Grand Rapids

In light of the recent legalization of adult-use cannabis in Minnesota, Hwy35, a Missouri-based cannabis operator, recently obtained a significant $22 million in funding from two Minnesota state agencies. The funding aims to facilitate the establishment of a state-of-the-art cannabis...

This article was originally published on Weedmaps and appears here with permission.  Since legalizing cannabis for recreational use in 2018, Michigan's weed scene has blossomed. If you're visiting the Great Lake State, it offers adventurous travelers much in the way of art,...

A local marijuana business in Grand Rapids is seeking to help create equity in the cannabis industry, and one of the best to achieve that is by providing educational tools. The program is being offered by Michigan's Fluresh, a  vertically integrated medical & adult...

Tommy Nafso and co-founder Darel Ross will open the first of three planned Noxx dispensaries in Grand Rapids this month, with a soft launch on Aug. 22 and a grand opening on Sept. 10, followed by a second dispensary at the end of September.  Then comes Noxx’s largest...

Grand Rapids is getting a new cannabis dispensary.  The High Profile Boutique chain opened its fifth location in the West Michigan city on Monday. The dispensary will start as a licensed medical marijuana shop and is expected to incorporate adult-use sales by the end of the year, after a city...

The tech-training institute Grand Circus is partnering with Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) to provide eight weeks of front-end developer training in Detroit and Grand Rapids beginning in October. Students will receive training in HTML5/CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, React, Node.js, NPM, AJAX and json,...

At the Founders Brewing Co. headquarters in Grand Rapids, Michigan, evidence of the craft beer maker's exponential growth is everywhere. “Six months ago, this was a parking lot,” Cofounder and CEO Mike Stevens told Benzinga, while observing a new automated canning line from a...

It may be a perfect storm of sorts - a growing economy and the fact that more baby boomers are retiring and heading for the great outdoors – but the net result is a resurgence in recreational vehicle sales of all kinds. From towable campers to motor homes, fishing boats to pontoons, jet skis to...

He has been hailed as champion, decried as a chump. He rose to the top just as past greats have, but some say he started ducking opponents when he got there. Much like his fighting style, however, ducking and jabbing has brought Floyd Mayweather Jr. all the fame a poverty-stricken child could...

This is the third and final installment of Real Estate: Charting A New Course, a three-part special report on the state of the American real estate market. This series is based off of Alex Schiff’s conversations with Steve Chaben, managing director and regional manager of Marcus & Millichap’s...

This is the second installment of Real Estate: Charting A New Course, a three-part special report on the state of the American real estate market. This series is based off of Alex Schiff’s conversations with Steve Chaben, managing director and regional manager of Marcus & Millichap’s Detroit...

This is the first installment of Real Estate: Charting A New Course, a three-part special report on the state of the American real estate market. This series is based on Alex Schiff’s conversations with Steve Chaben, managing director and regional manager of Marcus & Millichap’s Detroit and...