Century 21 Rockgate broker, Jackie Bissonette, located in Howard City, is our guest on episode 32

Jackie  Bissonette   grew up in Bay City until her late 20's when her family moved to Houghton Lake MI. She worked for Consumers Energy at the time in Human Resources and her husband was a chef and running the kitchen of a local restaurant. As her career took off in the HR field, she took advantage of career opportunities and spent the next 21 years in various aspects of HR including employee relations, change management, staffing and recruiting, and coaching managers. During that time Jackie worked for only 2 companies, Consumers Energy for 15 years and Universal Weather and Aviation, a Houston based company for the next 6 years. These job opportunities led to many corporate relocations and when her and her husband finally arrived back in Michigan in 2012, they bought a farm and decided to get into real estate and became a licensed agent. From all of those moves, she had a lot of experience being a buyer and seller so knew what traits to work on as a REALTOR and what traits to avoid. Her HR skills parlayed well with the consultative aspects of real estate so it was a good match for her. From there, she opened Rockgate Real Estate in 2017 and set up an office on M46 in Howard City. That was doing fine and then in November of last year CENTURY 21 contacted her and began exploring franchise opportunities.  A great move to offer her agents the training and technology tools they were seeking. About that same time, Jackie acquired a second building in downtown Howard City where the office is now.  Located at  220 E Edgerton Street in Howard City CENTURY 21 Rockgate is open 9-5 weekdays, reach out and connect at 1 231-937-1077.  You can find Jackie at https://www.facebook.com/c21rockgate and https://www.c21rockgate.com

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Stanton Michigan Businesses share Why Discover Montcalm.

Rachael Coffey, is the Clerk of the City of Stanton
The City of Stanton boasts a diverse mix of opportunity sites within its city limits. Stanton is the county seat for Montcalm County and is well positioned on Michigan’s M-66 north/south state trunkline highway. Below is a short list of properties that have been identified as priority sites which the City wishes to see redeveloped. https://stantononline.com/

Ty Falk, Team Lead of CHO Provisioning
CHO Provisioning is the top leading family owned cannabis business in West Michigan. We take pride in the relationships built between the business and our community. Whether we are adopting roads, cleaning up water basins, sponsoring local events, or donating to like-minded causes; we believe that cannabis is more than a plant that gets you "high". https://www.smokecho.com/about-4

Terrie Weston, Owner of Ninety Degree Nutrition Serving Up Healthy Shakes, Energizing Teas & Good Vibes, is located downtown Stanton. "Giving back to our community makes my heart happy!! Today I got to go and help the CME parent group pop popcorn for our littles! reuniting with my School Family brought me so much joy!" https://www.facebook.com/ninetydegreenutrition

Jeremy Putansu, General Manager of Heritage Provisioning located in Stanton.
Michigan-born and bred, the team behind Heritage Provisioning believes that cannabis should be treated with the same respect and care as any other cultivated crop. Our mission is to uphold the highest quality standards in all aspects of our operations, from cultivation to customer service. Heritage Provisioning is your one-stop shop for all your medical and recreational cannabis needs. https://www.heritageprovisioning.com

Jackie Main, Owner of Meraki On Main Salon is located in Stanton.
Our goal is to provide services, aided with love and creativity, to enhance our clients’ inner bea https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=meraki%20on%20main%20salon

Jennifer Rolston, Owner of Rolston Hardware in downtown Stanton
Since 1973, Rolston Hardware has strived to supply the people of Stanton with the means to build, renovate, or repair their homes and businesses. We’ve worked hard to provide sound advice, quality materials, and trusted support. Our wide range of home improvement products and services are second to none - and our customers can attest to our commitment.
https://www.rolstonhardware.com/

Jake VanBoxel, City Manager of Stanton Michigan
The city of Stanton is a safe, family-friendly place with historic homes and an excellent K-12 public school system serving the area. Montcalm Community College’s main campus is only seven miles from town and offers 60 associate degree and certification programs in a wide variety of occupational fields.
https://stantononline.com/community/about/

Discover Montcalm Podcast is produced by Duane Weed. He started DW Video & Multimedia https://www.dwvideo.com in 1984. Today he runs the business and teaches Digital Arts at the Montcalm Area Career Center. Connect with Discover Montcalm to tell and share your story. Call 231-250-9624 to learn more and schedule an appointment. Check out all our past episodes https://discovermontcalmpodcast.com/category/podcast/.

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Edgerton Giftery located at 127 East Edgerton Street in Howard City. Sherri Ogren shares her story and her store on Discover Montcalm Podcast episode 30

Sherrie Ogren own Edgerton Giftery located in the small town of Howard City, Michigan.  Being in the Direct Sales business is where where she got started . Within that time, rented a store front window from which used to be Creekside Computers. She rented the window and left her catalogs in the computer store. People would call and set appointments to see the products.

​The building then sold to what now is Howard City Pet Grooming. This is where she continued to grow and got her start in the gift shop business.

Sherrie's main goal in business is to help other entrepreneurs build their business in a small business group setting. Building the Howard City small-town community and telling everyone's story. Sherrie states, "It's so exciting to learn about each other and help one another grow! It has been awesome growing with wonderful artists, consignors, vendors, hobbyists and LLC's."

​Sherrie continues, "Being around people is what I love! My goal in business is to help another entrepreneur to build their business in a small business group setting. Building our small-town community and telling everyone's story. So exciting to learn about each other and help one another grow."   SOURCE https://www.edgertongiftery.com/ 

Discover Montcalm Podcast is produced by Duane Weed.  He started DW Video & Multimedia https://www.dwvideo.com  in 1984. Today he runs the business and teaches Digital Arts at the Montcalm Area Career Center. Connect with Discover Montcalm to tell and share your story. Call 231-250-9624 to learn more and schedule an appointment.

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Host and Producer of the Discover Montcalm Podcast Duane Weed took to the streets at the Harvest Festival to ask why people should Discover Montcalm in episode 28.

The Harvest Festival is fun for the whole family with key attractions: children’s activities, car and motorcycle show, tractor show, live music, grand parade, and so much more! Howard City celebrates its annual Harvest Festival the 3rd weekend in September. SOURCE: https://www.michiganfun.com/event/howard-city-harvest-festival/

During this episode local musician Gary Fountain, Dolores Becker Howard City Senior Action Center, local residents Jan and Dave Melmo, Tom Kropewnicki 210 Music Row, Rita Sweeny and Michael Large share why they enjoy the area. Michael grew up in Six Lakes and graduated from Lakeview High School.

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Discover Montcalm Podcast is produced by Duane Weed. He started DW Video & Multimedia https://www.dwvideo.com in 1984. Today he runs the business and teaches Digital Arts at the Montcalm Area Career Center. Connect with Discover Montcalm to tell and share your story. Call 231-250-9624 to learn more and schedule an appointment. Check out all our past episodes https://discovermontcalmpodcast.com/category/podcast/

Feature Your Business on Discover Montcalm Learn about upcoming shows, how you can be a guest on the show and maybe even a sponsor. Contact Duane for more information. Call Duane 231-250-9624 Follow and subscribe FACEBOOK, https://www.facebook.com/discovermontcalmpodcast INSTAGRAM, https://www.instagram.com/discovermontcalmpodcast or at https://discovermontcalmpodcast.com/

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Discover Jason Teegardin 180 Designs and Kyle Hamlin Montcalm Area ISD Superintendent in Discover Montcalm's Podcast episode 27.

Carson City, Michigan is the home of One Eighty Designs.a sign shop and premier vehicle wrap destination. Jason Teegardin, founded 180 Designs in 2011.and continues to grow his business to serve not only Montcalm County, but Michigan as well. Even traveling out of state when the job calls for it. SOURCE https://www.oneeightydesigns.com/about-us

Kyle Hamlin is the Superintendent of the Montcalm Area Intermediate School District starting on July 1, 2020 The Montcalm Area ISD serves the school districts of Carson City-Crystal, Central Montcalm, Greenville, Lakeview, Montabella, Tri County, and Vestaburg, public school academies and private schools, MAISD coordinates and delivers services and programs designed to improve education in Montcalm County. SOURCE: https://www.maisd.com/administrative-services/superintendent/

Montcalm County is situated northeast of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and boasts a unique mix of agricultural expertise and manufacturing prowess. Combined with a talented workforce, more than 200 inland lakes and quaint, historic communities, it's not hard to see why people choose Montcalm County to live and do business. SOURCE: https://www.rightplace.org/regions/montcalm-county

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Discover Montcalm Business, Industry, Schools, Organizations, nonprofits and tourist attractions.

Driving through Montcalm County there is open fields and farmland. Agriculture is huge in Montcalm County and Duane would like to talk to the people behind the farms, behind the crops, behind the livestock, to know the people that are here every day waking up early going to bed late to make sure that there's food on people's table. Reaching out to tell and share business, industry, organizations, schools, healthcare, retail, and restaurants stories. There are businesses out there that make, made in Montcalm County products. So cool and we are sure of interest to the residents of our county.

Along with the business community our area has parks and recreation. A large number of lakes and streams and public access lands for people to enjoy. There are trails that people can hike and bike and some that allow snowmobiles.

Reaching out to the historians, village managers, township supervisors around the county to tell the stories of how our communities were built and shaped.

You can find Discover Montcalm on Google Podcast and iTunes as well as YouTube. Take the YouTube link and put the video on your web and social media sites to promote and market your business. Duane says it is a conversation, not an interrogation. It starts with talking with Duane about the questions and direction the podcast and story will go. Interviews are recorded at DW Video's studio in Howard City or at your location to provide a walking tour and more in depth look at your business.

Duane started DW Video & Multimedia in 1984. Today he runs the business and teaches Digital Arts at the Montcalm Area Career Center. Connect with Discover Montcalm to tell and share your story. Call 231-250-9624 to learn more and schedule an appointment. Check out all our past episodes https://www.discovermontcalmpodcast.com.

Check out the audio podcast version at https://discovermontcalmpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/026-Discover-Montcalm-Business-Industry-Schools-Organizations-and-more.mp3

Feature Your Business on Discover Montcalm Learn about upcoming shows, how you can be a guest on the show and maybe even a sponsor. Contact Duane for more information. Call Duane 231-250-9624 Follow and subscribe FACEBOOK, https://www.facebook.com/discovermontcalmpodcast INSTAGRAM, https://www.instagram.com/discovermontcalmpodcast and YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ-W... or at DiscoverMontcalmPodcast https://discovermontcalmpodcast.com/

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Discover Greenville to Howard City Michigan in episode 25 of the Discover Montcalm Podcast. This episode we are doing a highlight opening with Steve Foster. Steve retired from Greenville Tool and Die and is the current Montcalm Area Intermediate School District Board President - for more on Steve interview go to episode 7, https://discovermontcalmpodcast.com/steve-foster-from-tool-and-die-to-outdoor-videography-episode-7/

Staying in the Greenville area, Paul Sischo Executive Director and Katrina Snyder, Member Services Administrator for the Greenville Area Chamber of Commerce join us to share what is going on at the chamber and in the county. For the full interview go to https://discovermontcalmpodcast.com/greenville-area-chamber-of-commerce-episode-8/

Then we travel to Howard City to chat with Mike Scott, a lifelong resident and the keeper of some wonderful history in the area. Check out episode nine for the rest of the story, https://discovermontcalmpodcast.com/s-michael-scott-lifelong-resident-howard-city-shares-growing-up-in-montcalm-county/

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Discover Montcalm does an overview on the Village of Pierson. The village of Pierson is a town in Michigan with a population of 167. Pierson is in Montcalm County. Living in Pierson offers residents a suburban rural mix feel and most residents own their homes.

There is so much more in this township and village. Know someone that can shed light on the businesses, culture, happenings and more. Reach out to duane@dwvideo.com.

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