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Deidra Mitchell, President & CEO of WDC, Honored at YWCA Luncheon
Deidra Mitchell, President & CEO of Waséyabek Development Company, LLC was honored at the YWCA West Central Michigan “Tribute!” Awards Luncheon on October 30, 2018. As a complement to the Tribute Award, the YWCA offers its sponsors the...
Waséyabek Development Company, LLC Adds Two Commercial Property Assets
Waséyabek Development Company, LLC (WDC) acquired two additional commercial income properties in October; increasing the firm's real estate portfolio value to $28.5MM representing four properties and a quarter million square feet of leasable space....
Waséyabek Federal Services, LLC Accepted into U.S. SBA 8(a) Program
Waséyabek Federal Services, LLC (WFS), a subsidiary of Waséyabek Development Company, LLC (WDC), which is wholly owned by the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi (NHBP), has recently been notified by the United States Small Business...
Employees of WDC Earn Prestigious Certifications
Waséyabek Development Company, LLC (WDC) employees, Meg Haizlip and Nathan Ruffer, have been working toward earning certifications to professionally enrich WDC and the lives of NHBP Tribal Members. WDC’s Vice President of Human Resources &...
Employees of Waséyabek Development Company, LLC Further Their Education to Benefit the NHBP
Over the past several years, NHBP Tribal Members and Waséyabek Development Company, LLC (WDC) employees Jimmy TenBrink and Jessi Goldner have been working towards earning their bachelor’s degrees to better themselves professionally and to enrich...
Waséyabek Development Company, LLC Subsidiary, Baker Engineering, LLC Awarded Two New Engine Research & Development Contracts | WDC Hires New Employee
Two engine development programs underway at Baker Engineering, LLC (BEI), a subsidiary company of WDC, have recently been expanded to include a broader scope of work and additional funding. The first program is for advanced drone small engine...
Dave Adkins Resets The LSX 1/8th Mile Record At The OSCR V
Dave Adkins Resets The LSX 1/8th Mile Record At The OSCR V Written by Brian Wagner of DragZine (© 2018 Power Automedia. All rights reserved.) Dave Adkins rolled into the 2018 racing season with an untested car in his Jerry Bickel Race Cars 1970...
Calling All Artists and Super Hero Enthusiasts!
Waséyabek Development Company, LLC (WDC) is looking for Tribal Members and non-Tribal Members to design a coloring page (with no colors added, simply an outline) featuring an original super hero that incorporates the WDC logo into the suit of the...
WDC President and CEO, Deidra Mitchell, Speaks at NCAIED Reservation Economic Summit
On Wednesday, March 7th, 2018, Waséyabek Development Company, LLC (WDC) President and CEO, Deidra Mitchell, was asked to serve on a panel of experts at the NCAIED National Reservation Economic Summit (RES) in Las Vegas, Nevada. The seminar,...
WDC Announces Acquisition of Baker Engineering, Inc.
Waséyabek Development Company, LLC (WDC) acquired Baker Engineering, Inc. (BEI), located in Nunica, MI. BEI is an engineering, design, and manufacturing resource for industry and the U.S. Military. Jack Jerovsek, responsible for growing BEI into...
WDC Purchases First Commercial Business
On January 11th, 2018, the Waséyabek Development Company, LLC (WDC) Board of Directors unanimously approved the purchase of DWH. This acquisition contributes to WDC’s revenue stream and adds another long-term, stable investment to the Tribe’s...
Letter from the CEO: Waséyabek Moves to Grand Rapids
On Friday, July 18th, Waséyabek Development Company, LLC (WDC) moved their corporate office to 16 Monroe Center St. NE, Ste. 200 in Grand Rapids. From this location, the staff will continue to seek opportunities within the Southwest Michigan...
WDC Expands Commercial Property Assets
Waséyabek Development Company, LLC (WDC) completed a second commercial property acquisition on June 9. The building is an 187,000 square foot warehouse facility located at 4140 East Paris Avenue SE, near the Grand Rapids airport. Veritiv...
Acquisition in Kentwood!
Terrapin Properties of Michigan, LLC., a newly formed subsidiary of Waséyabek Development Company, LLC (WDC), purchased the building and property located at 3270 29th Street in Kentwood, Michigan near the Woodland Mall in November 2016. This was an...
THE POWER’S ON!
Waséyebek Development Company, LLC (WDC) and Skasgé Power (a subsidiary of WDC) are pleased to announce that the Pine Creek Reservation and FireKeepers Casino Hotel solar arrays are installed and fully functional! The installations are evidence of...
Skasgé Power Company (A subsidiary of Waséyabek Development Company) Completes Solar Installation at Firekeepers Casino Hotel
Changes are happening quickly at Skasgé Power, LLC. Those changes are a recent award from Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) and the resignation from the General Manager of Skasgé. To this date, Skasgé has now received $360,000 from...
Waséyabek Development Company Names CEO
Deidra Mitchell joins our organization as the CEO of Waséyabek Development Company, LLC. She was born and raised in Ohio and is the middle child of Jack and Lynda Mitchell; a retired machinist and a retired bookkeeper. Deidra attended Kent State...
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Names Board Members for Waséyabek Development Company, LLC
The purposes of the Waséyabek Development Company (WDC) are clearly established within its Operating Agreement and Articles of Organization, and have been acknowledged by the Tribal Council. They are as follows: to create and stimulate the...