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One Kent spurs necessary discussion of consolidations

Published: April 11, 2011

The One Kent Coalition, a group of business leaders and former local public officials, has proposed that Kent County and the city of Grand Rapids merge into one metropolitan government. The concept has long been considered and discussed in the corridors of government buildings, and in the 1980s even actively engaged leaders of a similar merger of governmental units in Indianapolis.

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