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Conveniently located between Detroit and Chicago on Michigan’s western shoreline, West Michigan is a center for manufacturing excellence, life science discovery, and technological innovation. Long the home of such office furniture giants as Steelcase, Haworth and Herman Miller, the region is now the center of one of the largest investment in life sciences in the country. More than $1 billion has been invested in research and patient care– propelling Greater Grand Rapids onto the elite list of America’s top sustainable, knowledge-based economies. We are ranked globally:

13th World Knowledge Competitive Index
41st Regional Ratio of Knowledge Intensity
4th Higher Education Expenditures
4th R&D Expenditures by Business
13th Primary and Secondary Education Expenditures
20th Economic Activity
22nd Automotive and Mechanical Employment
24th Patents Registered per capita
28th Labor Productivity
36th Biotechnology and Science Employers
40th Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita

Source: 2008 World Knowledge Competitive Index of 145 metropolitan regions