Takens You Places

With delays in all businesses, no one is feeling the pressure more than contractors and builders. Not only are they trying to play catch up from our mandatory state shutdown, they are battling for supplies, team members and time. We've had a shortage of skilled laborers for years now. I am constantly seeing frantic posts online about 'need a crew member today'! 'Looking to hire someone on the spot!' During our housing recession, many people got out of the business and they have not returned With the frustration of contracts backed up and losing 2 months of work time, they are also facing a shortage of basic supplies. Lumber mills working at reduced capacity combined with more DYI projects have created a shortage all around. If you want a project done this year, you're going to pay for it, if you can find a contractor with time available in 2020! So what can you do? Here's some tips to help you get started: 1. Figure out exactly what projec...

A Place for Everyone

It is not often you can go to a restaurant over and over again and be impressed every time by something new. There is one place in town that has continued to impress me with their dedication to improvement and elite service on every visit. When they opened in 2016 they were the first bar in town. It's not easy to open in a place like Jenison, a very religious community, but they proved from the beginning they were ready to take the community's feedback and make changes time and again. The first week this place opened, it was loud and impossible to hear. Right away they listened to their customers and added sound panels. Then the feedback was needing more menu options, so they thoughtfully expanded the menu to what we see today, with out of the box specials that blow my mind every time. This is not the place to find the one 'go-to' dish. You need to try everything on the menu at least once! It's not just the food serv...