The owner of a fireworks store in Comstock Park  is expanding in West Michigan.

Pro Fireworks is opening a store at 2450 28th Street SE.  The company invested more than $30,000  in renovating the facility, which once housed  Frank’s Nursery & Crafts.  Pro Fireworks also plans to invest another $100,000 in future renovations and improvements.

The new business will employ nearly 15 full and part-time employees year round.

 This is Pro Fireworks’ ninth Michigan store to sell ground and airborne fireworks, which were legalized last year. The company also has a store at 4255 Alpine NW in Comstock Park, as well as Traverse City, Wayne, Taylor, Roseville, Allen Park, Jackson and Sterling Heights.

(Spartan Stores) –  Spartan Stores, Inc., a leading regional grocery distributor and retailer, was recently recognized by Forbes Magazine in their annual "America’s 100 Most Trustworthy Companies" list.  

“We are pleased to receive this distinction by Forbes as one of America’s Most Trustworthy Companies,” stated Dennis Eidson, Spartan’s President and Chief Executive Officer.  “We are committed to being transparent with all of our customers, shareholders, and business partners while continuing to operate the business based on our core principles of honesty and integrity.”

Forbes turned to GMI Ratings, a pioneer in the application of non-traditional risk measures for financial analysis, to identify the most transparent and trustworthy businesses that trade on American exchanges.