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^ I agree, until recently i wasn't very familiar with the former steelcase hq at all but i've started to take a shine to it. Bummer its not in a more centralized location tho.

Grand Rapids ranked No. 1 in U.S. for job growth
Mlive
July 10, 2017



Grand Rapids' workforce grew 4.4 percent last year, according to Headlight, which used U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to reach its conclusions. Total employment in the four-county region grew from 516,394 in 2015 to 539,152 in 2016, Headlight said.

More recently, the workforce for the region stood at 575,600, according to state figures released on June 22. Unemployment in West Michigan stood at 2.8 percent in May, slightly up from April, when the jobless rate stood at 2.4 percent.

Headlight, which tracks employment growth for the nation's 53 largest metro areas with more than 1 million residents, released its results on Wednesday, July 5. The Grand Rapids region includes Kent, Ottawa, Barry and Montcalm counties.

http://www.mlive.com/business/west-m...o_1_in_us.html