July 2016

Import, export, your port The Port of Palm Beach is located on Florida’s Atlantic coast, about 80 miles north of Miami and 135 miles south of Port Canaveral. The Port…

The zero difference Paavo Salmi was not in the home building business. In fact, he calls himself “an online sales and marketing guy. Everything starts with marketing and sales; without…

Proud past, bright future Belton, Missouri, a city of approximately 23,000, is part of the greater Kansas City metropolitan area. The land on which Belton was incorporated in 1872 was…

An oasis in the cornfields “An oasis in the cornfields.” That’s how a friend of Libby Tyler’s, the Community Development Director/City Planner of Urbana, Illinois once described this city of…

At the center of excitement, culture, and history When Muhammad Ali died, recently, one of the photographs of him that was reprinted in newspapers around the globe was that of…

The biggest and the best They say that everything is bigger and better in Texas. That’s because it’s in the Texas spirit to strive to be the biggest and the…

Geared for growth Although Goodyear, Arizona thinks of itself as a young city, its roots actually go back a hundred years. Goodyear was established in 1917, with the purchase of…

The steel city rebounds “Steel City” – that’s Gary, Indiana’s enduring nickname. That’s because Gary is a city whose fate and fortune has always been tied to steel. Indeed, this…

The beginning of a successful relationship When MH Equipment of Peoria, Illinois, one of the country’s largest and fasting growing material handling service providers and a long-time dealer of Hyster…

Best on the bay “We feel like a small town in a lot of ways,” says Union City Digital Marketing Manager, Finney Burch. “People know each other, but we’re also…

Still the crowd favorite In 2005, when Hurricane Katrina slammed up against the Gulf Coast of the Southern United States, it did a great deal of damage all the way…

A leader in the home improvement services industry The company now known as Tailored Living has an intricate history. Its progenitor, Budget Blinds, was founded in 1992 when five young…

Game-changing advice from a savvy CEO “You can be successful without an original idea, there are no original ideas, it’s all about the implementation.” J. Estill Jim Estill started his…

B. S. Incorporated A Novel by Jennifer Rock & Michael Voss Published by Wise Ink Creative Publishing Review by Lorie Steiner So, you spot BS in the title and immediately…

Execs spill the beans on their ‘secret sauce’ Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun…   McDonald’s ode to the Big Mac is…