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Growing your company
and growing your
community are not
mutually exclusive.
Nicholson’s story continued from page 26.
PVS Chemicals and have shown strong
interest in manufacturing. His oldest son,
Jim, was past chairman of the MMA for
several years.
Regarding his philanthropic pursuits over
the years, Nicholson said “those that can be
involved should be involved” to improve their
communities and “you can’t ask others to do
something until you’ve done it yourself.”
For him, Detroit is home.
“I like the Midwest, and I like Detroit in
particular,” Nicholson said. “The quality of life
here is really very high. Our housing prices are
reasonable and we have four professional
sports teams, an opera, an art institute — all
of these amenities readily available to us.
“We recruit all over the world, and, once we
get people here, they want to stay here.”
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Nicholson (center) and his four sons (left to right, David, John, Jim and Tim) in his office at PVS.