by Evelina Nedlund | May 27, 2019 | Housing, Uncategorized
Maria Elena and Dave Byron bought their four-bedroom, three-bath house in Hayward, Calif., in 1973. Forty-six years later, the Byrons, now empty-nesters, have made the home improvements so they can age in place. They are two of a growing number of seniors who are...
by Kelly Zegers | May 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
Since 2011, Minnesota wholesaler Bailey Nurseries has tapped into the local refugee community to hire full-time and seasonal workers. It was a win-win situation, to fill open positions and help new neighbors adjust to a different life. “We just kept working with it...
by Daniel Whateley | May 13, 2019 | Manufacturing, Uncategorized
Launched in 2016, Rhode Island’s Block Island Wind Farm is the country’s first and only operational offshore site. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL) In 2014, Gulf Island Fabrication, a U.S. manufacturing company that builds support structures for offshore...
by Megan Myscofski | May 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
An employee at Beecher’s Cheese, where dairy farmer Eric Ooms sends a large portion of his products, uses milk powder to make cheese. Courtesy of Megan Conn. Eric Ooms is a farmer in upstate New York. He runs a dairy farm with his two brothers and can trace his...
by Evelina Nedlund | Apr 30, 2019 | Housing, Uncategorized
National home price numbers, measured by the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index, will be released Tuesday morning. Here are five things to watch for when the report comes out. 1. Growth Continues to Slow The data released tomorrow for February 2019 will...
by Megan Myscofski | Apr 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
It’s rare that a bottle of wine from Napa Valley in California makes it overseas. If a brand already exports to the U.K., however, they might just see their exports, along with exports from a number of other industries, get a bump from a hard Brexit. About ten years...
