Today’s Your Biz, Your Town segment on WGVU’s Morning Show with Shelley Irwin was focused on small businesses and the importance of building and maintaining relationships. Shelley and I had the pleasure of chatting with 2 very interesting local entrepreneurs and small business owners. Fettig, formerly Ameritemp Staffing has existed in our community since 199 […]
Today’s Your Biz, Your Town show guests are a diverse bunch, and we love it. I would like to point out that I am not sure how Shelley manages her radio, TV show, emceeing 3 times a week, running 8 days a week and being mom to 3 little fur balls..has anyone checked to make […]
As usual, Shelley Irwin and I had a packed house on this 4th Friday of the month for Your Biz, Your Town where we talk business news, events and nonprofit happenings. Each one of our guests today represents something amazing in our community whether it be unity, animal welfare, or stopping the spread of an […]
Shelley Irwin rocks…and once a month, she lets me rock with her on the WGVU Morning Show with Shelley Irwin on 88.5 FM on a segment we coined Your Biz, Your Town. On the 4th Friday of every month we invite 3 guests into the studio to chat about their community organization, exciting business news […]
Okay, so perhaps one of my longer blog titles…but admit it, pretty catchy. I don’t know how to even begin relating or explaining to all of you, how thankful 834 is to have a friend in Shelley Irwin and to be able to chat with her once a month on all things nonprofit, small business […]
To be honest, I completely forgot to write a recap for the March 30th, Your Biz, Your Town…and for that I feel truly terrible. Shelley and I had some great guests and it is only fair to them and all of you that you receive a proper recap. On the March 30th edition of Your […]
I love being able to see Shelley Irwin once a month for our morning show segment, Your Biz, Your Town. As always we had some amazing guests and as always I am recapping the segment and giving you the opportunity to get involved! The Guests: Jandernoa Entrepreneurial Mentoring “Lonely at the top” is often the […]
In the new year we had the privilege of being able to work with another woman-owned business, Grand Events LLC. Grand Events owner, Cecily Near puts on several events a year with the most recent being the Grand Rapids Antiques Market. For 2012, Cecily brought 834 in to manage the design, public relations and sponsorship. […]
By being a small business, I automatically am a supporter of small businesses. Serving small businesses is one of the biggest reasons 834 was founded. There is no reason a small business should not receive the same great service as every other company. With Shelley’s support, I decided to have guests on that would be […]
What a great Your Biz, Your Town show today. I gotta tell ya, I love my job. We chatted with kids, ArtPrize, REAAL and the upcoming Rhythm Walk. On October 1st the Grand Rapids African American Health Institute is having their 4th annual Rhythm Run/Walk. The purpose of the Rhythm Run is to inspire and […]