THE CHAMBER NEWS April 2020 Issue PRESIDENT'S CIRCLE MEMBERS CONTENTS April 2020 Issue

3 Ribbon Cuttings

Member 4 Anniversaries

5 Newsflashes

VISIONARY MEMBERS Recently Joined 6 Members

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1 April 2020 | grandrapids.org CONTENTS

April 2020 | grandrapids.org 2 RIBBON CUTTINGS

Arbor Financial Credit Union held a ribbon cutting celebration for FlannelJax's Grand Rapids celebrated their grand their new location. 2757 44th St. SW opening. 601 Lake Dr.

Davenport University held an open house for their new IPEx Social House celebrated their grand opening. location. 200 Ottawa Ave. NW 25 Ottawa Ave. SW

Comerica Bank held a grand re-opening for their location on 4 Mile. 857 4 Mile Road NW

Interested in doing a ribbon cutting for your business? Fill out the application form on our website!

3 April 2020 | grandrapids.org MEMBER ANNIVERSARIES 30+ YEARS OF Whitecaps Jaycees Savant Automation, MEMBERSHIP Professional Baseball Little River Casino Inc. Corporation Resort Preusser Jewelers Velosio Axios HR Make-A-Wish Steelcase Inc. i3 Business Solutions, Foundation of Kent County Treasurer 10+ YEARS OF llc Michigan Williamson Serv-U-Success NAI Wisinski of West MEMBERSHIP Employment Services, Universal Fire & Michigan Fusion IT LLC Inc. Casualty Insurance Parkway Electric & VanDerKolk + Kooi Effectv Company Communications Painting Autocam Medical DK Security & Reliable Energy, Inc. Chervon North Delta Dental of Investigations Vector Tech Group America, Inc. Michigan C2AE Beacon Hill at Growtrust Partners Meijer, Inc. Courtyard By Marriott - Eastgate Mico Industries, Inc. McShane & Bowie, Downtown Interlogic Outsourcing, Grand Rapids Iron & P.L.C. Dominican Sisters GR Inc. Metal Master Finish Co. National Heritage Star Truck Rentals Pro Audio Inc. Monsma Marketing Academies, Inc. Total Fire Protection, Rusche's Trucking Inc. Corporation JadePig Ventures, LLC Inc. Two Men And A Blackmer, A Dover Century A & E Axios Professional Truck/Grand Rapids Company Hearty Fresh Inc. Recruitment North iHeartMedia, Inc. Direct Supply, Inc. Real-time Wolgast Corporation Hope Network Mor Electric Heating Perspectives West Michigan Door Progressive AE Associates, Inc. Boys & Girls Clubs of Co. DoubleTree by Hilton Primerus Grand Rapids Youth Ferris State University Grand Rapids Airport Accident Fund Commonwealth The KR Group Inc. Bazen Electric Co. Insurance Company of B93 - WBCT FM MINDSCAPE RoMan Manufacturing, America ESPN 96.1 FM SpringHill Suites, Inc. Ronald McDonald WBFX FM 101.3 The Grand Rapids Airport Litehouse, Inc. House of Western Brew CPM Group Robert W. Baird & Co. Michigan WOOD AM 1300 & West Michigan Sports Inc. Daane's Development 106.9 FM Commission DeMaagd & Richter Co. WSNX FM 104.5 Integrated Agency, Inc. Echelbarger, WSRW FM Star 105.7 Architecture SeyferthPR Himebaugh, Tamm & WTKG AM 1230 Robinette's Apple Eckhoff and Co., P.C. West Michigan Haus & Winery DeVries Painting & University Club of Document Shredding Betten Imports, Inc. Wallcovering, Inc. Grand Rapids LLC Courtesy Chrysler Interphase Interiors, Armbrecht & Wierenga Crandall/Partners LLC Jeep Dodge Inc. Orthodontics, PLC Crystal Mountain Empire Solutions Tanis Trucking Higher Ground Rock Martha's Vineyard Lakeland Library Company, Inc. Climbing Centre LTD Pietro's Italian Cooperative SoundOff Signal Restaurant & Lakeland Pallets, Inc. 20+ YEARS OF Partyhouse Mason Dynamics, Inc. Regal Financial Group Partners Worldwide MEMBERSHIP 15+ YEARS OF L.L.C. North America Capitol Group MEMBERSHIP Terryberry Fuel Systems Consultants LLC Grand Rapids Remanufacturing LLC

4 April 2020 | grandrapids.org NEWS FLASHES 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 PROMOTIONS the Affinity Mentoring board of Dickinson Wright PLLC announced directors that the firm is implementing Ken Fortier was hired as a new staff paid parental leave vice president of business Rhoades McKee named Timothy policy. The new policy allows staff development for the West Dudley and G. Will Furtado to take up to 12 weeks of full paid Michigan division of Hylant shareholders leave to care for a newborn or newly adopted child. Kurt Hassberger was elected to Feyen Zylstra promoted E.B. serve as the new president, and Sonheim to Director of Marketing, Grand Rapids Community College Erin Gravelyn was elected to serve and Kevin VanDyke to Director of announced they will offer free as the new vice president of the Engineering and Virtual Design tuition to students from high Grand Rapids Art Museum's board schools within Grand Rapids' city of trustees AWARDS & ACCOLADES limits

Triangle Associates Inc. named Grand Rapids-based Blue Cross Blue Shield of Pat Cebelak its new president TowerPinkster placed first in the Michigan donated $500,000 to ASHRAE regional awards for new support community organizations, Owen-Ames-Kimball Co. (O-A-K), build commercial buildings for such as Kids’ Food Basket, to announced the addition of their work on the Gerald R. Ford provide meals to children and Courtney James as a Project International Airport support efforts to protect seniors and other individuals Manager Experience Grand Rapids recently was presented the 2020 Governor’s Meijer will be donating $4 million Tom Tooley, AIA was promoted to Award for Innovative Tourism Col- to United Way agencies across the Ghafari Executive Vice President laboration in the tourism education Midwest to support their urgent and Business Unit Leader of and training category during the efforts to address the many ways Grand Rapids Office Pure Michigan Governor’s Confer- the coronavirus (COVID-19) is ence on Tourism in Grand Rapids Rehmann, a fully integrated impacting our communities financial services and advisory The WMCAT Award for Innovation Nothing Bundt Cakes delivered firm, is starting the decade strong was awarded to the West Michigan nearly 1,200 personal-sized bundt by announcing the promotions Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of 15 associates in Grand Rapids cakes to employees at Spectrum, and Grandville Metro Health and Mercy Health SpartanNash has been named as a way to show gratitude for the among the Best and Brightest The West Michigan Center for healthcare workers working tire- Companies to Work For® in Arts + Technology (WMCAT) lessly amid the COVID-19 outbreak. the Nation, according to the welcomed Gretchen Mousel as National Association for Business Director of Finance and Human In light of scarce supply, New Resources Resources Holland Brewing Company began working as quickly and as safely Foster Swift elected Anne RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS as possible to make hand sanitizer Seurynck as president of the firm Nucraft is celebrating its 75th in bulk for healthcare workers and year as a family-owned and -led those who need it most John Robinson has been elected company in the Grand Rapids area president and Adam Russo has been elected vice president of

5 April 2020 | grandrapids.org RECENTLY JOINED Please join us in welcoming the following companies to the Chamber. We encourage you to do business with fellow Chamber members!

INVESTOR Midwest Steel Carports, Inc. Adbeel Cabrera (877) 235-5210 midweststeelcarports.com

EXECUTIVE Allied Mechanical Tropical Smoothie Cafe Kellogg Community Credit Union Steve Huizinga Heather Hendrickson Kristin Brenner (616) 299-8809 (616) 217-6264 (616) 202-1239 alliedmechanical.com locations.tropicalsmoothiecafe. kelloggcommunityfcu.org com/mi/grand-rapids/ All-Phase Electric Kessebohmer Ergonomie Tyler Candelaria Vanguard Fire & Security Systems, Robert Van Driel (616) 538-5520 Inc. (616) 202-1239 allphasegr.com Bradley Schottke kessebohmerergonomics.com (616) 245-8719 Hope College vanguard-fire.com Northern Estates North, LLC Tricia Canmer Andrew Fochtman (616) 395-7143 Vicinity Energy Grand Rapids, LLC (616) 784-1636 hope.edu Jan Takacs npmich.com (616) 356-2535 Northgate Resorts vicinityenergy.us Standale Home Studio Jim Bossenbroek Sam Rich (616) 249-8444 Waypoint (616) 990-2704 northgateresorts.com Mike Sudyk standalehomestudio.com (616) 498-0601 AFFILIATE Shawn G. Realty Group waypointhq.com The Grand Rapids Red Project DeShawn Gholston Robin Fox (616) 528-4476 (616) 456-9063 shawngrealty.com redproject.org SMALL BUSINESS Armor Floors Systems Health Net of West Michigan SpringHill Camps Reyna Ortiz Doug Booth Emily Ballard (616) 466-0978 (616) 319-2680 (269) 207-8947 [email protected] healthnetwm.org springhillexperiences.com

Center for Neurological Studies Icon on Bond Tech Financial Analysis, LLC Jennifer Dale Sydney Hodge Mark Konyndyk (734) 502-3646 (616) 608-3577 (650) 714-5602 neurologicstudies.com icononbondapartments.com techfinancialanalysis.com

Ridge Economic Agricultural Part- ners (REAP) Gordie Moeller (616) 293-4727 fruitridgemarket.com 6 April 2020 | grandrapids.org Please join us in welcoming the following companies to the Chamber. We encourage you to do business with fellow Chamber members!

Reliable Management Systems Inc DynamicHR Riverbend Body Shop Inc. Jason Van Dam Patrick Henderson David Howerzyl (616) 454-8520 (616) 566-5034 (616) 453-7795 reliablecc.net dynamichr.com riverbendbodyshop.com

ATO Sushi Horrocks Market Inc. The Alamo Studio Eunkyeong Kim Tessa Fedewa Tyler Mayes (616) 283-8691 (517) 526-1792 (269) 384-9884 atosushigr.com horrocksmarket.com thealamostudio.com

Big Steps Little Feet iNFable Socks VENTURE3 Philanthropy LLC Jessica White-Hatinger John F Hendershot Colleen Mitchell (616) 682-8300 (616) 240-4569 (617) 224-8400 bigstepslittlefeet.org infablesocks.com venture3philanthropy.com

Blu House Properties Kenona Industries, LLC Vive Michigan Doug Kessler Chris Afendoulis Edgar Garcia (616) 776-9055 (616) 735-6228 (616) 328-3842 thinkbluhouse.com kenona.net vivemichigan.com

Cancer & Hematology Centers of Regus Group Woodland Mall - PREIT Western Michigan, PC Jarl Brey Cecily McCabe Dr. Mark Campbell MHA (616) 717-5700 (616) 430-8111 (616) 954-9800 regus.com shopwoodlandmall.com chcwm.com

AFFILIATE Campspot Comerica Bank - Coopersville Comerica Bank - Plainfield Josh Traxler Renee Kuizema Lisa Cummings (616) 249-8444 (616) 837-1005 (616) 477-0650 campspot.com comerica.com comerica.com SMALL BUSINESS Comerica Bank - 52nd-Kalamazoo Comerica Bank - Four Mile-Alpine Comerica Bank - Woodland Mall Kevin Robson Michelle Thiss Jane House (616) 455-6301 (616) 784-0551 (616) 957-0551 comerica.com comerica.com comerica.com

Comerica Bank - Campau Square Comerica Bank - Grandville Standale Lumber Armando Herrera Jodi Pederson Sam Rich (616) 776-6367 (616) 534-3827 (616) 530-8200 comerica.com comerica.com standalelumber.com

Comerica Bank - Cascade Comerica Bank - Marne Julia Malta Kate Batchelder (616) 975-9471 (616) 677-1264 comerica.com comerica.com

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