Rooting into a New Community
It was about 22 years ago that Kayla and I settled into our lives in Marquette. I have many stories in that first year about the adjustments and surprises associated…
Data That We Track, September 2019
Communities We Serve An Unusual Spike A review of the July numbers gives the impression that something was off. Five of the 78 counties saw a decrease…
Data That We Track, July 2019
Communities We Serve A quick glance at the data says....... Summer tourism and agriculture have made their way into the numbers of the north. Most every rural county…
Data That We Track, August 2019
Communities We Serve Jobless Rates Continue to Rise…… The June numbers were surprising in that 73 of the 78 counties Northern Initiatives serves saw a rise in jobless…
Customer Intimacy. It’s About a Two Way Connection.
There is something we strive to achieve in our work at Northern Initiatives and that is customer intimacy. What does that mean? It means that we value having a relationship…
Data That We Track, June 2019
Communities We Serve Latest Data Trends Indicate....... Spring and summer in Michigan bring a wave of seasonal employees, resulting in lower jobless rates in April in all but four rural counties with…
Environmental Sustainability and Your Small Business
One of the most important, and most talked about, trends for businesses today is sustainability. Simply defined, sustainability is meeting the needs of the present without compromising future generations’ ability…
What do the latest Facebook changes mean for your small business
What Facebook’s New Algorithms Mean for You Most marketing experts agree – if you’re not leveraging Facebook for your small to medium business, you’re leaving money on the table. Unfortunately,…
Data That We Track, July 2017
New Data and New Information July offered a curious report on jobless data, to say the least. Michigan’s jobless rate fell to 3.7% -- well below the national…
Data That We Track, June 2017
New Data and New Information Michigan once had the fiftieth highest jobless rate. The march from its "lost decade" to today's jobless rate of 3.8% was a long…
