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Over 300,000 Grand Rapidians and visitors attend this annual festival that first started in 1970
What is The Festival of the Arts?
In 2000, Van Andel Institute opened and began biomedical research into these two diseases
What is Parkinson's and Cancer?
According to our Tech Strategy, this is our goal for number of tech jobs created in 10 years
What is 20,000?
This was the first industry council formed by The Right Place Program
What is the Manufacturers Council?
In 2024 this publication listed Grand Rapids as #17 on their Hottest Job Markets list
What is The Wall Street Journal?
This was the first county The Right Place formed a formal partnership with
What is Ionia?
In the year 2000 this large soda manufacturer expanded into GR adding 300 jobs
What is Coca-Cola?
The Right Place became an Accredited Economic Development Organization this year
What is 2018?
This person was the mayor of Grand Rapids when The Right Place was founded in 1985
Who is Gerald R. Helmholdt?
This was the median home price in Greater Grand Rapids in 1998
What is $100,000?
This local food manufacturer supplies one product to every McDonalds east of the Mississippi River
What is Herbrucks?
This industry council was formed in 2001
What is the Technology Council?
This was Michigan's unemployment rate in 1985
What is 10%?
These 5 counties make up the current Grand Rapids MSA
What is Kent, Ottawa, Barry, Ionia, Montcalm?
This county ranks 3rd in America for apple production
What is Kent County?
This year's annual report launched the current RPI logo
What is 2008?
In 1985 GVSU had this many students enrolled
What is 7,667?
Grand Valley State University opened its downtown Grand Rapids campus this year
What is 1988?
In this year, Grand Rapids was designated as tax-free Renaissance Zone for 15 years
What is 1997?
This was the number of jobs RPI aimed to create in its first 5 years
What is 15,000?