McAlvey Merchant & Associates

06/05/2026

Lobby Team Strategy Session. 📈📊📉📋🖊️✅

06/04/2026

In this business, we get to partner with some pretty impressive folks, and that list includes the City of Grand Rapids and the Grand Rapids WhiteWater. After 18 years of construction to retore the namesake of the city on the river known as “Grand Rapids,” earlier this week, Bill Jackson, joined the city, Congresswoman Hillary Scholten, Senator Thomas Albert, Senator Majority Leader Winnie Brinks, and Mayor David LaGrand, at a groundbreaking celebration for the Grand River Restoration Lower Reach Project. The project will remove four dangerous low-head dams, improve fish passage and aquatic habitat for threatened and endangered species, and enhance river access and use. 💦🏙🎉

06/03/2026

The Amway Stadium reached an exciting construction milestone! Last Friday, they hosted a “Topping Out Ceremony,” a time-honored construction tradition of making the placement of the final steel beam. Rusty Merchant, partner with our firm, was honored to attend the ceremony and was lucky to sign the final beam. What a cool experience! So many fun things happening in Grand Rapids! 🚧🏗👷🏽‍♂️

06/02/2026

Before we headed North for the Policy Conference, we were able to celebrate Lisa Payton and all she does for our team as our Compliance Manager. Lisa has been with the firm for over two decades! And she has worn many different hats, from scheduling, to the business side, and now to the reporting and compliance support. She is wonderful and so very driven. We are lucky to have her on our team! Help us in wishing her a BELATED Happy Birthday, as she celebrated the big SIX-TEA! 🥳🎂🎈🎉

06/01/2026

During the Mackinac Policy Conference, our client NORESCO was able to present at a reception and share information about the important work they do to help customers modernize aging building systems and upgrade energy and water infrastructure to meet the exceeding demands of today’s global economy. It was great to see them out making key connections with leaders, legislators, and business executives, sharing about the important work they do!

05/30/2026

Our team was thrilled to attend the much-anticipated Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the Acrisure Amphitheater in Grand Rapids earlier this month. Our firm was proud to help support this project and were happy to see legislators and elected officials attend and celebrate its Grand Opening, which included a surprise visit from Lionel Richie! 🎶🎤🎵🎉

05/29/2026

DAY THREE: Thanks to all who joined us at the historic Pink Pony for our 2026 Mackinac Policy Conference Brunch Reception. It was great to see you ALL! We are already looking forward to next year's conference!

Safe travels home and see you back in Lansing!! 🐴🌊

05/28/2026

DAY TWO: Too many meetings. Not enough time. Mackinac Moments!

05/28/2026

Great to see 𝐓𝐖𝐎 of our clients participating in the "𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗻'𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻" 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 yesterday at the Mackinac Policy Conference in Paul D'Amato, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 and Matt Rybar, President and Founder of the 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. It was an informative panel, and we are proud to partner with them both!

05/28/2026

𝐈𝐂𝐘𝐌𝐈: “What do Republican Former Gov. Rick Snyder, several school district leaders and the Michigan Department of Education all have in common? They support letting local school districts provide non-traditional ways for students to earn their high school diplomas.

Under a bipartisan proposal, school districts could offer “public innovative programs” that include internships, career and technical education and apprenticeships.”

Former Democratic State Senator Doug Ross and Superintendents from Ypsilanti Community Schools, Concord Community Schools, and Lake City Area Schools also shared their support of the bills.

𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞:

With just over half of Michigan high school graduates going off to college, leaders say more needs to be done to give them interesting and useful learning experiences in K-12 schools.