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 The idea of putting industrial-scale wind turbines off the shores of a tourist-dependent beach community was not an issue in Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands.The tourism program manager for the northern Netherlands shoreline region told a group of West Michigan officials Monday that the Egmond aan Zee offshore wind project has not affected visitors to the North Sea nor hurt local tourism businesse
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 Three years ago, Plante Moran moved into newer, larger and greener offices in downtown Grand Rapids.While we expected to reap concrete benefits from our decision to use sustainable building principles, we were surprised at the number of intangible benefits we also achieved.In 2006, we realized Plante Moran had outgrown its office space. As one of the largest public accounting firms in West Michig
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 They're not quite ready to deliver the juice, but downtown's five charging stations for electric vehicles are in place.One of the charging stations has been placed in front of City Hall while the other four have been installed in downtown parking ramps, said Kimberly Miller, parking services director.Besides the outdoor spot on Ottawa Avenue NW, the charging stations are inside the Ottawa Fulton
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 The inconvenience of getting kicked out of his office for a day didn't faze Haris Alibasic, who knew the temporary imposition during a $1.2 million window replacement project would result in years of benefit for Grand Rapids.The feeling has been experienced by workers throughout the building's eight above-ground floors as two months of work are expected to wrap up in the next week, leaving the st
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