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StockBridge Business Association September 22 General Meeting Recap

September’s StockBridge Business Association General Meeting had so much positive energy. We had several new people present that are invested in the area. Others shared about the rich history we have on the WestSide.

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Jessica Gutowski Slaydon on Growing Up In The Swift Printing Family Business in Grand Rapids, Michigan

How they love working, learned to work hard, and are giving that energy to the next generation.

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Printing business cards and what they do for your brand

Recently, we had a friend visit our Grand Rapids, Michigan Print shop. Walt 3’s travel buddy, Nikolai, asked if we had ever seen the Business Card scene from American Psycho. It’s always is a good laugh. To the average person, these business cards all look the same, but to the printer they are all different. The bit about the raised type always gets me. As I watched the clip again it made me think, how important are business cards in modern times?

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Cool Bridge Street History

404 Bridge N.W. The Oroiquis Building. Built in 1893, this structure has housed meat markets, grocery stores, a bakery, and a shoe store. The upper floors have been used as a rooming house and as a hotel. Swift Printing Company, owned by Walter & Amy Gutowski, Jr., has occupied the retail space on the ground floor of the building since 1954. (The Paper, July 6-12, 2000, p. 5.)

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NEW DEVELOPMENTS BREATHE LIFE INTO GR’S WEST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD (MIBIZ)

Starting at the Grand River and stretching west past Stocking Avenue, the Bridge Street corridor is starting to resemble the neighborhood some long-time residents recall from their formative years in the area