Three times a year, O‑A‑K holds company breakfast meetings at our yard. Because we are an employee-owned company, the meetings are a way to inform our stakeholders of the company's direction and outlook. As a small token of our appreciation for our employees' hard work this past year, we brought in a semi-truck with…
For the past five years, the Kalamazoo Humane Society has been raising funds for a larger facility. Recently, they celebrated the official groundbreaking for their new site. The 11,000 square-foot facility will expand capacity to provide much-needed care to animals in Kalamazoo and surrounding counties. When finished,…
Having finished Portage Central’s new state-of-the-art football stadium this summer, O‑A‑K is constructing Portage Central’s new middle school building. Construction is ongoing throughout the district as part of a $144 million bond project running from 2017-2021. The bond program includes 2 football stadiums, 2 soccer…
Nearly 100-year-old railroad depot transformed into welcoming space for collaboration efforts. by: Jay Schlichter Lee-Collier Editor/Business Observer Decades ago, passengers waiting to board a train at the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad depot in Fort Myers were segregated along racial lines. Today, those once…
Owen‑Ames‑Kimball (O‑A‑K) Florida, Inc. recently broke ground on Creative World School at 2260 Olympia Park Boulevard in North Naples. Owned by Amy and Chris O’Malley, the 10,456-square-foot school will accommodate up to 198 students, featuring a preschool for ages 6 weeks through 5 years and a before-and after-school…
