Grand Rapids, Michigan

Economy

Grand Rapids has long been a center for furniture and automobile manufacturing. More recently the city has attracted more bio-tech companies to the city with the addition of the Van Andel Research Institute, which is primarily focused on cancer research, and the new Cook-DeVos Medical Training Facility, which is a part of Grand Valley State University, along with part of Michigan State University medical school (the other part of the medical school will remain on campus in East Lansing) which is slated to arrive in West Michigan in the next three to five years.

Related Topics:
Furniture - Bio-tech - Grand Valley State University - Michigan State University

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The new DeVos Place Convention Center is expected to continue the growth of the city, which has seen a significant increase recently. Other future projects in the city include a new art museum.

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Grand Rapids also has a reputation for being the Christian publishing capital of the USA, with four companies founded by Dutch-Americans based in the city: Eerdmans, Zondervan, Baker Books, and Kregel.

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Eerdmans - Zondervan - Baker Books - Kregel

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