Camille Jourden-Mark, general manager of Michigan's Adventure, in front of the lakeshore attraction's ThunderHawk ride.

BUSINESS JOURNAL
REPORT ON WZZM NEWS
Record year
for Michigan's Adventure
Pete Daly

The 2008 season added up to "record attendance and record revenue" according to the general manager of Michigan's Adventure, the state's only full-fledged roller coaster amusement park, which is located between Muskegon and Whitehall and is an important component in the Muskegon area economy. more»

BUSINESS JOURNAL REPORT ON WZZM NEWS
Real estate pros, projects
get excellence awards
Business Journal Staff

Ten real estate excellence awards will be presented by the Grand Rapids Business Journal and Crain's Detroit Business in conjunction with the University of Michigan/Urban Land Institute Forum Oct. 15-16 in Grand Rapids. The winners will participate in a panel discussion at 10:30 a.m. Oct. 15. The real estate conference is being held in Grand Rapids for the first time in its 22-year history. more»

Keeping watch on the public wealth
David Czurak

Imagine being responsible for nearly a half-billion dollars worth of the public's money during a time that almost everyone has called the worst financial crisis to hit the nation in nearly eight decades — a reckless calamity that has generated fear, distrust, anger, panic, buyouts, prop-ups and falling stock prices for local banks. more»

Ren Zone decision
must be made soon
David Czurak

Kent County Commissioners once again stayed true to their 16-month-old economic development participation policy when they recently decided not to allow county property tax and millage revenue to be captured by a new downtown development authority in Ada Township. more»

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