Joe Boomgaard
Editor at Crain’s Grand Rapids Business
Too busy to fish as often as I’d like. Editor of @CrainsGR. Formerly: @mibiz, @tribalbiz, @LudingtonDN
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crainsdetroit.com | Michael Lee |Joe Boomgaard
Stock prices for metro Detroit's publicly traded companies fell Thursday, erasing billions in paper value a day after President Donald Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on the United States’ global trading partners. All but three local public companies saw stock declines. The only gainers were DTE Energy Co. and CMS Energy Co., utilities that are a traditional "flight to safety" stock pick. The other was manufactured-home park operator Sun Communities Inc.
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crainsgrandrapids.com | Joe Boomgaard
The consistent theme of my career has been my desire to use public policy to really improve the lives of people that I saw and served."Karen Freeman-Wilson"As a business owner, it’s been exciting — for my partners and I, more exciting than we had planned for."Tanya Gibbs
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crainsgrandrapids.com | Joe Boomgaard
Founder and Chairman, SeyferthPRGinny Seyferth has an outsized influence on the public relations industry in West Michigan. Having started what would become SeyferthPR in 1984, the PR industry maven has fostered talent that would go on to lead communications and public relations functions for numerous West Michigan organizations.
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plasticsnews.com | Joe Boomgaard
Grand Rapids, Mich.-based UFP Industries Inc. will spend $77 million to establish a new factory making composite decking products in western New York. The company will make the Deckorators branded "Surestone" product in Lackawanna, N.Y., a suburb of Buffalo, where it plans a manufacturing and warehouse complex covering more than 240,000 square feet, according to a statement. The 30-acre site includes a 168,000-square-foot existing facility that will be expanded as part of the project.
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3 weeks ago |
crainsgrandrapids.com | Joe Boomgaard
Grand Rapids Township-based UFP Industries Inc. will spend $77 million to establish a new factory making composite decking products in western New York. The company will make the Deckorators branded “Surestone” product in Lackawanna, N.Y., a suburb of Buffalo, where it plans a more than 240,000-square-foot manufacturing and warehouse complex, according to a statement. The 30-acre site includes a 168,000-square-foot existing facility, which will be expanded as part of the project.
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Cool. Now let’s bring back the iconic blue and white plate, too. https://t.co/J04hYSIG7j
BREAKING: Two former managers are suing WOOD-TV8’s parent company after they were fired last year in the aftermath of a publicly leaked memo asking reporters to scale back the station’s Pride Month coverage. https://t.co/gXtUyzJrq0
Big changes coming to the west side. Enjoy this SIZZLING™ scoop from @CrainsGR. https://t.co/buQMHx0MgO
