Celebration! Cinema wants to reward other businesses for good service. So, they're asking the people they serve for their input.

This is the second time Celebration will recognize local business that inspire the community with their service. The Celebrated Service Award launched last year. More than 300 businesses are nominated that chosen by Celebration! Cinema employees who have felt inspired by them. The public gets to decide on the final winner.

Public voting runs through Thursday, January 31. The finalists in six Celebration! Cinema markets are available online, and the winners will be revealed on Friday, Feb 1. More than a quarter million dollars in recognition and cash go to the recipients of the 2013 Celebrated Service Award.

Date Event: January 24, 2013

Join us January 24, 2013 from 12 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. for a job fair for veteran job seekers, active duty military members, guard and reserve members, and military spouses at the Grand Valley National Guard Armory, 1200 44th St., Southwest, in Wyoming, MI.  This event will be a one-of-a-kind FREE hiring fair for both employers and job seekers.

This hiring event is being conducted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce, the U.S. Department of Labor Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL VETS), the Michigan Veterans’ Services Division, Pure Michigan Workforce Development Agency, the Michigan Committee of the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), the U.S. Army Reserve, Michigan Works!, the U.S.

Matt Simpson Siegel

It’s fitting that Open Systems Technologies (OST) sits inside the former Drueke Toys building on Grand Rapids’ Westside.
 
Walking in, one feels incredibly welcome. One is tempted to linger at the posh kitchen counter, gazing at the exposed brick and woodwork. Above the fireplace to the left, a monitor broadcasts Santa’s reindeer at the North Pole via http://reindeercam.com. This certainly is not an ordinary office; names of games in tribute to Drueke adorn the various rooms while kitchenettes and club chairs appear peppered about.
 
 “Here’s my philosophy on company culture and it’s always been this way,” explains the jovial Dan Behm, OST co-founder and CEO. "If it ever fails to be fun then I’m going to change the culture back until it is fun.”