Retaining young professionals

The Right Place is a regional non-profit economic development organization that helps local businesses grow by matching local talent with local companies.

And most of that talent comes from the area's universities and colleges.

In an effort to keep young people in the city, Grand Valley State University assists by giving 7,000 internships to their students each year.

"There's actually millions of dollars saved by those local industries because they're getting talent that they can try out. And then, in turn, they can say, 'Hey! Want to stay on board and we can continue this relationship?'" university president Tom Haas said.

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