West Shore corridor adds hotels as Holland grows
Quick Hits notes multiple new hotels in Holland amid steady occupancy from 2016 to 2017. The piece cites tourism, business travel, and sports tournaments driving demand, with 400 to 500 additional rooms planned. It also covers Fourth of July fireworks rules and a Michigan broadband gap of 381,000 households lacking fixed 25 Mbps service.
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Internet expansion brings fast access to Laketown Saugatuck residents
Thousands in Laketown and Saugatuck townships will gain fast internet by year end via Comcast. Still, Michigan-wide gaps persist with 23.48 percent of Allegan County households lacking 25 Mbps and 6.83 percent lacking 10 Mbps, per Connect Michigan. Gov Snyder signed a 2015 executive order to create the Michigan Consortium for Advanced Networks to map statewide broadband. Public discourse notes planning at the James DeYoung plant site omits citizen involvement and urges broad local input in Holland’s site decisions.
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Allegan County
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Nonprofit heydays and making the world a better place
Bruce Yandle argues that nonprofits thrive on tax advantages and skilled workforces, but for profit firms also contribute to social good. He notes 2015 nonprofit employment at 11.5 million, led by healthcare, education, and social services, with DC highest nonprofit labor share. He urges students to weigh motive, impact, and tax factors across sectors.
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Letters to the editor on robotics and immigration in Holland
A 15 year old Holland team captain extols FIRST robotics, noting Holland’s strong local participation and regional teams. The writer shifts to a critique of immigration policy, questioning immigrant value, labor, and the need for reform and family separation concerns, urging action from officials and President Trump. Laketown Township.
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