Kururamisa: Mune imwe shanduro yapfuura yenyaya iyi, boka reCaster Concepts Corporate Impact Award rakaonekwa zvisizvo seMichigan Public Service Commission.MPSC, mutongi wehurumende wezvishandiso uye kufambiswa kwemashoko, haana kuenda kumhemberero iyi.Michigan Public Works Board yakapa mubairo uyu pamwe chete naGavhuna Gretchen Whitmer.
Aya ndiwo mazwi anosarudzwa naBill Dobbins kugara semutungamiri weAlbion-based kugadzira kambani Caster Concepts.
Yakavambwa nababa vake Richard pakati pe-1980s, kambani inogadzira zvinorema-basa maindasitiri rollers nemavhiri emhando dzakasiyana dzekushandisa.Izvo zvakatanga nevashandi vatatu chete munzvimbo yebasa ye6,000-square-foot mudhorobha rePalma yakakura kusvika kune vashandi zana nemakumi maviri nemashopu akawanda, kusanganisira 70,000-square-foot-facility kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kwedhorobha rePalma.
Kukura kwakakosha kwekambani iyi kwave kurevawo kukura kweAlbion, neDobbins yakatarisana nekudyara muhutano nekugara zvakanaka kwevashandi vayo, dzidzo yevana uye tekinoroji zvirongwa, uye kuvandudzwa kwenharaunda kusimudzira hupfumi hwenzvimbo kuburikidza nekambani philanthropic ruoko, Caster Cares.
Mukuona kuedza uku, Gavhuna Gretchen Whitmer neMichigan Public Works Board nguva pfupi yadarika vakatumidza Caster Concepts kuti 2022 Corporate Impact Award Winner.
"Kunyika, nekuziva kuti izvi zvakasarudzika, ndinofunga zvinosimbisa zvatiri kuita," Dobbins akadaro.“Ndinofunga zvakakosha.Kuzivikanwa hakusi mhedzisiro.Kuzivikanwa kunosimbisa kuti tiri kuita chinhu chakanaka munzvimbo chaiyo panguva chaiyo. "
Kambani iyi yaive yemumwe wevanhu makumi mana nevashanu, mabhizinesi, nevasina purofiti vakawana mukurumbira zviri pamutemo sebasa ravo renharaunda pamhemberero dzeMbudzi 17 paFox Theatre muDetroit.
"Michigan iri kuita zvakanaka nekuti vanhu vekuMichigan vari kuita zvese zvavanogona kushandira nharaunda dzavo uye kukurudzira vamwe," Gov. Whitmer vakadaro mukutaura.Mupiro mumwe chete unogona kuva nemigumisiro yakakura. "
Akagara pamuzinda wekambani pane kwakasviba muna Zvita mangwanani, Dobbins akabvuma kuti Albion akange apinda mumatambudziko mazhinji ehupfumi.
"Hazvina kusiyana nemaguta mazhinji muMidwest, uko maguta ane maindasitiri anogadzira hupfumi kuburikidza nemakambani ekutanga ekugadzira, uyezve (makambani iwayo) anoenda mhiri kwemakungwa, anovandudza, kutamisa kana chero nekuda kwezvikonzero zvakasiyana," Dobbin akadaro.S. akati."Albion yanga isati yagadzirira kupera kwayo ... zvivakwa zvepachivande munharaunda zvakange zvaenda, uye saka mari munharaunda yakanga yaenda."
Mafungu makuru ekuparidzira munharaunda akazova Caster Cares akatanga muzhizha ra2004. Ichiziva mukana wekufema hupenyu hutsva munharaunda, mhuri yeDobbins yakatora zvisiri pamutemo Shell yeVictory Park Band, yakagadziridza chimiro, uye yakatanga Swingin' pa. iyo Shell yemahara konzati yakatevedzana.
"Kwemakore gumi nemasere, yaingova 'Hei, isu tinofunga kuti tinogona kuita izvi,'" Dobbins akadaro nezvekuedza kwekambani iyi.“Zvichasvika kupi pakupedzisira?Handizivi, ndinongofunga kuti zvichaunza zvibereko zvakanaka.”
Mumakore mashanu apfuura, mubatanidzwa weCaster Concepts wakatama uye wakavhura mabhizinesi madiki manomwe muAlbion, anosanganisira bhekari, Foundry Bakehouse neDeli uye Superior Street Mercantile, musika wakazvimirira wevatengesi veko.
Iyo kambani yakaisawo mari mudzimba nyowani, kusanganisira Peabody Apartments uye Brick Street Lofts, kukwezva vagari vatsva uye kuwedzera hunhu hwezvivakwa.
Muna 2019, kambani yakatanga INNOVATE Albion, sangano rekudzidzisa tekinoroji risingabatsiri, kugadzira tekinoroji uye pombi yeinjiniya yemabhizinesi eMichigan.Kambani iyi yakatenga nekugadziridza temberi yeMasonic ine makore zana, ine nhurikidzwa nhatu kuti iite chirongwa, nemakirasi emunhu kutanga muzhizha ra2020.
Caroline Herto, mwanasikana waDobbins uye mukuru mukuru weINNOVATE, akati iyo isiri purofiti, iyo inosanganisira zvirongwa zvepashure pechikoro uye makirasi echirimo, ine chinangwa chekufumura vadzidzi veK-12 kumabasa akasiyana-siyana, epamusoro-soro.muAlbion.
"Chinangwa chekupedzisira ndechekuti ndinofambidzana nemudzidzi mukireshi uye ndine chidzidzo chavanogona kuramba vachidzidza uye chiitiko chavanogona kuramba vachitora chikamu kusvika vapedza chikoro chesekondari," Herto akadaro.anoshandawo semumiriri wenharaunda.yeCaster Concepts.
Iyo isingabatsiri inoenderera mberi nekuwedzera makirasi, yakabudirira mukutsigira zvikwata zvepuraimari nepakati zvechikoro marobhoti kusvika pari zvino, uye inoronga kutsigira zvikwata zvakawanda, kusanganisira padanho rechikoro chepamusoro, munguva pfupi iri kutevera.
Kuburikidza neAlbion Community Foundation, INNOVATE Albion ichange ichipawo rwendo rwemahara rwemumunda uku kune vese vadzidzi vegiredhi rechina muMarshall Public Schools.
“Kana tikakwanisa kuita kuti mwana aende kunoona kuti anofarira, tozotumira kumusha ruzivo nezveINNOVATIVE Albion kana marobhoti, tinovimba kuti achadzoka kuzobatana nesu pachirongwa chekunze kwechikoro kana chezhizha,” akadaro Herthor.akati ."Vanogona kuzopinda muchikwata vobva vaenderera mberi nekubatana nenyanzvi dzemuindasitiri nechikwata chedu chevarairidzi kuti vadzidze nezvemabasa nemabasa uye kuti zvakamira sei."
Ndichiri kuenderera mberi nekudyara zvakanyanya munharaunda, Caster Concepts yakazvipirawo kusimudzira hutano nekugara zvakanaka kwevashandi vayo.
Kuti izvi zviitike, kambani inogara ichitenga matikiti kuBoma Theatre uye inoapa kune vashandi nemhuri dzavo.Inogoverawo mavhocha emabhuku emadhora makumi mashanu kuchitoro chemabhuku cheStirling Books & Brew uye inosimudzira hutano nekugara zvakanaka nekutenga girosari kubva kuvarimi veko uye nekutambira musika wemushandi wemurimi chete.
"Chandinoda pane zvinoitwa naCaster ndechekuti anounza nharaunda yese pamwe chete uye anotiunza pamwe chete nenzira yakasarudzika," akadaro Herto.“Mavhocha emabhuku nemavhocha emubhaisikopo akanakira mhuri… zvichivapa mukana wekugovana nekunakidzwa pamwe chete.”
Kambani iyi iri kupawo makadhi epeturu anodarika zviuru makumi mana emadhora kuvashandi muna 2022 kubatsira kuderedza kukwira kwemitengo yemafuta edzimotokari, uye vashandi vari kutsigira nharaunda nekuzvidira kudzorera mapaki, mahofisi eposvo emunharaunda uye kunyange dzimba dzemumaguta.
"Kana iwe ukawana zvakawanda, zvinotarisirwa zvakakwirira kwauri," Dobbins akadaro."Ini ndinofunga baba vangu vaitarisira kuti isu, bhizinesi ravakaisa mari mariri vaine makore makumi matanhatu nemanomwe, taizogadzira nhaka inoenderana nenzvimbo huru yebasa, nzvimbo yebasa yakachengeteka, nzvimbo yaunogona kuzadzisa zviroto zvako (vashandi)… ... achanzwa zvakanaka pamusoro pazvo zvose.”
Nguva yekutumira: Feb-02-2023