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2024's biggest stories in West Michigan Business with Andy Balaskovitz from Crain's Grand Rapids (12-15-24)
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In this episode, host, Phil Tower, welcomes Andy Balaskovitz, Managing Editor, Crain’s Grand Rapids Business.
Andy joined us for a recap of some of the biggest business stories, impacting West Michigan, in 2024, including the major construction projects in downtown Grand Rapids...the new Amphitheater construction, the expected construction of the newly named Amway soccer stadium, and the DeVos & Van Andel Three Towers development.
Other stories that Andy covered included Microsoft buying hundreds of acres in Kent/Allegan counties for planned data centers, the Downtown GR office-to-housing conversion plans, and The Tipped Wage changes: After years of pandemic disruptions, restaurants have been sounding the alarms about the implications of a pending law that could phase out tipped wages for restaurant workers. **Finally, Andy told us about the massive 1800-acre redevelopment project being undertaken by the economic development wing of the Gun Lake Tribe.
Topics Discussed: hourly wages, living wages, housing shortage, commercial real estate, artificial intelligence, economic development, Grand Rapids tourism.
Online: Crain's Grand Rapids Business
crainsgrandrapids.com
Andy joined us for a recap of some of the biggest business stories, impacting West Michigan, in 2024, including the major construction projects in downtown Grand Rapids...the new Amphitheater construction, the expected construction of the newly named Amway soccer stadium, and the DeVos & Van Andel Three Towers development.
Other stories that Andy covered included Microsoft buying hundreds of acres in Kent/Allegan counties for planned data centers, the Downtown GR office-to-housing conversion plans, and The Tipped Wage changes: After years of pandemic disruptions, restaurants have been sounding the alarms about the implications of a pending law that could phase out tipped wages for restaurant workers. **Finally, Andy told us about the massive 1800-acre redevelopment project being undertaken by the economic development wing of the Gun Lake Tribe.
Topics Discussed: hourly wages, living wages, housing shortage, commercial real estate, artificial intelligence, economic development, Grand Rapids tourism.
Online: Crain's Grand Rapids Business
crainsgrandrapids.com