MegaChanges

by Joel Burgess It is not our feet that move us along-it is our minds. – Ancient Chinese proverb As we approach Christmas and the harsh Michigan winter, I was thumbing through Charles Swindoll’s aptly named 1985 book, Come Before Winter .and Share my Hope....

Catching and Keeping Smart Companies

by Dean Whittaker Smart companies lead in their fields through innovation. They use technology and knowledge to stay competitive in a global economy. The benefit to attracting and keeping these companies is that they add more value per employee, and therefore pay a...

WA's Habitat Experience

by Jami Miedema On June 29, my coworkers and I had the privilege to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity and help construct a home for a local Holland family. The single mother and her three teenage children were living in a house that could not accommodate the family...

Cool Economic Development

by Joel Burgess Tucked away on the last page of the Financial Times is an interesting article by Tyler Brule, entitled “Second Homes are Cool – Why Don’t Governments Have Them?” The article argues that countries should build strong secondary...

Best Places? Not so Fast!

by Dennis Burnside “When it comes to a place to live and raise a family, most Americans want two things: the opportunity for themselves and their children to prosper, and a quality of life that lets them enjoy the fruits of their labor.” How can anyone...