by Brittany Ryzenga | Mar 31, 2011 | Uncategorized
By Dean Whittaker For the past three days, I have witnessed an amazing example of community leadership. A group of our community leaders in West Michigan determined that the business model on which our community is based is obsolete and no longer provides the future... by Brittany Ryzenga | Jun 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
By Dean Whittaker Economic development has been defined as the process of creating wealth. How wealth is created is changing, according to Ed Morrison (www.edmorrison.com) of the Purdue University Regional Development Center. Therefore, how economic development is... by Brittany Ryzenga | Aug 31, 2011 | Uncategorized
By Vidhan Rana When I first joined Whittaker’s team in January 2008, I had little clue about what economic development really meant. It was a vague term I read in text books, something to do with increasing the economic base of a region. Soon, I learned that job... by Whittaker Associates | Mar 31, 2009 | Uncategorized
By Dean Whittaker Since the Ronald Reagan and Margret Thatcher days, we have been moving toward a shift in risk from the employer to the employee. Neo-libertarian free trade and globalization have become our mantras, with the accompanying cultural change. Free trade... by Whittaker Associates | May 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
By Vidhan Rana As more and more people today watch videos, store their documents and pictures, and get their news online, the need for online storage capabilities has increased tremendously. As we hit the search button on Google’s search engine, Google servers...