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Median Age, How Youthful is West Michigan?

Median age, a metric provided with each year’s population estimates on a national, state, and county-wide level, can serve as an effective proxy to aid...

Let’s put data, information and analysis to work for West Michigan

Note: This is the fourth in a series of posts analyzing the nine key strategies cited in our 20/20 Vision Report.

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Leading by example: Educators and employers prove engagement works

Note: This is the third in a series of posts analyzing the nine key strategies cited in our 20/20 Vision Report.

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It’s time to dismantle the barriers to our success

Note: This is the second in a series of posts analyzing the nine key strategies cited in our 20/20 Vision Report.

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Going from good to great begins with postsecondary education

Note: This is the first in a series of posts analyzing the nine key strategies cited in our 20/20 Vision Report.

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A challenge to West Michigan: Take talent efforts from good to great

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Talent Initiatives: MI Opportunity Scholarship and Michigan Reconnect

In her first State of the State address, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called for a statewide postsecondary attainment goal of 60% – an objective much in...

West Michigan’s Occupational Outlook Through 2026

Last Thursday, the State of Michigan’s Bureau of Labor Market Information and Strategic Initiatives released their regional employment projections for all occupational categories over the...

Workforce Development and the Use of Prior Learning Assessments

Adults in the workforce gain critical skills with varying levels of formality – on the job training, life experience, military service, professional or industry certifications....

Empowering the Middle-Class Workforce

Business, government and nonprofit leaders across West Michigan have collaborated in non-political strategic community assessment and action initiatives for 20 years. Through objective data gathering...