[CPEO-BIF] Kalamazoo, Michigan central business district

[Lenny Siegel]

Brownfield effort is gaining momentum

Editorial
Kalamazoo Gazette
October 24, 2006

What's happening along a block in the northeastern section of 
Kalamazoo's central business district is just what our community and our 
state need.

Small business, the backbone of our economy and the producer of 
two-thirds of America's jobs, needs to be protected and expanded. That's 
especially true in a state that has felt the pain from mergers and major 
job losses.

The auto industry in Michigan and the pharmaceutical and banking 
businesses in Kalamazoo County have changed dramatically from what they 
used to be. It continues to be a fierce competitive struggle to maintain 
existing businesses and attract new ones.

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For the entire editorial, see
http://www.mlive.com/news/kzgazette/index.ssf?/base/columns-2/116170337634170.xml&coll=7
-- 
Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org