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Belmont Engineered Plastics plans 62 jobs, $5.5M investment in Plainfield Township
Michigan Economic Development Corp. has announced that a $900,000 Michigan Business Development Program incentive has been approved for Belmont Engineered Plastics in Plainfield Township — to support its expansion in the former Kimberly-Clark plant and hire an additional 62 employees over the next three years.
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West Michigan exporters see green light at bridge to Canada
West Michigan exporters could see an economic boost now that the Obama administration has given the International Trade Crossing project in Detroit its stamp of approval to move forward.
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Videos: GRid70 design hub expands downtown
What is arguably Grand Rapids’ biggest innovation and design hub has just grown even bigger.
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Challenge Manufacturing plans 180 auto jobs, $10M expansion
Two economic development agencies — The Right Place in Grand Rapids and Lakeshore Advantage in Zeeland, in collaboration with The Michigan Economic Development Corp., the city of Holland and the city of Walker — have announced the approval of a $1 million Michigan Business Development Program performance-based grant for Walker-based Challenge Manufacturing Co.
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From downsizing to up-sizing
MMTC-West at The Right Place helps companies that are growing again.
A lot of manufacturing companies that survived the Great Recession did so by downsizing.
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Group concludes local governments collaborate well
But panel does not support One Kent’s proposal to merge GR and county.
After meeting for more than a year, members of the Kent County Community Collaboration Work Group tweaked a draft of their final report last week.
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Wyoming auto supplier plans $26-million expansion, 150 jobs
West Michigan collaboration has once again led to economic revitalization.
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Health care pushes area job market above national average
Looking at the most recent federal jobs report, West Michigan continues to outpace the national average and the rest of the state in every aspect of the economy, according the regional economic development nonprofit, The Right Place Inc.
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