Member stories / Be Yourself / Small Business

Finding a New Dream: Kaya Coffee House

Abbie Dyer - Aug 26, 2015 11:00:00 AM

Call it a stroke of luck or a chance of fate. When Emily heard that her old college hangout, a coffee house on the campus of Central Michigan University, was for sale, she knew that it was time for a...

Buying a Home / Member stories / Be Yourself

Lake Trust Member Highlight: Sarah, First Time Homebuyer

Abbie Dyer - Jul 14, 2015 9:00:00 AM

Home isn't just a place where we sleep or store our stuff; it's a mode of self-expression and a marker of where we are geographically and in life. Sometimes we can't really explain what makes a home;...

Member stories / Be Yourself / Moved By Good

Lake Trust Member Highlight: Mike, A Silent Hero

Abbie Dyer - Apr 13, 2015 10:00:00 AM

Sometimes we don't find our calling in life, it finds us when we least expect it. A few years ago, Michael (Mike) was faced with a tough decision: Put his aging mother in a traditional nursing home...


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