Innovation and Change in West Michigan Van Andel Institute by docksidepress The Grand Rapids Press reports that Grand Rapids was placed among 20 up-and-comers in innovation among 12,000 U.S. cities in a survey published Saturday by The Wall Street Journal. While the U.S. Patent office database shows 141 patents granted to inventors in Grand Rapids during 2005, the area still has a ways to go to match the 492 patents generated by the Ann Arbor area (home of UM and Pfizer). The article suggest that patents, copyrights and intellectual property will be the currency that creates the jobs in the years to come. Rapid Growth has an interesting feature that about the Grand Rapids area's transformation from a manufacturing-based industrial hub to a high-tech center and the ways that that transition is driving immigration to the city. Read Area listed among inventive 'up and comers' in the Grand Rapids Press Read The Genetics of Grand Rapids in Rapid Growth Grand Rapids Posted/updated Jul 27, 2006 by Andrew McFarlane (Absolute Michigan) click to Send This Story to a Friend! Main Michigan News Page Go Back One Page

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