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6601 N Newburgh Rd Westland, MI 48185 Jobs expected to be created: 30 Chris Mohrhardt always knew he wanted to follow his father’s footsteps and have a small business of his own someday. After owning and operating Incredible Mo’s for four years – a family entertainment center in Traverse City - he soon realized how deep this desire really was. ...

6601 N Newburgh Rd Westland, MI 48185 Jobs to be created: 10 Community Development Goal: Improve and Strengthen the Community Josh Beckett had been a regular at Anna’s House for many years. When the business went up for sale in 2005, Josh purchased the restaurant(s) with the hope of keeping his favorite diner up and running. It wasn’t long after, ...

7788 East Horn Road Lake Leelanau, MI  49653 Jobs Expected To Be Created: 4 Sam and Taylor Simpson’s parents have been farming cherries and wine grapes since before either one of them can remember. Started in 1950s, the Simpson family farm has become quite the legacy. It has expanded into its own winery – Good Harbors Winery – in the ...

2988 West Burdickville Rd. Maple City, MI  49664-8753 Jobs Expected To Be Created: 5 Bryan and Emma Cloninger were on a quest to find the perfect location to open a new business in the United States. Bryan was living in Nice, France at the time with his wife, Emma, a France native. He was a cinematographer; she worked in event ...

407 W. 17th Street Holland, MI 49423 Jobs Expected To Be Created: Public Policy Goal West Michigan Uniform, Inc. (WMU) is a family owned and operated uniform provider in Holland, MI that has recently received their second SBA 504 loan. Their first loan was to purchase an additional building for offices, embroidery and promotional products. To handle future growth and …

2880 Remico St SW Grandville, MI  49418 Jobs Expected To Be Created: 3 Great Lakes Commercial Finance (GLCF) recently funded a 20 year fixed debenture for Winchel Irrigation located in Grandville, MI. The company originally started in 2000 with three owners, brothers Len, Greg and Brad. Winchel Irrigation provides service and installation of lawn sprinkler and irrigation systems throughout West …

4017 Brockton Dr., SE Kentwood, MI  49512 Jobs Expected To Be Created: 8 The owners of C2 Machining, LLC recently used the SBA 504 loan program to purchase new equipment for their expanding machine shop located in Kentwood, Michigan. Both pieces of equipment were large capacity machines making C2 Machining very competitive and giving them a unique advantages in the …

221 John Street, NE Grand Rapids, MI  49503 Jobs Expected To Be Created: 10 Recently Great Lakes Commercial Finance (GLCF) had the opportunity to provide project financing for The Sanford House, a rehabilitation center in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Sanford House facilities are uniquely situated to provide an urban experience, near many “real life” downtown locations as well as …

9389 Riley St. Zeeland, MI 49464 Jobs Expected To Be Created: 8 Auto Body Xperts is a full service auto body repair shop with four locations throughout West Michigan. The company started back in 1948 with one location in Hudsonville. In 1982, Bob Arnoldink and John Schout purchased the business, and began expanding operations with satellite locations. In 1998, the …

7805 Childsdale Avenue, NE Rockford, MI  49341 Jobs Expected To Be Created: 7 Bradd Pierce, Great Lakes Commercial Finance (GLCF) Senior Loan Officer, teamed up with Mark Martis, Grand River Bank’s Chief Lending Officer, to provide SBA 504 financing for K & T Tool and Die, Inc. K & T saw an opportunity to bring some of the work it …