THE WHY
TALENT
ECOSYSTEM
GROWTH
RESOURCES
Overview
Shaping Our Future
Establishing Tech Hubs
Roadmap For Success
The Process
Creating Our Strategy
Regional Employer Survey
To ensure Greater Grand Rapids remains a vibrant community and center for economic growth, we must execute this strategy for establishing a tech hub. Developing a tech hub is an economic imperative that Greater Grand Rapids must pursue to ensure we can provide our businesses and people with the resources, tools, and environment to thrive in a future increasingly dominated by technology. TERMINOLOGY
of companies identified technology as “highly important” to their strategy in the coming years. recommendations will rely on the Greater Grand Rapids community, which was instrumental in developing this strategy. We encourage you to find your place and passion here and assist us on our region’s journey. 78% The terms “we” and “our” are used frequently throughout this report and refer to our community interaction. The Right Place owns direct responsibility for portions of this plan, while execution of other 72% of companies plan to increase their tech hiring needs in the next five years.
2021 Regional Employer Tech Survey, The Right Place
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