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Business Center of Southwestern Michigan, The

ContactBrian DeLong
Email BDelong.prr@comcast.net
Address415 E. Prairie Ronde
Dowagiac, MI 49047
(directions)
Telephone269-782-2141, 269-357-4283

The Business Center of Southwestern Michigan provides economic viability, entrepreneurial opportunities and business sustainability to the southwestern Michigan region. The 617,000- square-foot facility, located on 34 acres, provides the backdrop for a variety of services for any size business. While promoting start-up and small businesses, it has also hosted larger manufacturing and distribution operations, and offers customized services to support individual and collective growth. With a diversified portfolio, the business center is currently partnering with 20 businesses to provide opportunities for future growth and expansion.

Prairie Ronde Realty Company provides property management services for the business center. Services include administrative and management, training and support, and maintenance and environmental.

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EQ Logistics

ContactBen Reinoehl
EmailRlittle@equnited.us
Address415 East Priarie Ronde
Dowagiac, MI 49047
(directions)
Telephone(866) 847-8330

Based in Elkhart, Indiana, and locally at the Business Center of Southwest Michigan, Dowagiac. We hold our facilities to superior standards. With high ceilings, sprinkler systems, and sealed concrete floors, our climate-controlled, food-grade buildings are designed for maximum safety and efficiency. Our rail facilities feature warehouse docks and ground-level sidings, and our racking systems offer selective racks, drive-in racking, and cantilever racking. We carry warehouseman’s legal liability insurance for your peace of mind, and we use industrial pest control to maintain the structural integrity and aesthetic appeal of your products. Our properties are fenced and monitored by TYCO Securities.

We’re committed to investing in and maintaining the necessary equipment to do every job right the first time. We’re able to lift loads of up to 200,000 pounds, and equipment we use includes: Forklifts of varying lengths with optional attachments, such as paper clamps, squeeze clamps, and carpet poles, narrow-aisle reach trucks and side loaders, overhead cranes.  EQ Logistics offers transportation services with a fleet of company-owned trucks, including curtain side and flatbed trailers, vans, and straight trucks. 

 We also have volume shipping discounts established with major common carriers in our region, allowing us to take advantage of freight consolidation opportunities. Our reliable services include same-day delivery requests and deliveries of all types, such as:
Small parcel,  LTL, Oversized. Air and  Ocean 

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Latest News from your Chamber

  • April 1st, 2022

    Chamber hires new staff member

    The Greater Dowagiac Chamber of Commerce announces the hiring of Matt Money as Chamber Marketing and Event Coordinator. 

    Money brings management, operational and event planning experience gleaned from over twelve years of employment at the University of Notre Dame to this Chamber of Commerce role.   Also, as a founding member of the Young Professionals Against Poverty in South Bend, Indiana, Money helped create, and then served as event director, for that community’s On the River Festival for eight years.  The event raised over $900,000 for South Bend’s Center for the Homeless.

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  • February 27th, 2022

    Working Capital Loans Available in Cass County for Ag Businesses

    As a result of the frost and freeze that occurred last spring, Economic Injury Disaster Loans are now available to businesses, agricultural cooperatives, businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private nonprofit organizations.

    The announcement was made by the U.S. Small Business Administration. The declaration includes Cass County.
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  • February 27th, 2022

    Facade Incentive Has Been Doubled

    Downtown property owners, who are contemplating renovation of the front facade of their buildings, will receive an added boost this construction season from the Downtown Development Authority.

    “With the cost of materials increasing, the DDA and City felt it was only appropriate to also increase the amount of our incentive,” said Vickie Phillipson, DDA program director.

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  • February 27th, 2022

    New Grant Opportunity for Small Businesses

    Michigan’s small businesses are innovative and resilient, but they need added support. To answer this call, the State of Michigan is offering an exciting new grant program to provide businesses with additional financial support to help retain or create jobs and boost Michigan's economy. Grant applications go live on March 1, 2022, and totals $409- million.
     
    Under this program, eligible businesses in operation before October 1, 2019, may receive a percentage of their loss in total state sales through a grant, up to $5-million.
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