-6462
drjohns.com
1 Bold Step LLCJennifer Jurgens (616) 414-0332 1boldstep.com
Become Unmistakeable Robert Dwortz (616) 454-0156
Benefits Resource Group, LLC
Greg Willit (616) 538-4880
brginsurance.com
Countryside Tours Shannon Mullaney
(616) 636-4628countrysidetours.net
Durango JS Trucking LLC Edwin Favela
(616) 717-3874 durangotrucking.mgr@gmail.
com
Emerald Meadows Assisted Living
Jennifer Dombrowski (616) 945-2366
providencelifeservices.com
Forensic Analytics Consulting Services, Inc.
Thomas Barczak(616) 916-2276
forensicanalytical.com
Going Rogue Krystle Belk
(616) 550-0657 [email protected]
Green Bronco LLC Omar Fakhouri
[email protected](312) 285-9112
SMALL BUSINESS
AMI Consulting Chris Duits
(616) 374-0161archmetalsinc.com
Bultema Group Gwen Vryhof Bultema
(616) 536-1400 bultemagroup.com
Flooring America Matt Cook
(616) 222-1188 flooringamericagr.com
EXECUTIVE
AMI Learning Center Kenneth Steensma
(616) 374-0161 amilearningcenter.com
Buddy's Pizza Michelle Mullen
(248) 855-6222 x212 [email protected]
Provision Living at Forest Hills Cheri Cordell
(616) 426-6540 provisionliving.com
Railside Golf Club James Bultema (616) 878-1140 railsidegolf.com
Reading Success Plus Anne Kloth
(833) 229-1112 readingsuccessplus.com
TBD Solutions Travis Atkinson (616) 228-0762
tbdsolutions.com
Crossroads Bible Church Steve Vanpoolen (616) 558-4710
crossroads-bible.org
Crowe LLP Rhonda Huismann
(616) 774-0774 crowehorwath.com/crowe
Crowne Plaza - Grand Rapids
John Lagazo (616) 957-1770
cpgrandrapids.com
Enviah Laurie Placinski
1 (800) 905-4943 enviah.com
Greenleaf Trust Thomas DeMeester
(616) 706-6968 greenleaftrust.com
JourniTech Corporation Lucas Chesla
(571) 285-6812 journitech.com
Maner Costerisan Christine Strukel (517) 323-7500 manercpa.com
Land & Co. Inc. Dan Hibma
(616) 534-5792 landcoapartments.com
Mathison/Mathison Architects LLC
Thomas Mathison FAIA (616) 920-0545
mathisonarchitects.com
Special Olympics Michigan Shannon Zoerhof (616) 583-1202
somi.org
The Lit Rob DeVerna
(616) 214-3120 thelitgr.com
Voices For Health, INC.Carlos Pava
(616) 233-6505voicesforhealth.com
Brandon Gardner & Associates PLCBrandon Gardner (616) 717-5656
bgardnerandassociates.com
Carnevale Jones Group LLCDiane Jones
(616) 446-6833 cjonesgroup.com
Engineered Adhesive Systems
Josh Lambert (616) 291-3177
Integrated Strategies Inc. Steve Trecha
(517) 381-4800sourcing.com
Kona Ice Grand Rapids, LLC(616) 888-9412 kona-ice.com
LINC Community Revitalization, Inc.
Erica Hooser(616) 451-9140
lincrev.org
March of DimesGinger Feldman (616) 247-6861
marchofdimes.org/michigan
National Fertility Support Center
Debra Peters(616) 455-1499
fertilitysupportcenter.org
NIA CentreRobert Upton
(616) 308-4370niacentregr.org
OrVance Ron Schutt
Rogo Marketing & Communications Amanda Rogalski (616) 540-9231
rogomarketing.com
Six Magazine Shayna Harris
Sound Post Recording Studio
Stuart Poltrock (616) 940-8686
soundpostusa.com
The Wirt-Rivette GroupEric Finnigan
(616) 229-0658 wirtrivettegroup.com
Alano Club of Kent County Grant Young
(616) 456-5709 gralanoclub.org
3 Media WebMarc Avila
(508) 439-4781 3mediaweb.com
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CommunicationsKim Bode
(616) 229-2577834design.com
Grand Rapids DriveTrey Conner
(844) 473-7483nbagrandrapids.org
Growing Smiles Pediatric Dentistry
Jane McCone(616) 988-9485
grandrapidskidsdentist.com
Bonefish Grill Michael Kringstad
(616) 949-7861 bonefishgrill.com/locations/
grand-rapids
Bronkema & Sons InsulationAndy Bronkema (616) 874-5903
Green Castle Recovery, LLCJacqueline Campbell
(616) 288.6970sanfordhousegr.com
Management Support LLC Megan Murray Interiors
(816) 214-0531meganmurrayinteriors.com
New Hotel Mertans Anthony Tangorra
(616) 551-1713newhotelmertens.com
Pfizer, Inc.Daniel Wolter
(616) 292-5914 pfizer.com
Collins Mobile llcAaron Cason
(616) 552-9234 chamber722beltline@collins-
mobilellc.com
Cycle Safe (616) 916-8536
Infusion Associates Lindsey Savickas (616) 954-0600
infusionassociates.com
Reading Success Plus (833) 229-1112
readingsuccessplus.com
