encore Enterprise Daniels lived in Chicago when he first came up with the idea of biodegradable packing peanuts, and he implemented it after moving to Sister Lakes, southwest of Kalamazoo. He says Michigan’s support for RNS has been overwhelming. Citing mentors and advocates, partners and the loan officers instrumental in getting his business into Paw Paw, Daniels says that people aren’t just doing a job but care about his business and want to see him succeed.
As for his own legacy, Daniels has two young children — a boy and a girl — and has just enrolled in the Executive Master of Business Administration program at Notre Dame. “They see me doing homework,” Daniels says. “I’m an old-school kind of guy so I use note cards to memorize things. We were shopping yesterday for school supplies, and my daughter beelined for the note cards. That was really cool.”
2854 S. 11th Street, Kalamazoo From left to right: Molly Lacy, Practice Administrator, Chris Mars, Vice President Commercial Lending, Marcia Johnson, M.D.
Growing a practice is easy when you have the right partner. “One of the best problems to face in the medical field is outgrowing your current space. Once we decided to build a larger, amenity-rich facility, Chris Mars and First National Bank of Michigan made securing a construction loan as easy as a routine check-up. We appreciate First National’s efforts to treat our practice holistically, just like we do our patients.” – Molly Lacy, Practice Administrator, OB-GYN, P.C.
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Biodegradable and non-toxic, Fun Pak packing materials come in the shapes of dog bones, shamrocks and hearts.
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