Local leaders
patient as LG Chem furloughs attract attention
HOLLAND — Area leaders are
mostly staying clear of what threatens to become a political firestorm over the
slow launch of production at the LG Chem battery plant, and some are urging
patience.
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Michigan’s gloomy harvest has one bright spot ... and it’s bright red
OLIVE TOWNSHIP — Red and
pink cranberries bobbed to the surface of a flooded bog, leaving a straggling
trail behind a crew of harvest workers.
Farmer Wayne Kiel watched
the crew work.
“It’s looking like we’re
going to have a good crop,” said Kiel of Blueberry Heritage Farms. “Why this
year, I have no idea, because the blueberry crop was off.”
For Kiel, like many other
farmers who cultivate cranberries, the crunchy, sour red berries represent a
relatively small percentage of his crop each year — most of his land is
dedicated to blueberries. As a part of Michigan’s total agricultural output,
too, cranberries make up a small fraction.
Updated: Area
economy linked to success of Ford Airport, says DeVos
HOLLAND — An airport with
competitive rates and service helps area businesses stay competitive, business
leader Dick DeVos told a Holland audience Tuesday morning.
DeVos, chairman of the
Regional Air Alliance of West Michigan, spoke at a Tuesday breakfast meeting
sponsored by the Holland Area Chamber of Commerce.
“We’re trying to increase
the size of the economy and yet we’re running it through a decreasing
knothole,” DeVos said. ... LINK TO STORY
Holland's interest in electric vehicles
growing
HOLLAND — The advanced
energy storage industry has invested heavily in Holland. But will Holland
residents invest in advanced energy storage, especially electric vehicles?
Many
signs say they will. ... LINK TO STORY
