Carly Swanson of Governor Whitmer's Office Announced For March 19th's Commerce & Conversation
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Nancy Kiernan Bridgman CGA Director 269-285-2152 NKiernan@BridgmanCGA.org Carly Swanson of Governor Whitmer's Office Announced for March 19th's Commerce & Conversation For Immediate Release: March 6, 2025 Bridgman, Michigan – The Greater Bridgman Area Chamber & Growth Alliance (CGA) is excited to announce their next ‘Commerce & Conversation’ event on Wednesday, March 19th at 5:00 p.m. at D’Agostino’s Navajo Bar & Grille. Keeping with the theme of
THE MELROSE AESTHETIC CELEBRATES GRAND REOPENING
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Arthur Havlicek President & CEO info@smrchamber.com 269-932-4042 The Melrose Aesthetic Celebrates Grand Reopening St. Joseph’s Boutique Practice to Host Ribbon Cutting March 6th For Immediate Release: March 3, 2025 St Joseph, Michigan – The Melrose Aesthetic is thrilled to announce its official grand reopening celebration, marked by a ribbon cutting ceremony hosted by the Southwest Michigan Regional Chamber on Thursday, March 6th, at 12:30 p.m. The new
Registration open for Lake Michigan College 2025 Summer Camps
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. – Registration is now open for the Lake Michigan College Fab Lab Summer Camp series. Ten sessions are being offered in the Hanson Technology Fab Lab on the LMC Benton Harbor Campus, 2755 E. Napier Ave. The complete camp list can be found at www.lakemichigancollege.edu/camps.The Fab Lab is where creativity meets technology. Fab Lab summer camps provide fun, hands-on projects that spark creativity and allow participants to develop collaboration, teamwork, critical thinking, and
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United Way of Southwest Michigan Launches National Reading Month Campaign to Bolster “Dolly Parton’s
ST. JOSEPH, MI (March 3, 2025) – March is National Reading Month, and United Way of Southwest Michigan and our community partners at Honor Credit Union are launching a fundraising campaign to assist in sustaining Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Berrien, Cass, and Van Buren counties. United Way has a goal of $50,000 in new donations during the month to help meet the sustainability goal for the program.United Way of Southwest Michigan is currently implementing strategies to sustain this popular program
Lake Side Fit Grows to New Location
Lake Side Fit is thrilled to announce the grand opening of its brand-new location at 4055 Lake Street, marking a significant milestone in a journey that began as a simple idea and has grown into something far greater than imagined. To commemorate this exciting new chapter, the Greater Bridgman Chamber & Growth Alliance (CGA) and the Southwest Michigan Regional Chamber invite the community to a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Friday, February 28th, at 4:30 p.m., followed by an Open House on Saturday, March
Holtec Launches “Mission 2030” to Deploy America’s First SMR-300s at the Palisades Site in Michigan
Holtec has launched “Mission 2030,” a program to build America’s first small modular reactors – Holtec’s SMR-300 – at the Palisades site in Covert Township, Michigan, with a target of 2030 for first commercial operation. The new SMR-300s will be co-located with the existing 800-megawatt Palisades plant, which is on track to restart after an extended outage following shutdown in 2022. Together, the historic plant restart and addition of two SMR-300s make Southwest Michigan ground zero for America’s nuclear
Chick-fil-A Announces First Benton Harbor Restaurant, Opening Feb. 27
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Media Hotline RestaurantOpenings@chick-fil-a.com (800) 404-7196Chick-fil-A Announces First Benton Harbor Restaurant, Opening Feb. 27 Restaurant Brings Approximately 135 Full- and Part-Time Jobs to Community, Honors 100 Local Heroes with Free Chick-fil-A Entrées for a Year BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (Feb. 26, 2025) – A new Chick-fil-A® restaurant will begin serving the Benton Harbor community on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. Chick-fil-A, Inc. has selected Justin Barnes as
DOWNTOWN ST. JOE COMES ALIVE WITH WEEKEND EVENTS, MARCH 7-8
DOWNTOWN ST. JOE COMES ALIVE WITH WEEKEND EVENTS, MARCH 7-8 ST. JOSEPH, MICH. — On Friday, March 7 visitors can stroll through downtown St. Joseph and enjoy March Mannequins, sponsored by The Boulevard Inn & Bistro and the Southwestern Michigan Tourist Council. Windows will display community volunteers as they pose perfectly still, like mannequins. Watch storefronts of participating businesses come alive from 7:00p-8:30p. This year’s theme features Decades. Attendees can vote for their favorite windows
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Southwest Michigan Regional Chamber Announces 2025 Business Recognition Award Winners
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Arthur Havlicek President & CEO info@smrchamber.com 269-932-4042Southwest Michigan Regional Chamber Announces Business Recognition Award Winners FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 21, 2025 St. Joseph, MI – For a second year in a row, six-hundred (600) of Southwest Michigan’s business leaders gathered Friday morning for the Southwest Michigan Regional Chamber’s Business Recognition Breakfast Annual Meeting & Awards Ceremony presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield
BREAKING: Earned Sick Time, minimum wage bills on their way to Governor, signature expected
Covering what's hot this week or could affect you and your business. What’s new: Squeaking in under the Feb. 21 deadline, the Michigan Legislature today sent changes to the Earned Sick Time Act (ESTA) (HB 4002) and minimum wage law (SB 8) to the Governor’s desk. The Governor is expected to sign the two bills into law yet tonight. Why it matters: Without legislative action and a signature by the Governor, these sweeping and unworkable laws would have gone into effect as written on Friday, Feb. 21.
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United Way of Southwest Michigan Accepting Funding Requests for the Emergency Food and Shelter (EFSP
United Way of Southwest Michigan Accepting Funding Requests for the Emergency Food and Shelter (EFSP/FEMA) ProgramST. JOSEPH, MI (February 17, 2025) – United Way of Southwest Michigan (UWSM) announced today that it is accepting funding proposals from Berrien, Cass, and Van Buren County agencies for Phase 42 of the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP/FEMA). The National Board has awarded Berrien County the grant amount of $58,883 for this phase, Cass County the grant amount of $19,779 for this phase,
The Ghostlight Theater 2025 Season OPENS THIS WEEK!!
CLYDE's OPENS THURSDAY! Our Season Premiere!! Click here for tickets NOW! Actor Daniel Rivera (Rafael) prepares the grill in CLYDE'SCLYDE's OPENS THURSDAY! Our Season Premiere!! Click here for tickets NOW! Click the video below to see part of our presentation from last weekend's Michigan Black Summit! CLICK here to get your tickets to CLYDE'S February 13-23rd!!CLICK here to get your tickets to CLYDE'S February 13-23rd!! Join us in a very important Post-Show Discussion on Sunday, February 23rd at 5pm
HEART MONTH: New analysis examines why snow shoveling, paired with sedentary lifestyle, increases he
New analysis examines why snow shoveling, paired with sedentary lifestyle, increases heart attack risk in men Royal Oak, Mich., Feb. 10, 2025 – Not so fun fact: Shoveling snow for just ten minutes involves lifting and throwing nearly one ton of frozen precipitation, according to a newly published analysis from Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital. This finding and others further distinguishes snow shoveling as a significant risk factor for acute cardiac events in sedentary men. Led by
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DEADLINE EXTENDED! 2025 Southwest Michigan Regional Chamber Business Recognition Breakfast
Good Morning, Chamber Community! Due to an influx of requests, we're pleased to announce an extended deadline! You now have until close of business on Friday, February 14th, to secure your tickets for our highly anticipated 2025 Business Recognition Breakfast & Awards Ceremony. The morning promises an exciting lineup: a brand-new keynote from Drew Dudley, insights into our 2024 achievements, and a sneak peek into what's ahead for 2025. Plus, don't forget the live voting for our prestigious
