A Grand Rapids economic development organization that has helped businesses retain and create jobs and land grants and tax incentives is halfway to its goal of raising $10 million for its next five years of operation.
According to excerpts from the story:
A $10 million campaign to fund The Right Place Inc.'s operations for the next five years is nearing the halfway point of its goal. More than $4.6 million has been pledged from 25 to 30 large donors to the fund-raising campaign, and another $1 million in requests are outstanding, Right Place CEO Birgit Klohs said.
While the economy makes it a tough time to ask companies and organizations for money, it has in fact made many past donors more willing to again support the economic development organization, Klohs said.
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