July Home Sales in SWM Drop as Prices Continue to Rise By Pat Moody | Posted September 5, 2019 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening Calling it a "step backward," the Southwestern Michigan Association of Realtors, Inc. says that July home sales dropped 19-percent...
An Apple a Day Now Ready for School Lunches in SWM By Pat Moody | Posted August 29, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening With Michigan schools all be back in session beginning next Tuesday, your chance to include a fresh Michigan apple...
Insurance Survey: Too Many Disregard Driving Safety, Especially Millennials By Pat Moody | Posted August 27, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening With school back in session in some districts and in all areas beginning next week, a timely new study...
Typical July Causes Unemployment Rates to Bump Up Across MI By Pat Moody | Posted August 23, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening The unemployment rate across Michigan bumped up in every regional labor market in the state, but that's not at...
Spectrum Health CEO Named to Top Women Leaders in Healthcare By Pat Moody | Posted August 22, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening They clearly recognized top-notch leadership when the Spectrum Health Board made Tina Freese Decker their President & CEO, but...
New Data Shows Michigan Improves to 30th in Annual Highway Report By Pat Moody | Posted August 22, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening New national data released this morning showing Michigan highways have improved to 30th in the nation will be a...
How Skeptical Are We When Conducting Business in West MI? By Pat Moody | Posted August 19, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening The Better Business Bureau “Starts with Trust.” The question is, do consumers start with that same level of trust? The...
End of Summer Rite of Passage: The Summer Tax Bill is Due By Pat Moody | Posted August 15, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening By now, you should have received your "dreaded" summer tax bill from whatever city, village or township that you...
Michigan Jobless Rate Inches Higher for July By Pat Moody | Posted August 14, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening It's still a fairly robust employment scene in the Great Lakes State, however, Michigan’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose by...
New Research Cites Retail Renaissance, Tells True Story of Store Opens/Closes By Pat Moody | Posted August 13, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening With the sting of retail shutdowns in the area including Target, Bon Ton Stores, Old Navy, JC Penney, Rite...
St. Joe, New Buffalo and Lakeshore Schools Ranked in Top 40 By Pat Moody | Posted August 8, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening A Pittsburgh company which calls itself "the leading platform for finding information to choose the perfect school, college or...
West Michigan Industrial Economy Softens to the Point of Ouch! By Pat Moody | Posted August 7, 2019 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening The growth rate of the West Michigan Industrial Economy has softened to the point that the man who tracks...
Youth Solutions Jobs for Michigan Grads Soars Again in “5-of-5” By Pat Moody | Posted August 6, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening Unprecedented success rates, remarkable achievements, and national recognition are becoming the hallmark of Youth Solutions, Inc.'s premier program Jobs...
Spectrum Health Lakeland Ranked 13th Best in MI by U.S. News By Pat Moody | Posted August 5, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening Spectrum Health Lakeland's St. Joseph site has been ranked as the 13th Best Hospital in the state of Michigan...
Michigan Retailers Report June Swoon at the Cash Register By Pat Moody | Posted August 5, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening Whether it was the general state of the economy or the actual weather itself, Michigan retailers say that June...
2019 Michigan Wine Competition Most Successful Ever By Pat Moody | Posted August 3, 2019 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening If you had any doubts that the Michigan wine industry is anything but burgeoning, you might want to recalculate...
Kruggel Lawton’s Q2 Benchmark Business Index Rebounds By Pat Moody | Posted August 2, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening After striking new historic lows in the first quarter of...
Business Leaders See Stability For Now, Concern Down the Line By Pat Moody | Posted August 1, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening The good news is that the majority of Michigan business leaders expect to continue or boost their investment within...
No Drastic Fall Anticipated for Slowing West Michigan Industrial Economy By Ryan Cheevers | Posted July 12, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening “Although the pace of the West Michigan economy is slowing, there is still no evidence that we...
Peak Selling Season for SWM Housing Market Off to Good Start By Pat Moody | Posted June 26, 2019 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening There's good news on the housing front in Michigan's Great Southwest as the local real estate community has stepped...
2019 Class of Moody on the Market 40 Under 40 Revelation Day is Thursday By Pat Moody | Posted June 26, 2019 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening Get ready to meet 40 remarkable young people who live, work and play side-by-side with all of us in...
Lakefront Lot, 43 Condos and Lots of Vacant Land on Berrien Auction Block By Pat Moody | Posted June 26, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening You could be the owner of 43 riverfront condos or a quarter million dollar lot in a gated Lake...
2019 Maytag Ironman 70.3 Steelhead Triathlon This Weekend By Pat Moody | Posted June 25, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening For the second consecutive year, 79-year old Jack Fife from Indianapolis will be the oldest entrant in the Maytage...
Michigan Urges, “Know It Before You Throw It!” By Pat Moody | Posted June 25, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening Most of us make at least a half-hearted effort to do the right thing through some form of recycling....
I&M Plans $478-M In Upgrades, Appeals to MPSC for $58.5-M Rate Increase By Pat Moody | Posted June 24, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening If a major new plan by I&M goes into effect, your monthly electric bill will be increasing one of...
SJ Fireworks Fundraising Surpasses Goal by Nearly 40-Percent By Pat Moody | Posted June 24, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening When the first mortars fire a week from Wednesday night on the City of St. Joseph Independence Day Firworks...
Berrien Community Foundation Announces Mini-Grants for Complete Census Count By Pat Moody | Posted June 21, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening Nobody ever wants to be undercounted when it rolls around to census time, and in Michigan's Great Southwest the...
Spectrum Health Lakeland Among Michigan Elite for Excellence in Maternity Care By Pat Moody | Posted June 21, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening If you're having a baby in Michigan's Great Southwest, at least one group who cares about where you go...
May Jobless Rate Ticks Up Ever So Slightly in Michigan By Pat Moody | Posted June 19, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening Truth be told it was a small blip, but it was an uptick just the same for the unemployment...
Fifth Third Declares Cash Dividends and Reauthorizes Buy Back Up to 100M Shares By Pat Moody | Posted June 18, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening Shareholders at Fifth Third Bancorp today learned of cash dividends being declared by the financial institution, but also learned...