It's coming to West Michigan - The 2018 MedDevice Forum! For over five years, The Right Place, the Grand Rapids SmartZone, and MiDevice (The Right Place’s medical device consortium) have been collaborating to attract a major medical device conference t[...]
A new ranking by MagnifyMoney has put Grand Rapids at the top of the list for places to make the most of a tight budget. Whether you're a college student with a small budget or just entering the workforce, Grand[...]
NEWAYGO COUNTY AREA DASHBOARD Communities throughout West Michigan are continuously looking for ways to build strategic change and empower collective action. To better enable this regional advancement, The Right Place worked with the West Michigan Regional Prosperity Alliance last year[...]
Grand Rapids is one of the top large cities to start a new business, according to a new ranking by WalletHub. Scored based on business environment, access to resources, and business costs, Grand Rapids ranked 14th for business costs, 2[...]
Jamie Belt Jamie Belt is the Marketing Intern at Hello West Michigan. In this role, she’s responsible for creating newsletters, writing blog posts, social media outreach, event planning, and more. She’s currently finishing up [...]
Hello West Michigan hosted their 2018 Annual Meeting this past March, which featured guest speaker Matt Jung, Cofounder of Comfort Research. This meeting is also Hello West Michigan’s opportunity to update their member companies, partner&n[...]
Officials from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico are in the midst of renegotiating the free trade agreement that regulates the largest economic region in the world. The outcome of these talks on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)[...]
According to a new ranking by U.S. News & World Report, Grand Rapids is the 12th best place to live in the country. This ranking analyzed the nation's 125 largest metro areas, comparing job markets, cost of living, education, crime rates,[...]
