**If there is a franchise I missed or any errors I’ve made in the listing, please let me know via PM.
Michigan, Minnesota, and Ohio: Someone please help me out. You guys have too many franchises and I can’t tell which ones are real and which ones aren’t.
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Also, this sticky is a work in progress, so I’ll be adding information frequently to adjust to our ever growing fan base.
Our leader of our group Corwin 1720 has been posting here and talking about Michigan Ghostbusters going back to a 2009 is the earliest mention I could spot ( Michigan Ghostbusters! - Fan Art - GBFans.com) . So we would be the Michigan Ghostbusters
Quoting the team leader of Michigan Ghostbusters (GBMI)
“You can call yourself whatever you want, our history, numbers, and accomplishments as the Michigan Ghostbusters speak for themselves and we will continue to operate as such. Our identity is well established and we don’t have to prove that to anyone. In my opinion If you continue to call yourself Michigan Ghostbusters you are essentially pilot fishing off of our success, rather intentionally or not you are pilot fishing off of our success…which is fine. In all honesty it actually happens a lot, so I wish you all the best! I would prefer you change the name to avoid confusion like this moving forward but that is your choice, there are multiple franchises in Michigan that we work with in the Great Lakes Coalition which we helped as a founding member (Detroit, Kalamazoo, GB SWAT to name a couple) which you are more than welcome to join in as a Michigan franchise if you change the name we have plenty of room for more teams to do parades and events with. So that would be an opportunity for you. I would much rather be friends than keep tripping over each other’s toes like this, wouldn’t you?”
We’ve no issues with other Michigan franchises. We have been using the name for years.
In fact if you go back there have been several groups over the years who have called themselves the Michigan Ghostbusters. (Before either of our groups)
We are not changing the name we have been using for close to 11 years just because you’re a bigger group or part of coalitions.
We can peacefully coexist and call ourselves what we want. (As we have for years)
We have been aware of Team GBMI (your group) and Ghostbusters SWAT and Motor City Ghostbusters. We’ve no problems with any groups. Sorry you feel that way. We would be OK with putting a disclaimer or exchanging links if you’re interested.
All right then the team agreed while discussing earlier, we are cool with being called Michigan Ghostbusters (GBMI) on the franchise list, also asked that to be our name with AJ if that’s alright with him of course. Now we are moving forward and hope it goes well with you folks. Also we hope that we can peaceful coexist from here as well. Now I hope everyone has a good night or morning in this case for me.
We are sorry for being so passionate about this we’ve had properties that we own and was specificity made for us stolen from us and the original maker. Now note we are not saying anyone on this forum did anything of that nature but this has plagued us for awhile now. We are trying to protect Our brand and supporters. We really appreciate your understanding in this. Thank you and have a good afternoon everyone.
West Central Wisconsin ghostbusters, i started this group in September 2017. We are small group, we got a patch and i been working on the ecto 2 . Can look us up on facebook @westcentralwigb
Trying to start up a franchise to cover the Evergreen Park/Oak Lawn/Alsip/Orland/Chicago Ridge/Crestwood/Midlothian/whatever else within that radius areas.
Easiest way to begin is to find a couple others interested in starting a team.
Join “Ghostbusters Fans Worldwide” and “Ghostbusters Franchises Worldwide” on Facebook. Then on both of those pages make a post that you’re looking to start up a team and mention what area you’re looking to cover.
You could even ask a couple groups more local to you for some advice as well.
An update on the Ghostbusters of the Ozarks: We rebranded earlier this year to the Missouri Ghostbusters (with the blessing of our friends at Gateway City and Midland Empire). You can find us at mogb.org
