Posted on 08/16/2017 7:31:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
New York-based food cart manufacturer Move Systems International is spending $13.3 million and adding 27 jobs at its production center in Walker, outside of Grand Rapids.
With the investment, Move Systems will amp up production, bring in new equipment and add on to administrative areas at the Walker facility. The company received a $200,000 Michigan Business Development Program performance-based grant through the Michigan Economic Development Corp. to support the expansion.
The Right Place Inc., an economic development organization based in Grand Rapids, worked with MEDC to assure Move Systems would invest in Michigan as opposed to out of state, The Right Place spokesman Tim Mroz said.
The Right Place brought Grand Rapids-based Wakestream Ventures on board to invest in the company, Mroz said.
Michigan native James Meeks created Move Systems in 2016. The company manufactures eco-friendly carts with solar roofs for street food vendors and an electricity pedestal it calls Simple Grid. The pedestal is billed as a quiet, more environmentally friendly alternative to a generator or idling engine.
"Michigan has the manufacturing talent and capabilities, combined with a venture capital market that also understands our goals to create cutting edge, smart, connected technologies and systems for our urban environments," Meeks said in the release.
Let’s get 1,000 stories like these small business expansion projects to offset the idiotic CEOs who felt pressured to walk away from President Trump’s advisory councils.
Good news indeed!
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