My friend Norman Christopher from Grand Rapids forwarded to me a recent story from the Patriot Ledger (Quincy MA) about Grand Rapids written by Joann Fitzpatrick . Check the article out at http://ledger.southofboston.com/articles/2007/06/16/opinion/opin03.txt
The article never mentions anything about sustainability, per se. Instead, it essentially talks about how livable the city is -- how it feels like a really decent place to live. What the article doesn't say is that much of this is by design. Everyone from the mayor on down, most of the city's institutions and nonprofit groups, and even many of the businesses (e.g. the Western Michigan Sustainable Business Roundtable) are basically on the same page with respect to how to do economic development, etc. I have a short profile of Grand Rapids on the "Our Green Cities" (http://ourgreencities.com) web site, so check it out when you can. Hopefully, I will have a chance to add some materials on Grand Rapids in the next week or so.
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