MAREC opens doors for tours, presentations

MAREC, Grand Valley's business incubator, will host an open house on October 29. The event is an opportunity to learn about the facility and what is being planned at MAREC for the coming year. 

MAREC is a leading-edge business and technology incubator located on Muskegon Lake in one of Michigan's original SmartZones. MAREC provides personalized services to selected early-stage businesses, including business planning, networking, funding, skill development and rental space. The facility opened in 2004.

MAREC has a variety of services in place to assist entrepreneurs, start-up companies and established corporations. Services include product and service commercialization planning, product test planning, customer needs assessment, individualized business consulting, assistance with technology transfer, assistance with patent protection, assistance with funding opportunities and various business training workshops.

"There are a lot of interesting and exciting things happening at MAREC, and we want to share these with the community," said Kevin Ricco, MAREC's director. "People see this building while they are driving through Muskegon every day, and some of them have no idea what we do. We want to change that."

MAREC First Annual Open House

October 29, from 5-7 p.m.

200 Viridian Drive, Muskegon, MI 49440

The open house will feature tours of the facility, presentations about the work that will be happening in the coming year and opportunities to learn more about the entrepreneurial, start-up businesses that are current MAREC tenants. There will be live music and refreshments.

The event is free and open to the public. 

For more information, visit: gvsu.edu/marec