Medical Mile Resouce Group

APRIL MMRG MEETING

We will take part in a tour of Metro Health Hospital – Wyoming Campus.  We are very excited.

DATE:  Friday, April 26th, 2013

It is important that you RSVP through this link AND RSVP early, as there is a breakfast involved!

We are trying EventBrite to see how this system works!

REGISTER HERE – EVENTBRITE

MARCH MMRG MEETING

Jerry Kooiman will be the speaker and his topic will be: College of Human Medicine Update with a Welcome to the Secchia Center – Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.

DATE:  Friday, March 22nd, 2013

TIME:  8:00am – 9:00am

LOCATION:  Secchia Center – 15 Michigan NE, Grand Rapids, 49503

RSVP/QUESTIONS:  Please email info@medicalmileresourcegroup.org or call Paul at 616-890-7518.

 MMRG FEBRUARY MEETING – TITANIC EXHIBIT AT GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC MUSEUM

The MMRG Events team has put together an exciting and adventurous evening centered around the Titanic Exhibit at the Grand Rapids Public Museum.  Get ready to secure your boarding pass and sail with the Medical Mile Resource Group!  Bring along a guest to enjoy your evening with!

Tickets for the evening are $30/person or $55 with a guest (2 people).  Includes ticket to the exhibit, open bar with one complimentary drink ticket and appetizers.

Here are the details:

DATE:  Thursday, February 28th, 2012

TIME:  5:30-6:00pm Arrival, 6:00-7:00pm Network and Nibbles, 7:30-8:30pm Exhibit, 9:00pm Departure

LOCATION:  Grand Rapids Public Museum – 272 Pearl St. NW Grand Rapids, 49504

GUESTS:  Guests are welcome to attend!

PARKING:  Enclosed parking is available in a ramp across Front St., just south of the museum’s main entrance.  Follow Front St. around the corner for the ramp entrance, labeled “Museum Parking.”

Register and Purchase your Boarding Passes here :  .   http://www.payitsquare.com/collect-page/9880

RSVP/QUESTIONS:  Please RSVP no later than February 13, 2013.  Payment will hold a ticket.  Any questions please feel free to contact at info@MedicalMileResourceGroup.org.

If you are interested in being a sponsoring company, please contact Cathy Jo Anderson at cjanderson@blvdsuites.com.

MMRG JANUARY MEETING – 2013 KICK-OFF AND VISION

Come and connect with your MMRG members and learn about our vision for 2013.

We will be welcoming new members and learning new ways to collaborate using your MMRG membership.

Please remember your renewal is appreciated and new members can join for $75 in January.

Date:  January 25, 2013

Time:  8am

Location:  GVSU Bicycle Factory – click here for a map.

Guests:  This is an open meeting, so please invite guests!

Parking:  Parking is available in lot outside Bicycle Factory.  Please contact Paul for a parking permit.

RSVP/Questions:  Please email info@MedicalMileResourceGroup.org.

MMRG DECEMBER HOLIDAY MIXER

Please join us for some festive holiday cheer!  Come chat with fellow MMRG members as well as guests and new potential members to celebrate the holidays.  Enjoy appetizers and drinks (2 drink minimum).

Date:  Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Time:  4:oopm – 6:00pm

Location:  Watermark Country Club, 5500 Cascade Rd. Grand Rapids, 49546

Guests:  This is an open meeting, so please invite guests and new potential members!

Parking:  Parking is available at Watermark.

RSVP/Questions:  Please email info@medicalmileresourcegroup.org or call Paul at 616-890-7518 by Monday, December 10th.

NOVEMBER MMRG MEMBERSHIP MEETING

We have booked Kris Larson, the new Executive Director of the Grand Rapids Downtown Development Authority.  We are excited to meet Kris, hear where the DDA has been and where he sees it going.  We look forward to discovering how the Medical Mile Resource Group can continue to support his mission and get more connected.

Learn more about Kris Larson here.

After Kris shares with us, we will enjoy a breakfast together and cover a few business items for the group.

Date:  Friday, November 30th, 2012

Time:  7:50am – 9:00am

Location:  Arnie’s Restaurant – 815 Leonard Street NW Grand Rapids, 49504 – private meeting room, breakfast included

Guests:  This is an open meeting, so please invite guests!

Parking:  Parking is available at restaurant.

RSVP/Questions:  Please email info@medicalmileresourcegroup.org or call Paul at 616-890-7518.

SEPTEMBER MMRG MEMBERSHIP MEETING

This event will kick off our fall series, where the topic will be lying closely to the national discussion on health care laws.

Guest Speakers:  Don Beery, Blending Consulting and Rod Kackley, author of Last Chance Mile: The Reinvention of an American Community.

Don’s topic will be an overview of the Medical Device tax in the ACA legislation and Rod will be telling us more about his book.  Every MMRG member will receive a complimentary autographed copy of Rod’s book!

Date:  Friday, September 28, 2012

Time:  8am

Location:  GVSU – Cook-DeVos Center for Health Science (not the Bicycle Factory), 301 Michigan St. Grand Rapids, MI 49503, Room CHS 440

Guests:  This is an open meeting, so please invite guests!

Parking:  Parking pass required!  Make sure any guests receive the pass.

RSVP/Questions:  Please email info@medicalmileresourcegroup.org or call Paul at 616-890-7518.

AUGUST SUMMER BREAK

MMRG will NOT be meeting on August 12- Enjoy the rest of your summer!

JULY MMRG MEMBERSHIP MEETING

Guest Speaker:  Christopher Baskel, Director of Supply Chain Management at Spectrum Health

Christopher will speak to MMRG about navigating the health care industry purchasing system, including a discussion about hospital Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs).  GPOs are used by hospitals and medical groups across the country to combine their purchasing power.  Many government agencies, school systems, and businesses are looking into the power of GPOs.

MMRG is pleased to offer this meeting and post speech networking opportunity.

Date:  Friday, July 27, 2012

Time:  8:00 – 9:15am

Location:  GVSU Bicycle Factory, Room 340 (request map if needed).  Coffee and tea will be available.

RSVP:  Info@MedicalMileResourceGroup.org

Guests:  This is an open meeting, so please invite guests!

Questions:  Please contact Paul at 616.890.7518.

JUNE MMRG MEMBERSHIP MEETING

You are invited to visit Hope Lodge – Peter M. Wege Guest House – for our June MMGR meeting.  The lodge is part of the American Cancer Society.  Here is info from their website:

The Grand Rapids Hope Lodge is the first Hope Lodge in Michigan and the Society’s 25th in the country. The Hope Lodge is located in downtown Grand Rapids’ Heartside neighborhood, just minutes from the area’s top medical facilities. Offering lodging and transportation to and from Grand Rapids cancer treatment centers free of charge, the Hope Lodge is a home-away-from-home for adult cancer patients and their caregivers who must travel to Grand Rapids for treatment.

Aside from treatment, lodging and transportation are among the highest costs associated with a cancer diagnosis. By helping to defray these costs, the Hope Lodge serves as one of the most tangible demonstrations of the American Cancer Society’s mission in the community.

Guests at the Hope Lodge have individual rooms and share common areas, such as living rooms and kitchens. The interaction with other patients, caregivers, staff, and volunteers provides for an atmosphere of hope, compassion, and friendship that is so important in the cancer journey.

Hope Lodge will be playing a critical role in the development of the medical services in Grand Rapids.  Please join us!

Date:  Friday, June 22, 2012

Time:  8:00 – 9:00am

Location:  Hope Lodge – 129 Jefferson Ave. SE (corner of Cherry and Jefferson in Grand Rapids).

RSVP:  Info@MedicalMileResourceGroup.org

Questions:  Please contact Paul at 616.890.7518.

MMRG is going GREEN!

On May 18, 2012, the MMRG will be working with the Urban Forest Project and the City of Grand Rapids Forestry Department.

We will meet for coffee at Medical Mile Branch of the Lake Michigan Credit Union at 8am.  After a brief introduction, we will be touring the Medical Mile for a tree inventory.  We will be doing tree identification, mapping location and measuring trunk diameter.  This will help us calculate the value of the tree for carbon sequestration, stormwater, aesthetics, energy reduction, etc.

At the end of our tour, we will be planting a tree on or very near to the Medical Mile in the name of the MMRG.  This will be a super event for PR.  You do not want to miss this opportunity.

Time:  8am – 9:30am???

MMRG members only.

RSVP:  info@medicalmileresourcegroup.org

Join the Medical Mile Resource Group (MMRG) at the Van Andel Institute on March 23^rd, 8 – 9am to listen to Patrik Brundin MD, Ph.D!  He will be speaking to our group.  Kim Paavola, a MMRG Charter Member, describes Dr Brundin as a “Rock Star” in his field.  Here’s the press release from the Van Andel Institute’s announcement, last Fall:

Van Andel Institute officials [recently] announced the appointment of Patrik Brundin, M.D., Ph.D. as the inaugural holder of the Jay Van Andel Endowed Chair in Parkinson Research.

Dr. Brundin is an internationally renowned expert in the field of Parkinson’s and neurodegenerative disease research, and currently Professor of Neuroscience at the Faculty of Medicine of Lund University in Sweden, where he will maintain his lab entitled the Neuronal Survival Unit.  [Continued here.]

Here are the details:

Date:  March 23, 2012

Time:  8 – 9am  (This event might run over to 9:15)

Place:  Van Andel Institute – 333 Bostwick Avenue Northeast; Grand Rapids, MI 49503

RSVP:  616-890-7518 – info@MedicalMileResourceGroup.org

Parking:  Instructions given only upon RSVP.

This is an open event, so consider bringing a guest.

We will be having a brief update from Pierre LaVoie on our SBAM Membership!

We look forward to seeing you.

“ECONOMIC GARDENING” RESOURCES FOR MICHIGAN ENTREPRENEURS, MARCH 20TH 7:30-10:00AM

Hi Everyone,

At our most recent MMRG meeting we heard from Landon Bartley, a planner from the City of Grand Rapids Planning Department, about the ongoing planning process for upcoming developments in the area surrounding the Medical Mile.  He left a fun, interactive game, “Quality of Life” with us, which is an opportunity for us all to have input into the future of the Michigan Street Corridor.

So, I hope that you too will think it a fun thing to do to gather at Branns on Leonard, on Leap Day, February 29 at 6pm – ?.  Paul has arranged a private room at Brann’s which is upstairs.  It’s a great opportunity to get to know each other and get involved.

Please RSVP to Karen Nilsson at karen@rivertowninsuranceagency.com so that we can plan accordingly.

Here is a link that explains more about the game:

http://www.rapidgrowthmedia.com/devnews/QualOfLife0209.aspx?utm_source=VerticalResponse

We look forward to seeing you there!

FALL AFTERHOURS

*Open to all interested or impacted by the Medical Mile

Speakers: Suzanne Schulz and Landon Bartley
City of Grand Rapids Planning Department
October 20, 2011
Hosted by: Carolyn Foote
Macatawa Bank
Serving Hor derve’s, drinks and even a door prize
Where: Macatawa Bank –Downtown
126 Ottawa NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Time: 5:30 – 7
Recommended Parking: Pearl and Ionia

Questions? Email us info@MedicalMileResourceGroup.org
Confirmations to: info@MedicalMileResourceGroup.org

JUNE MMRG MEMBERSHIP MEETING

Friday, June 24, 2011
8am to 9am
At the Bicycle Factory

This month’s speaker will be Laura Bergells.

Laura Bergells is energetic, fun and has illustrated to me that she can add value to our group.  She will address how to leverage communications for both your individual company as well as our MMRG group.

So get prepared, invite those that you think will benefit and give a call to an MMRG member you have not seen for awhile and get them to re-engage our group again!

Please confirm your attendance by emailing Paul Spoelstra.

SPRING NETWORKING FOR MMRG MEMBERS AND GUESTS

Forest Hills Inn – Thursday, May 12th, 2011 5:00-7:00pm

The sun is shining and it feels like Spring has finally arrived.  Let’s celebrate!!  Please join us for the MMRG Spring Network Event on Thursday, May 12, 2011 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Forest Hills Inn, 4609 Cascade Road, Grand Rapids, MI 49546.  Light appetizers will be provided by MMRG, and a cash bar will be available.

Come socialize casually with the other members of MMRG.  Take this opportunity to invite those you have talked with about MMRG to come meet other members of the group and learn more about our purpose.

Please RSVP by Wednesday, May 11, 2011 to info@medicalmileresourcegroup.org.  In your note, please provide the names of those who will attend, so that we can appropriately plan.  Enjoy the sunshine and warmer temperatures.