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Heartwell | Barriers to government consolidation pinpointed
David Czurak
The merging of local governments into a larger public entity was keenly featured in the State-of-the City address that Grand Rapids Mayor George Heartwell delivered in January. The mayor said a consolidation effort could range from integrating all the units in Kent County into a single countywide government or involve combining Grand Rapids with Walker, Wyoming, Kentwood, Grandville and East Grand Rapids. more»
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Windquest involved in new energy recovery company
Pete Daly
A new company is being formed by The Windquest Group of Grand Rapids and a Kalamazoo-area industrial services company to produce a system that can capture manufacturing plant waste heat and use it for generation of electricity. free»
Israels Designs for Living CEO David Israels said The Other Store, the firm's furniture clearance center at 769 Seward St. NW, will close its doors today to begin preparations for a store closing liquidation sale. free»
Former Universal Forest Products Chairman Peter Secchia told Kent County commissioners Thursday that a new boathouse will be built in the county-owned Millennium Park this summer and that second-generation members of the DeVos family have agreed to pay for its construction — a cost that has been estimated at $800,000. free»
County: We do collaborate
David Czurak
With a cry for municipal collaboration growing louder in many circles today, Kent County Administrator and Controller Daryl Delabbio tried to muffle that clamor a bit by showing that cooperation among local governments already exists and has for a long time— and that the county has played a leading role in that effort. more»
County gets good and bad news on budget
David Czurak
The county's lodging excise tax fund will finish with a deficit for the ninth straight year when the fiscal-year tally becomes official, even though total revenue to the fund was up by 4 percent over the 2009 calendar year from 2008. more»
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