SMC’s Annual SWOT Analysis Produces Balanced Budget for New Fiscal Year By Pat Moody | Posted June 18, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening One of the best tools available in establishing where an organization stands both strategically and financially speaking is to...
Eleven More Apprentices Hold Signing Ceremony With SWM Manufacturers By Pat Moody | Posted June 17, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening When Eagle Technologies in Bridgman hosted a formal signing ceremony for a new apprentice last month it was a...
State Rep. Griffin Shares House Budget Plan $1.3-B Less Than Governor’s Would Be By Pat Moody | Posted June 13, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening As the state budget battle ensues in Lansing, Mattawan State Rep. Beth Griffin says she and her colleagues have...
Highest Gas Prices of 2019 May Now Be In the Rearview Mirror By Pat Moody | Posted June 13, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening If the stars continue to align according to forecast, the highest gasoline prices of 2019 "may now be in...
As Confidence Sags, West Michigan Industrial Economy Faces Slower Growth By Pat Moody | Posted June 7, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening Based on the tone of his monthly survey report, it's getting harder and harder for Professor Brian Long from...
Michigan Retailers Seeing Strong Sales, But Need Labor Help By Pat Moody | Posted June 6, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening The good news this week from the Michigan Retailers Association is that sales are decidedly on the upswing across...
I&M Shares Nearly $40K With Students, Teachers, Robotics Teams By Pat Moody | Posted May 31, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening A powerful resource is headed to more than a dozen teachers, schools and robotics teams in Michigan's Great Southwest...
Four More Communities in SWM Get a Share of $3-M in Road Repair Grant Money By Pat Moody | Posted May 30, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening Rough riding roads in several small communities in Michigan's Great Southwest will get some tender loving care soon thanks...
South Bend International Registers Double Digit Percentage Gains in Air Traffic By Pat Moody | Posted May 30, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening The team at South Bend International Airport is high-fiving one another and the community as well as they report...
Greenbush Brewing Takes Three Golds Just Ahead of 8th Anniversary Party By Pat Moody | Posted May 29, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening The craft brewing industry descended on Frankenmuth in Southeast Michigan a few days ago and when they did one...
Clinical Labs in SW Michigan Pump Millions into Local Economy By Pat Moody | Posted May 28, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening Whenever you head to a clinical lab to get your blood tested, have you ever considered the economic impact...
House Speeds Auto Insurance Reform in Friday Session By Pat Moody | Posted May 24, 2019 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening The Michigan State House of Representatives rarely meets on a Friday afternoon, especially a Friday headed into a three-day...
Unemployment Rates Fall In Ever Michigan Labor Market in April By Pat Moody | Posted May 23, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening Even though it is already considered one of the tightest labor times in recent history, the seasonally unadjusted unemployment...
April Housing Market Rebounds in SWM, Sets New Price Records By Pat Moody | Posted May 23, 2019 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening Everyone hopes that the spring of the year brings new growth in a region like Michigan's Great Southwest, so...
County Road Association Says MI Needs $2-Billion More Per Year for Roads By Pat Moody | Posted May 21, 2019 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening For anybody who has driven the roads of Michigan anytime in recent days, there will likely be no surprise...
Michigan Still Impacted by Cigarette Smuggling, Especially Border Counties in SWM By Pat Moody | Posted May 20, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening A problem that has long plagued border counties like Berrien, Cass and St. Joseph Counties here in Michigan is...
Michigan Businesses Band Together for Clean Water By Pat Moody | Posted May 20, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening According to at least one source, here in Michigan you and I are never more than 6 miles from...
Flat Revenues, Trade Uncertainties Hobble Michigan Revenue Estimating Conference By Pat Moody | Posted May 17, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening It's already tough enough to try to guesstimate how much money will come into the budget and when, but...
Michigan Port Study Provides Stunning Portrait of Substantive Economic Impact By Pat Moody | Posted May 17, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening Anybody who accidentally looks through the wrong end of a telescope or a pair of binoculars and comes away...
Whirlpool Corporation Ranked a Top Corporate Citizen by CR Magazine By Pat Moody | Posted May 15, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening Whirlpool Corporation has returned to the list of the Top 100 Best Corporate Citizens for the first time since...
Summit Shows Critical Need for Infrastructure Funding in Michigan is at a Crossroads By Pat Moody | Posted May 15, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening Michigan and the communities that comprise the Great Lakes State are at a veritable crossroads and will need to...
West Michigan Industrial Economy “Still Chugging Along” By Pat Moody | Posted May 14, 2019 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening The West Michigan Industrial Economy is essentially doing what it has been doing for the past decade. "Still chugging...
Red Cross: Critical Type O Blood Shortage; Donors Needed Now By Pat Moody | Posted May 14, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening The current math problem facing the American Red Cross is not sustainable. At least 14 units of type O...
Carson’s Department Store Stiffs Berrien Taxpayers With Unpaid Property Tax By Pat Moody | Posted May 10, 2019 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening When Carson's department store departed the Orchards Mall in Southwest Michigan last year, they left local taxpayers holding the...
Light Voter Turnout Gives Wins to Millage Votes New and Renewed in SWM By Pat Moody | Posted May 7, 2019 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening Voter turnout in the off year spring election today kept pollworkers challenged with how best to keep busy during...
Michigan’s Highest in the Nation Auto Insurance Rates Could Finally Be Reduced By Pat Moody | Posted May 7, 2019 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening It might be a little too soon to hold your breath, but there's movement afoot in Lansing to resolve...
Army Corps Says Great Lakes Water Levels Expected to Set Record Highs By Pat Moody | Posted May 6, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening Sadly, it didn't take a rocket scientist to figure this one out. A simple visit to virtually any beach...
Major Magazine Ranks St. Joe and Lakeshore Among Top 100 Schools in Michigan By Pat Moody | Posted May 6, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening There are smiles aplenty in the wake of the new US News & World Report publication ranking more than...
Regional CFO Benchmark Index Hits Lowest Level in More Than Eight Years By Pat Moody | Posted May 4, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening One key measure of business performance in the region has just racked up its poorest score since that measure...
Holland Earns Dubious “Honor” as Having Worst Drivers in the State of Michigan By Pat Moody | Posted May 1, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening Depending on how you feel about your own driving skills and abilities you might feel good about a new...