Southwest Michigan First

Media Coverage - 2007

2007 Archive
Subject		Date
Quad-City Times: Davenport Promise looks to Michigan: Too early to gauge return for Kalamazoo		12/23/2007
Area will become life-sciences leader, officials say		12/20/2007
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Effects of tuition programs in other cities promising yet inconclusive		12/17/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Holiday lights put us cheaply in the mood		12/09/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: New aircraft firm at airport		12/08/2007
Business Review: State awards funding to keep Pfizer talent		12/06/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Report: Local economy healthier than state's		12/06/2007
Investor's Business Daily: Stryker Corp.: Orthopedic Market Grows As Younger Patients Seek New Hips		12/05/2007
detnews.com: Two-year tax chaos maims Michigan		12/04/2007
Press Release: String up those holiday lights!		12/03/2007
American Banker: For a P-to-P Start-Up, It's Not Personal		12/03/2007
The IEDC Economic Development Journal: Community Capitalism		12/01/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Loans boost life-science jobs by 200		11/30/2007
WSJ.com: Online lending gets easier and safer		11/28/2007
Press Release: Great Lakes Aviation AZO LLC Announces Launch of New Facility		11/28/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Stryker still riding the wave		11/25/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Galesburg's CSM grows by emphasizing talent, results		11/18/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Granholm touts local life-sciences company		11/17/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Granholm here today for Kalexsyn opening		11/16/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Can a work-force training bond work in Michigan?		11/16/2007
Press Release: Southwest Michigan First's two Catalysts for Success are working to make the world a better place		11/15/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: There's no such thing as a free education		11/14/2007
Press Release: Kalexsyn ribbon cutting brings encouragement to Kalamazoo and the Governor		11/14/2007
MiBiz: One airport too many		11/12/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Promise changing education		11/11/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Dori Pole pennants add elegance, color		11/11/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Promise boosts KPS, problems linger		11/10/2007
Business Review: Ailing iPods create business		11/08/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Growth opportunities raise questions		11/04/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Biotechs apply for state funds		11/01/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: State offers $8M in loans to create jobs		11/01/2007
WWMT NewsChannel 3: Companies eye laid off Pfizer employees		11/01/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Officials look for tenants for Pfizer buildings		10/31/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Got a life-science company? Kalamazoo is ready for it		10/26/2007
Press Release: NanoVir, LLC Scientific Director tapped to speak at Beijing conference		10/25/2007
Business Review: California biotech co. moves to Kalamazoo		10/25/2007
Business Review: 2007 Deals of the Year Nominees		10/25/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: R&D drug company to locate here		10/24/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Portage Candidates: Job No. 1 is Jobs		10/24/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Tax break to help science firm expand		10/21/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: A financial-services eBay?		10/21/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Some say school bond gaining favor		10/17/2007
Press Release: California Company Relocates R&D Center to Kalamazoo Incubator		10/16/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Dreamliner contract at $2B		10/14/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Kalamazoo Community Foundation deserves recognition		10/11/2007
Business Review: Region reaches out for science talent		10/11/2007
Dow Jones VentureWire: Southwest Michigan Sets $50M Goal for Fund I		10/10/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Award honors foundation for 'bold vision'		10/09/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Talent guru hangs out shingle downtown		10/07/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: GM honors Mann+Hummel		10/05/2007
MiBiz: Kitchens cooks		10/01/2007
CareerSource: High-tech internship program to double in size - offers large scholarships, priceless job training		10/01/2007
CareerSource: Brandon Renouf - internship puts engineering career in sight		10/01/2007
CareerSource: MaryKate Compton - internship explores new horizons		10/01/2007
BusinessWeek: A Galloping Gourmet		10/01/2007
Business Review: Zeal for deals		09/27/2007
Business Review: Cheap date		09/27/2007
Business Review: Flights could aid life-sciences		09/20/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Official: Organize for prosperity		09/18/2007
Press Release: Southwest Michigan First Receives Two More Economic Development Awards for Excellence		09/18/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Continental to start Cleveland flights here		09/15/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: PharmOptima expands, seeks tax break		09/13/2007
metromode: In Pfizer's Wake		09/13/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Survey: Living here is cost-effective		09/12/2007
Press Release: A Night Out in Kalamazoo - It's a (cheap) date!		09/11/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Rice wants to detail KPS expectations		09/09/2007
The Boston Globe: What Renaissance?		09/09/2007
The Grand Rapids Press: Big payoff in life sciences hub		09/08/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: CommUniverCity: Town-gown relations		09/07/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Up to 75 aviation jobs coming		09/05/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Zeigler buys in Chicago area		09/05/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Local solutions to rising poverty take time		08/30/2007
Business Review: Western Michigan - a collaborative spirit		08/30/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: WMU park gets G.R. Firm		08/29/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Perrigo posts record profits		08/24/2007
Business Review: Patience urged for life-sciences payoff		08/23/2007
Press Release: Quality Assured Plastics		08/23/2007
MiBiz: For the greater good		08/20/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: A nation of educators will watch Michael Rice		08/19/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: New chief faces challenges in turning around KPS district		08/19/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Pfizer names Condon local site leader		08/17/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Plant to make livestock products here		08/17/2007
Business Review: A road map to relevancy		08/16/2007
Business Review: Doing it together		08/16/2007
Business Review: Doing well by doing global good?		08/16/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Can we be a life-sciences global titan?		08/15/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Brown takes new role at KPS: superintendent emeritus		08/15/2007
The Grand Rapids Press: Economic groups aim to build biotech powerhouse		08/14/2007
WOOD TV8: Study: Area can be global life science force		08/14/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: M-TEC board elects new members		08/13/2007
Crain's Detroit Business: State's VC rank rises to 20th after $54.2M investment in 2Q		08/13/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Expanding a vision for all of West Michigan		08/12/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Outsourced -- to Here! Area drug-development firms grow briskly with contracts from big pharma		08/12/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: MPI to host summit on cell-based therapies		08/12/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Under new ownership, Unifab looks to expand biomedical product line		08/12/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Eaton to start producting diesel hybrids		08/09/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Don't hold Pfizer Asset Retention money hostage		08/01/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: New service at library links soldiers, families		08/01/2007
Fast Company: Innovation: What You Can Learn from Kalamazoo		08/01/2007
Fast Company: Innovation: Kalamazoo (con't)		08/01/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Local, Ann Arbor biotechs enter partnership		08/01/2007
CoreNet Global's The Leader: Bridging the Gap		08/01/2007
Business Xpansion Journal: Device Inspirations		08/01/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: What The Promise is showing us		07/31/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Metal-parts-maker to move to Midlink		07/24/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: High-earning Stryker aims to keep growing		07/20/2007
WWMT: Chicago Leans About Southwest Michigan		07/19/2007
Kalamazoo lands in fast company		07/17/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Support those who don't fear going it alone		07/15/2007
Crain's Detroit Business: MEDC spending $12M on Pfizer workers		07/09/2007
Gazette: Brusselmans wielded his influence quietly, clearly		07/08/2007
Econ groups eye $8 million loan fund		07/05/2007
Gazette: Southwest Michigan gets voice in biotech spending		07/01/2007
Society for Biomolecular Sciences: Michigan HTS Screening Center		07/01/2007
Ann Arbor News: State board votes $12 million for post-Pfizer businesses		06/28/2007
Gazette: Firm graduates from incubator		06/22/2007
Sticky cities, slippery workers		06/21/2007
WWMT: Pfizer Reorganization Could Bring Jobs to Kalamazoo		06/18/2007
Gazette: Business incubator graduates second firm		06/17/2007
New Jersey Firm Expands to Schoolcraft Michigan		06/15/2007
Wall Street Journal: Stopping the Brain Drain		06/11/2007
Doctor's invention gets FDA approval Stent hailed as boost to area's life-sciences image		06/01/2007
Gazette: Plan to end Jobs Fund decried		05/25/2007
Gazette: Fresh starts New leaders see benefits from large-scale turnover		05/20/2007
Business Review: Profile: John Plotnik		05/17/2007
MiBiz: Home cookin': It's worth the wait		05/16/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Insecticide firm to join Innovation Center		05/15/2007
Albemarle to Consolidate Some cGMP Operations to South Haven, Mich.		05/15/2007
VENOMIX becomes SWMF Life Science Fund's fourth investment		05/14/2007
WWMT: Operation Freedom		05/11/2007
Local college students begin careers as Monroe-Brown Interns		05/07/2007
Business Review: Investor start-up First Angels closes first deal		05/03/2007
Gazette: Regional development group wins national real-estate award		05/03/2007
Azon receives recognition from American Architectural Manufacturers Association and Aluminum Extruders Council		04/26/2007
Business Review: Right Place, SMF start life-sciences data base		04/26/2007
New biomed startup looks for space here		04/24/2007
Local Company Receives $1M Grant from the National Institutes of Health to Fight Cause of Cervical Cancer		04/23/2007
Expansion Management: Kalamazoo listed among the nation's top metros in the knowledge economy		04/19/2007
Southwest Michigan First and The Right Place encourage West Michigan life science companies to work together		04/16/2007
MiBiz: Kalexsyn leaves incubator		04/16/2007
MiBiz: The Core of Life Science		04/16/2007
Business Review: What companies want		04/05/2007
Business Review: Kalexsyn ready for a new home		03/29/2007
WMU News: Startup outgrows innovation center space		03/29/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Startup breaks ground		03/29/2007
Kalexsyn to Build New Headquarters in Kalamazoo		03/28/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Life sciences startup firm to break ground		03/26/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Consultant offering site selection tips here		03/26/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Michigan High Throughput Screening Center		03/25/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Drug-discovery center in demand Texas Township facility that helps test potential medicines is drawing more life-sciences business here		03/25/2007
Business Review: Pfizer-PharmOptima deal follows industry trend		03/22/2007
MiBiz: Revolutionary Bioscience AureoGen ready to make history		03/19/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Area development effort given a boost		03/16/2007
Detroit News: How Kalamazoo survived Pfizer cuts		03/15/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: PharmOptima partners with Pfizer to develop a new class of antibiotics		03/09/2007
PharmOptima announces collaboration with Pfizer		03/08/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Kalamazoo Singled Out for Fast 50		03/03/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Local leaders fear change to drug-suit law		03/02/2007
Catalyst Awards to honor Midlink and Innovative Analytics		02/28/2007
Business Review: The haves and have-nevers		02/22/2007
Southwest Michigan First, Kalamazoo honored as #18 in Fast 50		02/21/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Another biotech to leave incubator		02/20/2007
PharmOptima to graduate from SMIC, recognized as one of Michigan's 50 Companies to Watch		02/19/2007
Fargo Forum: Tuition bill would fund in-state ed		02/11/2007
Business Review: SMF goes after the small fish, too		02/08/2007
Business Review: Western Michigan economy continues to lead the state		02/08/2007
CBS News: Kalamazoo Promise Feature		02/05/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: For the right kind of business Pfizer cuts offer opportunities		02/04/2007
Ann Arbor News: What Kalamazoo has learned New thinking, new partnerships cushion the blow of losing Pfizer		02/04/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: The Promise to be featured on CBS News		02/02/2007
Business Review: Talent Hunt		02/01/2007
Business Review: Pfizer's real estate awaits its fate		02/01/2007
Business Review: Biotech VC investing picked up in '06		02/01/2007
NanoMed Pharmaceuticals achieves preclinical development milestone; completes second closing of Series A Financing		01/31/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Local drug-discovery company links with Japanese biotech firm		01/31/2007
Company Founded by former Pharmacia Scientists Enters Agreement with Japanese Biotech Firm		01/30/2007
Biotech startup moves downtown		01/30/2007
Business Review: Miller Canfield waives legal fees for some start-ups		01/29/2007
Gazette: Firms offer Pfizer castoffs a helping hand		01/29/2007
Ann Arbor News: Life after Pfizer Ann Arbor can learn from Kalamazoo		01/28/2007
Gazette: Angels ready funding for new companies		01/27/2007
CNBC: Stryker Interview		01/26/2007
Business Review: Kzoo hopes to keep Pfizer workers		01/25/2007
ERE.net: Pfizer plant shutdowns a punch to the gut		01/25/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Kalamazoo among 100 best places for kids		01/25/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Taking steps to compete Consultant to study ways to make region attractive to science firms		01/24/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Fewer scientists more anxiety		01/23/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Focus shifts to new efforts to retain displaced workers		01/23/2007
USA Today: Company pledges $50M to put students from one Ark. high school through college		01/22/2007
WOOD TV8: 250 Pfizer jobs cut in Kalamazoo		01/22/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Lives can be transformed through education		01/20/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Johnston selected as trustee at WMU		01/18/2007
Business Review: Companies invest for future work force		01/18/2007
Thredgold Economic Associates: The Promise(d) Land		01/17/2007
MPI Research Expands Toxicology Capacity		01/17/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Changes test the mettle of our community		01/17/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Economic Optimism is Contagious		01/16/2007
Business incubators can get ideas off the ground		01/10/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Communities assemble acreage to lure employers		01/08/2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: Decision delayed but the work continues		01/08/2007
Business Review: Past connection leads to venture deal		01/04/2007

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