Dream Big
By Business Journal Staff
Published: April 25, 2005
There have not been so many underground meetings about a single project since Vandenberg Plaza was first conceptualized. And some of the same individuals (and a few new fellows) see it as a topic worth exploring as they did the brainteaser of what to make of downtown in the 1960s. The brainstorming begins with "What is Grand Rapids growing up to be?" And how does the availability of a 107-acre site within the city become a part of the solution? The underground rulers are, of course, speaking of the announcement by Steelcase President and CEO James Hackett, indicating the two-story manufacturing plant in the city limits will be vacated over the next two years.

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