This year, People First Economy is excited to honor Edgewater Design Group with the 2024 Good For Workforce Award! The Good For Workforce category evaluates a company’s policies and practices that contribute to its employees’ financial, professional, physical and social well-being.
Based in Petoskey, MI, Edgewater Design Group is a custom design and structural engineering firm that focuses on new construction as well as remodel & addition work primarily in Northern Michigan. Edgewater partners with clients to help them build their vision and provides step-by-step design development to help their clients create family legacies and shelters for their souls.
In addition to creating a meaningful experience for their clients, Edgewater Design Group also practices ‘people first’ values with its workforce. Stephanie Baldwin, President and Owner of Edgewater shares,
“It has simply always been important to me to take care of my extremely talented teammates. As a small business owner, I have the final call with providing as many benefits as possible. Healthcare, retirement, flexible work hours & remote work are items important to a healthy work / life balance…It is an honor to have this recognition. It has always been a goal of mine to take care of my teammates and provide them with as much as the business can support. We are in the business of providing excellent service to our clients. This mindset should also apply to taking care of the individuals who make it happen”.
Edgewater Design Group is a former Good For Michigan Cohort participant and worked with the People First Economy team to measure their social and environmental impacts through the B Impact Assessment and SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) Action Manager Tools. By measuring their practices, Edgewater is working to ensure that their sustainable intentions and outputs are generating positive impacts and outcomes.
“Good for Michigan means to do what you can to take care of the people you surround yourself with. That applies to your family as well as your professional teammates. Take care of them and they will take care of your business. Happy people are more productive, and this world could use a bit more joy”. – Stephanie Baldwin
Congratulations, Edgewater Design Group for winning the 2024 Good For Workforce Award. And thank you for being Good For Michigan!
