• #001. Birgit Klohs: Regional development in West Michigan and the Grand Rapids Medical Mile

  • Oct 5 2022
  • Durée: 1 h et 8 min
  • Podcast

#001. Birgit Klohs: Regional development in West Michigan and the Grand Rapids Medical Mile

  • Résumé

  • We kick off Season 1 of Policy Works with a conversation with a veteran in the field of regional economic development.  Birgit Klohs has been a economic development agent for over 45 years. For nearly 30 of them, she was President and CEO of The Right Place, a regional development organisation in Greater Grand Rapids, West Michigan. Centrally located between Chicago and Detroit, Grand Rapids is Michigan’s second-largest city and a hub for research, innovation and a thriving regional economy.

     

    In this wide ranging and detailed conversation, we speak to Birgit on what it takes to create a regional economic hub, including:

    - the origins and evolution of The Right Place

    - the Grand Rapids Medical Mile, which has become a hub for medical education, medical devices and other health services

    - the goals and challenges facing an economic development agency

    - how she thinks about eliminating systemic inequities in her role as an economic development agent

    - the connection between workforce development and economic development, and more

     

    Learn more about the Reimagining the Economy project: http://reimagining-the-economy.hks.harvard.edu

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