Harvard grad argues for W MI furniture design center

A Grand Rapids native who is graduating from Harvard this summer with masters degrees in architecture and urban planning, has plans to create an organized research and design center in West Michigan focused on promoting the area's furniture industry and expanding it as an economic driver. The three areas of focus will be office furniture, education furniture, and hospital furniture.

According to excerpts from the story:

West Michigan is the undisputed hub of the office furniture manufacturing world, with three of the industry's largest firms and most of its production right here.

So where's the collaboration that could turn the community into a research and design hub for the industry as well?

That's what Rick Broene is asking.

Read the complete story here.