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October 18, 2009 Flying Dog Garage wins First Place for Best Auto Repair, Second Place for Best Oil Change in the 2009 Kalamazoo Gazette Readers' Choice Awards We are excited to announce that Flying Dog Garage has been recognized by readers of the Kalamazoo Gazette as Best Auto Service in the 2009 Readers' Choice Awards. We placed second in this category last year, and we owe it to all of you that we came in first this year. The vote of confidence and the support we have received from all our clients and friends in the two years since we opened the Garage mean more to us than you can imagine. Many thanks for this wonderful honor. We will continue to work hard to earn your trust as we kick off our third year in business on November 1! Full results of the Reader's Poll will appear in the October 25 edition of the Gazette. Be sure to pick one up and check out our new ad! And congratulations to all the other local winners.   August 17, 2009 TOTAL Oils Now at Flying Dog Garage Flying Dog Garage has added TOTAL Oils high performance lubricants to the roster of quality parts and fluids available for your car at the Garage. TOTAL Oils are designed according to the specifications of Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Volkswagen and have approvals from these automotive manufacturers. If you drive a European car, ask us about TOTAL Oils for your vehicle. We'd be happy to explain the manufacturers' approval process and talk with you about why these oils might be the best ones for your car. Please click here to visit the Flying Dog Blog for more information about TOTAL Oils. June 13, 2009 Name the Puppy contest a success: The puppy has a name! The results of the Name the Puppy contest are in: Our new Flying Puppy's name is Scarlett! Congratulations and thanks to Mick Teti-Beaudin, who suggested the winning name. Mick wins a Flying Dog Garage t-shirt and $20 off her next service at the Garage. Many thanks to everyone who contributed a name--we got over 100 entries. Greg and Scarlett Darby and new little sis Scarlett.   June 6, 2009 New "Flying Dogs!" page Please visit the newest addition to our webpages, Flying Dogs! Flying Dogs features photos of our dogs and client dogs, and we hope to add yours too, decked out in Flying Dog Garage bandannas. Click here to visit the Flying Dogs! page and find out how you can get your dog a Flying Dog bandanna and add their picture to the Flying Dogs! page. April 30, 2009 Flying Dog Garage Named One of 12 Best Small Businesses in Michigan We are excited to announce that Flying Dog Garage is one of only 12 Michigan companies selected from over 12,000 eligible businesses to receive the 2008 Best Small Business Award, conferred by the Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Center (MI-SBTDC). The MI-SBTDC is a big part of the reason that our vision to open Flying Dog Garage is a reality today. Our counselor (and friend), John Schmitt, deserves a lot of the credit. We can’t thank John, Jax Gardner, and everyone at the MI-SBTDC enough or recommend their services more highly. They provide counseling, training, and advocacy for Michigan's new business ventures, help for existing and expanding businesses, and support for new technology companies, innovators, and entrepreneurs. Headquartered at the Seidman College of Business at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, the MI-SBTDC has twelve regional offices and selects an outstanding small business in each region from those they worked with the previous year, a total of 12,382 companies statewide in 2008. Flying Dog Garage is this year’s Best Small Business for Region 11 (Kalamazoo). Flying Dog Garage and the other 11 honorees were chosen for their success in terms of sales, business strategy, economic impact, and the involvement of the MI-SBTDC in providing assistance to reach their goals. Greg and John at the awards dinner on April 30 in Lansing. To find out more about the Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Center, linked here, visit their website. October 7, 2008 Flying Dog Garage wins second place for Best Auto Service in 2008 Kalamazoo Gazette Readers' Choice Awards! Many thanks to all of you who voted for Flying Dog Garage for Best Auto Service in the 2008 Kalamazoo Gazette Readers' Choice poll. We got word last week that your support scored the Garage second place in the poll! We are so excited about this and can't thank you enough for the vote of confidence. The October 26 issue of the Gazette will report the full results of the poll. That will be a nice birthday present for the Garage, which will celebrate its first birthday just a few days later, on November 1. In the meantime, we want to thank all of you and share this wonderful news. Not bad for our first year! And we couldn't have done it without you. Thanks! July 3, 2008 The Flyer: Newsletter of the Flying Dog Garage The first issue of our new newsletter, The Flyer, will soon be on its way to everyone on our mailing list. If you are not on our mailing list yet but would like to be, drop us an email, or you can pick up a printer-friendly copy here.  The Summer 2008 issue of The Flyer includes a coupon for our Summer A/C Spectacular: $20 off any air conditioning service at the Garage. So watch your mailbox or pick up your copy now, online!   July 3, 2008 Flying Dog Garage Supports Wish-A-Mile 300 Bicycle Tour Flying Dog Garage is proud to support our good friend Dan Cole on the Wish-A-Mile 300 Bicycle Tour for the Michigan Make-A-Wish Foundation. The ride will take place July 24-27, 2008. Dan and over 700 riders will make the three-day ride of over 300 miles, riding their bikes from Traverse City to Milford, Michigan, to raise money for the foundation to help make the wishes of terminally ill children come true. This is Dan's fourth year doing the 300, and this year he hopes to raise $8000 in pledges, enough to pay for one child’s wish. To demonstrate his commitment, Dan will ride the 300 miles on a single-speed bike. He's calling it "One Gear for One Wish." We are proud of Dan for his efforts on behalf of this great cause and encourage all of you to join us in making a tax-deductible pledge in support of his ride. Visit Dan's webpage to learn more or make a pledge.   April 18, 2008 Fourth-graders visit Flying Dog Garage to learn about the metric system Nancy Klee’s fourth-grade class from Woods Lake Elementary visited the Garage on April 17 to learn about the many ways that the metric system is used in automotive engineering. Ms. Klee emphasizes hands-on experiences for her students in teaching them about math, science, and technology, and the kids learned a lot and had a good time. They wrote enthusiastic letters and poems in response to their visit and collaborated on a spectacular poster, pictured above, illustrating metric tools. The poster now occupies a place of honor in the Garage's lobby. Check it out next time you're in for a repair or maintenance. Thanks, Ms. Klee and Woods Lake fourth-graders!   January 26, 2008 Allison Downey and John Austin's CD release party Flying Dog Garage is proud to sponsor Allison Downey and John Austin's appearance at the Little Theater on Saturday, January 26, at 8 p.m., to celebrate the release of Allison's new CD, Across the Sea. It's sure to be a great show and we wish Allison and John all the best. Annie and Rod Capps will also appear. For more information, check out the Western Michigan University press release (Allison and John are both on the WMU faculty). In the Business section of the Kalamazoo Gazette, Sunday, December 9, 2007: December 2, 2007 Thank you for making our Grand Opening Party a big success! Nidal and his staff at Shawarma King took good care of us. A good time was had by all! 2597 Brackett Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 269-345-6780 greg@FlyingDogGarage.com ©Flying Dog Garage LLC 2010. All rights reserved.