Growing West Michigan
In 2010, The Right Place assisted nearly 1,500 companies to invest more than $152.8 million in capital, and retain or create nearly 2,000 jobs.
Our Services
The Right Place serves both current and prospective West Michigan companies, providing one-stop assistance for location, innovation and growth. Assisting wealth generating firms in advanced manufacturing, life sciences, sustainability, alternative energy and aerospace and defense, The Right Place offers:
Location Services -- Highlights:
- Site selection
- Incentive and financial assistance discovery and access
- Supply chain identification coordination
- Federal, state and local government access and service coordination
Manufacturing Assistance Services (MMTC-West) – Hightlights:
- Workforce training and certification
- Business-to-business learning programs
- Conferences, workshops, and tours-of-best practice
- Business assessment tools and metrics
- Leadership development
- Customized consulting
Innovation Assistance Services (Innovation West Michigan) – Hightlights:
- Commercialization process discovery and referral assistance
- University and technology transfer access and collaboration support
- Intellectual Property discovery, benchmarking and marketing support
- Local, state, and federal government access and service coordination
- Supply chain and distribution strategy development and coordination assistance
- Peer-to-Peer learning consortia
- Customized consulting
"When we were looking to open a U.S. location, The Right Place made everything easy… they made sure our weeks in West Michigan were productive by scheduling meetings with everyone we needed to be connected with to do business here – banks, accounting firms, payroll companies, building owners and even manufacturers in the region who would become our customers.”~Peter Brandinger, Vice President, Configura
"West Michigan offers a model of cooperation among businesses, government and non-government organizations that is so obviously helping to make the region a success. We’re impressed not only by how easy it is to work with you, but how well you already work together. I wish every city had a network of people like you who work so collaboratively to provide the right resources to their business community.”~Morgan Barr, Office of Trade Policy Analysis/Manufacturing and Services, International Trade Administration
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