The Wayne Country Commission approved plans to convert a contaminated downriver Michigan site into a $27-million, 130,000 square-foot shopping mall.  The cost to clean up this site near the Allen and West Road intersection is roughly $2.5 million. The Woodhaven Towne Center home contains soil contaminated with volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds, polychlorinated biphenyls and metal. Rami Rakhoury, the developer, said the plan is to start the clean up portion of the project in … [Read more...]

Entrepreneur magazine has named Domino’s Pizza the 9th best Franchise Opportunity for 2008.  Recognized as the world leader in pizza delivery, Domino’s once again tops the list put our annually and featured in Entrepreneur Magazine. Like Little Caesar’s Pizza, Domino’s has introduced a U.S. Veterans Franchise Program created to honor the devotion and courage of the men and women of our military forces.  The program offers discounted business ownership opportunities for … [Read more...]

More than $550 million will be spent to create almost 3,000 jobs from six different companies in Michigan.  The projects were announced this week by Governor Granholm and the Michigan Economic Development Corp. Here is some of the tech jobs that were announced: ProQuest LLC –ProQuest is a digital repository and provider of scholarly documents from all over the world.  A $19 million project is expected to create 809 new jobs, including 303 directly by the company. Danotek Motion … [Read more...]

The cereal super power Kellogg’s launched their own online store www.kelloggstore.com featuring men’s and ladies apparel, home décor items and several collectable items.  From Tony the Tiger to Toucan Sam you find many of the world famous Kellogg characters.  The new web store will also include such items as dishes, signs and other decorative items featuring Kellogg snacks and cereals. If you visit the sight be sure to join the mailing list to keep up with the latest items and to … [Read more...]

Michigan Real Estate   by Tom Beaty Michigan is undergoing a lot of changes at the moment. As many of us know the auto factories are having issues and some of the jails are beginning to close. This means that housing is really taking a toll in some of the areas of Michigan like Detroit and Ionia. You will find that in places such as Ann Arbor the housing market is doing a little better with the prices per value of the home. There are a significant number of individuals who actually retire … [Read more...]

Tuesday a bundle of bills cleared the Michigan House for Michigan homeowners that have been hit with financial troubles that sub prime mortgages have caused.  Under these bills the Michigan State Housing Development Authority would give homeowners permission to refinance their loans at a lower rate. With Michigan having the fourth highest foreclosure rate, this move is vitally important to boosting Michigan’s economy. The Governor urged the Senate to support the House on this great … [Read more...]

With a sluggish Michigan economy, small business owners in Michigan as well as throughout the United States need to make every penny count this tax season. The American Institute of Certified Public Accounts will host the U.S. Small Business Administration’s December live Web chat, featuring “Year-End Tax Savings for Your Small Business”. The Web chat is on December 20 from 1:00pm to 2pm, live questions will be answered on the featured top.  You can join the Web chat live at sba.gov … [Read more...]

CYGNUS SYSTEMS AND BUILDTECH SOLUTIONS OFFER 6 MONTHS FREE TO GREAT LAKES AREA BUILDERS Taylor, MI. December 4, 2007 – Cygnus Systems, Inc., a leading provider of automated technology applications and BuildTech Solutions, a licensed builder and web based software provider have a product that will help builders through this tough economic time. They are so sure that this product will help area builders, they are willing to offer six months free so companies can experience the savings and … [Read more...]