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Flint's decline, Grand Rapids' success predicted in 70-year-old study
April 03, 2016
In 1946, sociologist C. Wright Mills and economist Melville Ulmer concluded the fortunes of two of Michigan's largest cities, Flint and Grand Rapids, were headed in opposite directions.
Seventy years later, their predictions are getting new notice from academics.
In the April 11, 2016 issue of Crain's Business Journal (page 2), there is a short piece on the work of Mills and Ulmer and an interview with KBEI Director Michael DeWilde.
Read the "Brief" in Crain's Business Journal
The Grand Rapids Business Journal also reported on how size matters when it comes to the relationship between business and civic well-being.
Read the whole article at the GR Business Journal