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Prices are up for almost everything. Now, 76 percent of consumers say inflation is more serious than unemployment. An interest rate hike is likely. Then what?

Adding industrial parks and finding ways for manufacturers and other businesses to expand is a goal for the Grand Rapids region in 2022, business leaders say.

The Right Place, Inc. is expanding regional partnerships in eight West Michigan counties to increase economic development.

The Right Place assembled a Technology Taskforce to craft a strategy to position Grand Rapids as the leading technology cluster in the Midwest.

The Right Place is deploying a new approach to its county partnerships to amplify regional economic development efforts.

The 50-member Grand Rapids Community Master Plan Steering Committee met for the first time this week to explore avenues of how the Community Master Plan can better represent and serve Grand Rapids residents.

A global aerospace and defense technology company is expanding its operations in Cascade Township in a move expected to create up to 50 jobs.

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When Ford announced its decision last month to invest $11 billion to expand in Tennessee and Kentucky over its home state, economic developers across the state felt the “sting.”