Southwest Michigan First

Media Coverage - 2008

2008 Archive
Subject		Date
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: New Kalamazoo Residents		12/28/2008
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY NEWS: The News: Michigan Property's Blueprint to Factory Renewal		12/23/2008
BUSINESS FACILITIES: State of the Year Award - Michigan		12/18/2008
BUSINESS FACILITIES: 2008 Deal of the Year Awards - Southwest Michigan First receives Honorable Mention		12/18/2008
FORBES.COM: How to Save the Industrial Heartland		12/18/2008
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: Auto-parts maker to add jobs in Portage		12/17/2008
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: Area business leaders celebrate job creation		12/11/2008
BIOREGION NEWS: Citing Demand for Services, Kalamazoo CRO Startup Kalexsyn to Double Facility in 2010		12/08/2008
MiBIZ: Iron Man		12/08/2008
MiBIZ: Much greed begets bleed		12/08/2008
BUSINESS REVIEW: Upjohn creates 'community culture' in Kalamazoo		12/04/2008
BIOREGION NEWS: Michigan Business-Development Group Looks for Space to House Israeli Life-Sci Shops		12/01/2008
GLOBE ST.COM: GM hires JLL to Reap Millions in Site Sales		11/24/2008
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: A road map for Detroit		11/19/2008
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: Kalamazoo Promise Week: Business-school alliance works; Developing homegrown talent a plus after graduation		11/14/2008
PRESS RELEASE: ADMETRx & Roche Collaborate on Multicriteria Decision-Making Application		11/13/2008
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: Region ahead of most on growth curve, leaders say		11/12/2008
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: Stem-cell law has little local impact		11/08/2008
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: Off the Beaten Track - Kalamazoo, Michigan		11/03/2008
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: Biotech firm drawn here by 'incredible talent pool'		11/02/2008
PRESS RELEASE: For a quick dinner, Kalamazoo is the place to “drive through”		10/27/2008
THIS WEEK COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER LICKING CO.: Chamber points to Kalamazoo as road to ‘community capitalism’		10/24/2008
PRESS RELEASE: Southwest Michigan First recognized for excellence		10/23/2008
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: Kaiser aims to challenge its foreign competitors		10/23/2008
NEWARK ADVOCATE: Licking County could learn from Kalamazoo		10/23/2008
BUSINESS REVIEW: Life sciences gathers speed		10/23/2008
BUSINESS REVIEW: Deals of the Year - Southwest Michigan First honored		10/23/2008
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: Architecture firm a top workplace		10/22/2008
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: Research could benefit diabetics and our region		10/21/2008
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: Local drug startup cultivates possible diabetes treatment		10/19/2008
KALAMAZOO GAZETTTE: Cameras to start rolling in Kalamazoo		10/18/2008
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: Washington firm receives funding from Southwest Michigan First Fund		10/18/2008
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: Styker earnings still are projected at 20% this year		10/17/2008
PRESS RELEASE: Southwest Michigan First Life Science Fund's Portfolio Grows to Ten		10/16/2008
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: Perrigo starts $25M expansion		10/16/2008
BUSINESS REVIEW: State Jobs Fund aids Kalamazoo drug developers		10/16/2008
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: Defense deal lands Eaton $3.6M in new work		10/15/2008
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: Business service chooses Portage		10/14/2008
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: WSJ lauds local small business		10/14/2008
PRESS RELEASE: Van Beek Nutrition cuts the ribbon on new Schoolcraft facility		10/13/2008
BUSINESS REVIEW: Pfizer brings additional veterinary R&D to Kalamazoo		10/09/2008
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: Pfizer hopes for big payback from new pet antibiotic		10/04/2008
EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS: Promise for the Future		10/01/2008
BIOREGION NEWS: Southwest Michigan Life Science Venture Fund Seeks to Raise Another $50M		09/29/2008
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: DesignWare awaits big news		09/29/2008
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: Can Kalamazoo beat bad national economic news?		09/26/2008
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: Tax deal clears way for 500 jobs		09/23/2008
PRESS RELEASE: Granholm Announces Accretive Health to Expand in Detroit and Kalamazoo, Adding 650 New Jobs		09/23/2008
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: Southwest Michigan job hunters going back to school for degrees		09/22/2008
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: Looking for work these days is a full-time job		09/21/2008
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: Vicksburg's Bridge Organics finds solid pharma niche		09/21/2008
BUSINESS REVIEW: Granholm open to policy conference ideas, she says		09/19/2008
BUSINESS REVIEW: Epolito to return to Deals of the Year		09/18/2008
BUSINESS REVIEW: Southwest Michigan gears up		09/18/2008
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: Southwest Michigan team gears up for policy conference		09/14/2008
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: Policy making, western style		09/14/2008
BUSINESS REVIEW: K'zoo construction and real estate wait for jobs boost		09/11/2008
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: Reforms shape Rice's first year		09/07/2008
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: Vicksburg firm starts $2M expansion		09/06/2008
BUSINESS REVIEW: Deals of the Year finalists named		09/04/2008
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT: A Failing Financial Aid System Keeps Students Out of College		09/04/2008
ENCORE: Putting Kalamazoo on the Cutting Edge		09/01/2008
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: Expanding innovation - Life-sciences center grows to spark area biotech industry		08/31/2008
BIOWORLD TODAY: Tolera Revives Discarded Antibody for Transplant Market		08/26/2008
PRESS RELEASE: Eaton Corporation to Expand Charleston Township Facility		08/26/2008
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: Diesel-hybrid market drives growth at Eaton Corporation		08/26/2008
WENATCHEE WORLD: In Kalamazoo, a Promise kept is a future assured		08/25/2008
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: Local firm moves forward on spider-venom insecticide		08/24/2008
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: Comstock OKs cleanup plan for Midlink		08/19/2008
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: Here come more jobs		08/19/2008
MiBiz: Venomous venture		08/18/2008
MiBiz: Investing in the future		08/18/2008
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: Fruit, veggie packer named Exporter of the Year		08/09/2008
PRESS RELEASE: Home prices in the Kalamazoo Region drive cost of living below national average		08/08/2008
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: Back-to-school 2008: Parents’ expectations can pave path to success		08/06/2008
Press Release: Honee Bear Canning receives Exporter of the Year award		08/05/2008
MiBiz: Small stamper stands out		08/04/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Taking Responsibility - As Battle Creek Unlimited's chief readies to retire, he weighs in on area's economic health		08/03/2008
NATIONAL CIVIC REVIEW: Community Capitalism: Going Back to Basics to Revitalize Cities		08/01/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Journal recognizes Kalamazoo for success		07/29/2008
The Wall Street Journal: Class Act - Kalamazoo's lesson: Educate and they will come		07/28/2008
The Grand Rapids Press: Kalamazoo knows how to get a job - or 4,600		07/27/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Graphic Packaging's $27M expansion resists decline in paper industry here		07/27/2008
Press Release: Granholm Announces Funding for Three Kalamazoo Start-Ups to Hire Former Pfizer Scientists		07/23/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: City OKs loan for center expansion		07/22/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Job growth tops 4,600 for year		07/20/2008
Business Review: Does Michigan encourage its entrepreneurs?		07/17/2008
Business Review: Applicants reflect Jobs Fund changes		07/17/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Pain and gain in this changing economy		07/16/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Two firms to add 560 jobs		07/15/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Perrigo plans growth in Allegan		07/15/2008
Press Release: Graphic Packaging International set to grow area manufacturing jobs by 160		07/15/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Graphic Packaging expansion to add 160 jobs		07/15/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Medical-billing firm project in the works		07/15/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: New chief: Foundation should help create jobs		07/13/2008
BioWorld Today: Michigan Fund Uses $50M Pot to Woo Biotechs to Kalamazoo		07/08/2008
MiBiz: No bitter pill		07/07/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: iPod-repair business takes off for pair of WMU grads		07/06/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Stryker launches bed for veterans		07/03/2008
USA TODAY: Free-college programs multiply		07/02/2008
USA TODAY: Heightening a 'sense of hope'		07/02/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Greeting-card firm may close local factory		07/02/2008
BUSINESS FACILITIES: 2008 Business Facilities Rankings Report		07/01/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Could Kalamazoo Promise transform America?		06/29/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Area officials woo Israeli companies		06/29/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Counselors called crucial for college		06/28/2008
Business Review: Economic developers work to woo Israeli companies		06/26/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Hundreds here to share ideas born from the 'Promise'		06/26/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: State OKs MPI tax incentives		06/26/2008
Business Review: Venture fund sees need for next fund-raising round		06/26/2008
The Detroit News: Kalamazoo hosts national scholarship conference		06/26/2008
Chicago Tribune: Kalamazoo hosts national scholarship conference		06/26/2008
The Plain Dealer: Tolera Therapeutics, a Cleveland Clinic spinoff, raises over $8		06/25/2008
BioRegion News: Southwest Michigan First Close to Fourth Angel Award; Adds Tolera to Venture Portfolio; Eyes New Venture Fund		06/23/2008
MiBiz: Midlink provides the solution for Polymer Solutions		06/23/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Commercial-furniture-maker expands into the United Kingdom		06/22/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: 'Community Capitalism' recounts how Kalamazoo took control of		06/20/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Grant helps fund bioscience startup		06/19/2008
Press Release: Tolera Therapeutics, Inc. is ninth investment fo the Southwest Michigan First Life Science Fund		06/18/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Kids Count report reinforces need for good jobs		06/16/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: KPS grads flocking to U-M		06/14/2008
Detroit Free Press: Incubator hatches start-ups		06/08/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Kitchens touts Kalamazoo's job growth on national TV		06/06/2008
FOX Business News: The sun is shining in Kalamazoo		06/06/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Local leader to explain area's success on Fox TV		06/05/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Grant boosts firm's cancer-drug project		06/05/2008
Press Release: NanoVir, LLC receives $3M preclinical development grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases		06/03/2008
Press Release: Open Prairie Ventures Invests in Venomix		06/03/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Local contract-research startup expands again		06/03/2008
Taimerica Newsletter: Taimerica Client's Success Story Told in New Book, Touted on Fox Business News		06/01/2008
WMU Family Connection June 2008: Education and the Seven Rules		06/01/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Dream Machines, Manufacturers expand into life sciences and new industries		05/25/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Where's the silver lining?		05/25/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: County OKs creation of economic zones		05/21/2008
Press Release: Kalamazoo cost of living is lower than national average		05/20/2008
Newsweek: The Top of the Class (Portage Central and Portage Northern High Schools rank in nation's top 1,300)		05/20/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Pfizer worked to find fitting use for downtown buildings		05/18/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Alternative-energy contractor continues to grow at Midlink		05/17/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Pfizer facility gets state's top safety award		05/15/2008
MiBiz: Incentive pudding yields proof		05/12/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: 2nd firm to explore WMU med school		05/10/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Manufacturing-holding firm buys supplier		05/09/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Kaiser Aluminum says its project in business park is on track		05/09/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Ann Arbor drug startup to move here		05/08/2008
Press Release: OtoMedicine, Inc. is eighth investment for the Southwest Michigan First Life Science Fund		05/07/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: City officials hint at more job creation here		05/07/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Israel is next stop for SWMF		05/04/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Homeowners should invest now, local business people say		05/03/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Life-sciences company plans to locate in Kalamazoo		05/03/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Retiring philanthropist, winner of Lifetime Achievement Award, plans to keep on giving		05/01/2008
Business Review: Now, the hard work		05/01/2008
Press Release: Envirdyne Technologies acuired by Kalamazoo Acquistion Corporation		05/01/2008
Press Release: Prima Named One of West Michigan's 101 Best and Brightest Companies Six Years Running		05/01/2008
Binswanger Regional News Bulletin: Southwest Michigan Shows Promise		05/01/2008
Press Release: MANN+HUMMEL recognized by General motors as a 2007 Supplier of the Year		04/28/2008
Press Release: MANN+HUMMEL receives honors in Automotive News PACE competition		04/28/2008
Press Release: Parker Aerospace Celebrates Its Partnership With Airbus		04/28/2008
Paw Paw Courier-Leader: MPI expects 2,900 new jobs at Mattawan plant		04/28/2008
The Paw Paw Courier-Leader: MPI applauded for its expansion plan		04/28/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: New jobs shift the debate on tax vote		04/28/2008
BioRegion News: Michigan CRO to Lease Former Pfizer Digs as It Adds 3,300 New Jobs in $330 Expansion		04/28/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: MPI outlines how to get one of those 3,300 jobs		04/27/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: The Promise reshaping futures		04/27/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Support economic development in region by renewing millage		04/27/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: 'Yes' to KRESA tax renewal says 'yes' to education		04/27/2008
GlobeSt.com: MPI Research Plans $330M Laboratory Expansion		04/24/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: 'Brainpower, knowledge and entrepreneurship'		04/23/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: 'Just fantastic' for Mattawan		04/23/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Parfet returns to family's roots		04/23/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Kalamazoo area becoming economic trailblazer		04/23/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: The Promise's impact continues to expand		04/22/2008
Press Release: MPI Research Launching Major Expansion in Mattawan, Kalamazoo		04/22/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: 3,300 jobs, 5 years		04/22/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Deal took 18 months of work, negotiations		04/22/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Maybe we should just ignore the recession		04/20/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: In Kalamazoo, how do you spell recovery? J-O-B-S		04/20/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Life-science center will receive $300,000 grant for equipment		04/18/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: New homes in KPS boost tax valuation		04/17/2008
Business Review: Thoughts, then deeds		04/17/2008
MiBiz: Finding used equipment a home		04/14/2008
MiBiz: Kaiser rolls into Kalamazoo		04/14/2008
Business Review: Small biz bets on alt. energy		04/08/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Another boost for area economic development		04/07/2008
Press Release: National leaders to inspire, motivate in Kalamazoo		04/07/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Stryker, Borgess get kudos for employee engagement		04/06/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Aero-bonanza: Expertise with hydraulics behind Parker Hannifin's $3.6B in contracts		04/06/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Local companies among brightest		04/05/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Medical firm may bring 100 jobs here		04/02/2008
Press Release: Monteris Medical becomes seventh investment for Southwest Michigan First Life Science Fund		04/01/2008
Smart Business: Avoiding a meltdown		03/31/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Teacher benefits key in school-tax debate in Kalamazoo County		03/31/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Can taxpayer pain produce economic gain for county?		03/30/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: New foundation leader a 'brilliant' choice		03/21/2008
Press Release: ProNAi Therapeutics, Inc. Cleared to Begin Phase I Clinical Trials		03/20/2008
Business Review: Build better identity, life sciences urged		03/20/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Parker gets new $200 million airplane contract		03/19/2008
The Christian Science Monitor: College Scholarships Revitalize Arkansas Town		03/18/2008
MiBiz: Terminal velocity		03/17/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: State must boost its life-sciences identity, exec says		03/13/2008
Business Review: Bronson, Jasper Clinic expand ties		03/06/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: A big win		03/02/2008
Press Release: For sale - Housing in Kalamazoo is affordable		02/27/2008
The Hartford Courant: College Program Turning Schools, Town Around		02/27/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Investing in the future - Growth drives expansion; Fabri-Kal chooses former paper-mill site		02/24/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: A big week for business expasion		02/24/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Job creation here is a reason to celebrate		02/22/2008
Press Release: Bronson Vicksburg Hospital Partners with Jasper Clinic		02/22/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Firms expand, add jobs - AT&T and K&M want to hire 230		02/21/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: New jobs good news for Comstock		02/21/2008
Business Review: Cool tech that people can actually use - New Greenleaf Trust h.q. mixes technology with design		02/21/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Companies to add 500 jobs		02/20/2008
Press Release: Fabri-Kal Announces Plans to Open New Manufacturing Facility		02/19/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Wright finds niche in plastics		02/16/2008
Business Review: Burgeoning life sciences poses challenge to building sector		02/14/2008
The Economist: Rescuing Kalamazoo - A promising future		02/09/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Deadline nears to apply for internships		02/08/2008
Press Release: Axenic dental - New Disposable High-Speed Dental Drill Receives FDS Clearance		02/08/2008
Business Review: Risky business: rebranding Michigan		02/07/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Searching for a winning job-creation formula		02/06/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Economist's assessment - local economy on right track		02/05/2008
Press Release: 2008 Monroe-Brown Internship Program		02/04/2008
MiBiz: Primal urge - Unifab expands to grow animal research cage business		02/04/2008
MiBiz: Bio buds - Life science community gathers at BioTuesday event		02/04/2008
News Channel 8 WQAD: Kalamazoo Promise and economic development		01/31/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Fund backs life-science startup		01/29/2008
Press Release: Metabolic Solutions Development Co. is sixth investment for the Southwest Michigan First Life Science Fund		01/28/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Pfizer cuts workers but says many stay aboard		01/27/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Loans to fund biotech hires		01/25/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Pfizer shows off its investments		01/25/2008
Business Review: More than one way to fund a college course		01/24/2008
Press Release: Granholm Announces 12 Additional Companies to Get Company Formation and Growth Fund Aid		01/23/2008
MiBiz: Heavy metal magnates		01/21/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Primed for development		01/20/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Official: Parker shows region can compete		01/19/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Parker gets $1B of Airbus contract		01/18/2008
Business Review: Innovation Center readies expansion		01/17/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Pharma startup lands $500K grant		01/15/2008
Press Release: NephRx is fifth investment for the Southwest Michigan First Life Science Fund		01/14/2008
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: BIA grows here despite recession		01/11/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Showing Promise - Prospects for business, jobs look stronger as 2008 dawns		01/06/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Kalamazoo area aims to be state, national model		01/06/2008
Kalamazoo Gazette: Let's resolve to make 2008 a better year		01/01/2008
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