Fortune Magazine rated Grand Rapids as one of the "Top 10 Best Cities for Business".

Anderson Economic Group cited Grand Rapids as "Number one for best overall business climate."

Industry Week Magazine ranked Grand Rapids second on the "World Class Communities" list among cities of similar size.

Grand Rapids has also been cited as one of the "top five" metro areas for its number of entrepreneurs and for manufacturing growth.

Greater Grand Rapids is the fastest growing region in the upper Midwest, outpacing any of our 11 peer communities in the areas of manufacturing, job creation and wealth creation.