Menlo Worldwide Logistics and The Dow Chemical Company announced on January 27th the formal opening of a new 134,000 square foot warehousing and distribution operation in Bay City.  The new operation is housed in Monitor Township’s Valley Center Technology Park, in a former manufacturing facility at 5300 Mackinaw Road which had been vacant for many years. The property recently underwent a major renovation and upgrade, which converted the building into a modern, energy-efficient, purpose-designed facility which will provide strategic warehousing and distribution services for Dow Wolff Cellulosics products manufactured at Dow Michigan Operations in Midland.

Julie A. Hoffman, the Regulatory Public Affairs Manager with Bay County based Dow Corning Corporation has been appointed to the Bay Future, Inc. Board of Directors. Ms. Hoffman has been with Dow Corning Corporation for 25 years and recently became a small business owner in Bay County when her family acquired the Big Apple Bagel location on Euclid Avenue.  Welcome.

 The Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center™ (MI-SBTDC™) is pleased to offer a free Fundamentals of Starting a Business seminar at the Hoyt Public Library in Saginaw from 6 to 8:30 p.m. February 18, 2010.

The Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center is pleased to offer a free Marketing Your Business seminar at Delta College, University Center, Michigan from 6 to 8:30 p.m. November 24, 2009.