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  • November 2024 - Venture North Consultants Help Businesses Chart Course to Grow

  • September 2024 - Philanthropy Invests in Social Mission – Moving Economy Forward

  • July 2024 - Manton: A Gem in the Making

  • May 2024 - Symmetry Concepts Launched by Longtime Arcadia Business Owners

  • March 2024 - 8,000 Hours and Counting: Venture North No-Cost Business Consulting Pays Off

  • January 2024 - USDA Rural Development and Venture North Partnership

  • December 2023 - Weathering the Storm: Small Businesses Bounce Back from Pandemic

  • November 2023 - Sweaters, Chocolates, Massages and Reptiles: Venture North Clients Have Something for Everyone this Holiday Season!

  • October 2023 - Everyone Wins: Impact Investing with Venture North

  • September 2023 - Mental Health Services that Imagine Things Done Differently

  • A locally-sourced meal and biodynamic wine grapes from northwest Michigan

    August 2023 - Going Organic Breeds Healthy Soils, Wines, Meals and People!

  • Exterior of the Leelanau Township Community Foundation

    July 2023 - Leelanau Township Community Foundation: Where Every Voice Matters

  • June 2023 - Antrim, Antrim Shining Bright!

  • May 2023 - Believing in Cadillac: A Northern Michigan Town Growing, Together

  • Mother walks with small child with a green backpack

    March 2023 - Inspirations About Caring for Children: Bright Lights in Leelanau County

  • Dakota Porter gets a hug from entrepreneur Robert Herjavec while brother, Garret Porter, looks on.

    February 2023 - ActionGlow Brothers Put Things into Gear Awaiting Their Shark Tank Partner!

  • Venture North Mini Grant Clients, Fresh Coast Market, Dana Lee - In It To Win It, and Kristina Schnepf - Peace, Love and Little Donuts, T.C.

    January 2023 - Small Venture North Grants Spell Growth for Small Businesses

  • December 2022 - Four Northwest MI Small Businesses Share Their Gratitude and Goals for the New Year

  • November 2022 - Venture North Headlining Council of MI Foundations Annual Meeting 11/15

  • October 2022 - Lenders Team with Venture North for Small Business Wins

  • August 2022 - Consumers Energy Foundation: Making a World of Difference in NW Michigan

  • July 2022 - Iconic Michigan Deli Gets Buy-In from Two Entrepreneurial Employees

  • Leelanau Peninsula with broadband tower overlay

    June 2022 - Leelanau County Closes in on High-Speed Internet Showing the Way for County and State

  • May 2022 - Sparking Start Ups a Whole New Way

  • March 2021 #2 - Serving Rural Communities and Businesses: USDA Rural Development

  • McKenzie and Creighton Gallagher of Rove Estates Vineyards

    March 2022 - Phenomenal Wines, Phenomenal Peninsulas: Traverse Wine Coast Speaks Volumes

  • February 2022 - Eclipse Communications Entrepreneur Bringing Broadband to NW MI

  • January 2022 - Philanthropy: Dedicated to Community Prosperity

  • Kellie's Hallmark in Manistee, Michigan

    December 2021 - Got Gifts? Nearby Retailers Ready!

  • November 2021 - Honor: When it Takes a Village to Save a Village

  • October 2021 - People, Places and Struggles: The Priceless Care of Our Children

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