![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "Either you're going to be able to convince people to come there, or you're going to draw from a wider set, so you're going to be pulling people in from Lake or Oceana or other places where there are higher unemployment rates."Īdding to the concern is whether West Central Michigan has enough skilled manufacturing workers to fill high-tech automotive jobs. "(Gotion is) having to make a bet that Big Rapids has the amenities set that people want who are going to work in this type of industry," Isely said. But whether those workers would be willing to drive an hour and back each day is another question. Isely said there may be an appetite for manufacturing employment in Montcalm County, which lost about 5,000 jobs between the closure of a Greenville Electrolux refrigerator plant and associated suppliers in 2005. ![]()
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