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For over 115 years, we’ve delivered the excellence, expertise, and quality products our customers need to design successful food operations and experiences. We’ve grown to become the largest family-operated broadline food distribution company in North America by upholding the same business approach since 1897—being passionately committed to the people we serve. We believe in the power of good food—to bring people together and make moments special. Every product, every order, and every decision we make is inspired by the people on the other side of the plate.

The Township was first organized as the Town of Kent in 1834 and designated Grand Rapids Township in 1842. The Township is primarily a community of single-family homes with four large parks and the home of the Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park. The commercial areas are comprised of medical facilities and support retail located along Cascade Road and the East Beltline that serve the residents and the local business community. The Township's central location with access to the major transportation routes, serves to connect the suburban/rural Township to all of West Michigan.

Grand Rapids Community College offers accessible, affordable education and hold the door open to all who know that education is the key to their success, both as individuals and as a community. GRCC’s mission is simple: They are here to teach students in a way so that when they leave GRCC, they have the knowledge and skills to be an outstanding transfer student or an outstanding candidate for an employer. They prepare our students to take roles that strengthen the community.

Established in 1968, Grand Rapids Controls has been a global leader developing and producing motion control systems, electromechanical cables, handles and actuators for many diverse applications and industries around the world. GRC’s expertise encompasses seamless integration from design conceptualization to full-scale production, leveraging capabilities in assembly, injection molding, die casting, extrusion and more.

Grand Rapids Label provides customized label solutions at an affordable price for large scales business operations primarily in the automotive, industrial/durable, food & beverage, and lab media industries. Please visit our website to learn more and request a quote!

Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing (GRAM) is a prominent contract development and manufacturing organization for sterile injectable products delivering customized fill and finish solutions for clinical and commercial projects. GRAM's advanced aseptic manufacturing equipment, innovative technology, and experienced staff support pharmaceutical development and cGMP manufacturing, analytical testing, and regulatory filing for biologics, small molecules, and vaccines.

Founded by local business and professional leaders and supported by nearly 800 equally-local initial investors, we opened on April 30, 2009. Thanks to our unique organizational culture and relationship-based business model, we’ve grown steadily and successfully into one of the area’s premier independent banks. In a highly-regulated industry that has become increasingly impersonal, we’ve developed a well-deserved reputation for consistently delivering an outstanding banking experience that’s driven by our unwavering commitment to rock-solid relationships and unsurpassed personal service.

Grand Valley State University was established in 1960 with its primary campus in Allendale, Michigan and secondary locations in Grand Rapids, Holland, Muskegon, and Traverse City have been built to accommodate their growing enrollment. Since it began, enrollment has grown to just over 25,000 undergraduate and graduate students. They are a public, liberal arts school with 200 areas of study, offering 86 undergrad and 35 graduate degrees. GVSU has been named one of the "Best in the Midwest" by Princeton Review in 2013 and Forbes Magazine listed GVSU as one of America's top colleges in 2012.

Granger Construction was founded in 1959 by Keith Granger and his sons Alton, Ron, and Jerry. Granger Construction was incorporated as a Michigan corporation in 1960. Today, the company is owned and led by Alton and his son, Glenn. Because no single delivery approach is the right one for all owners, we specialize in a wide array of delivery methods including Construction Management, Design-Build and General Contracting.

Great Lakes Commercial Finance (GLCF) is a non-profit lender that provides access to capital for small businesses that are purchasing or refinancing commercial real estate, and/or machinery and equipment. We are licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) as a Certified Development Company (CDC) to offer the SBA 504 Loan Program throughout the entire state of Michigan.

The foundation from which the Greater Regional Alliance of REALTORS built was solid when it was established in 1893, and as a result, they are over 2,000 members strong today, serving more than half a million people in metropolitan Grand Rapids. As times change, the foundation of their Association remains the same: its members. Association members are committed to enriching the livelihood of our city by promoting the free enterprise system and private ownership of property. Association members also adhere to the Code of Ethics and practice the professional standards.