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BUSINESS

Prominent West Michigan corporations include:

Amway / Alticor / Quixtar , an Ada, Michigan Multi-level Marketing company.

Gerber Products Company , a Fremont baby food manufacturer

Gordon Food Service , a Grand Rapids food supplier

Spartan Stores , a Grand Rapids Grocery chain

Borroughs , a Kalamazoo Office Equipment manufacturer.

Steelcase , a Grand Rapids Office Equipment manufacturer.

Herman Miller , a Zeeland Office Equipment manufacturer.

Haworth , a Holland Office Equipment manufacturer.

Howard Miller a Zeeland manufacturer of Longcase Clocks

Kelloggs , a Battle Creek Breakfast Cereal producer.

Meijer , a Grand Rapids Hypermarket chain.

Stryker , a Kalamazoo Surgical equipment manufacturer.

Gentex , a Zeeland auto-dimming automobile Mirror manufacturer.

Perrigo , a Allegan Pharmaceutical company

Wolverine Worldwide / Hush Puppies , a Rockford Shoe maker

Bissell , a Grand Rapids Vacuum Cleaner maker

Foremost Insurance, a specialty insurance company

Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo

Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo

Upjohn Institute on economics

TRANSPORTATION

Major roads include:

Interstate 96 , running from Muskegon to Detroit

Interstate 196 , splitting from Interstate 96 going west-southwest, and merging with U.S. Highway 31 near Holland

Interstate 94 , running from Billings, Montana to Port Huron, Michigan ,

U.S. Highway 31 , running from Ludington, Michigan to Mobile, Alabama

U.S. Highway 131 , running from north of Middlebury, Indiana to Petoskey, Michigan

Grand River Avenue , running from Grand Rapids to Detroit

The S-Curve , a famously crooked stretch of U.S. 131 in downtown Grand Rapids

Michigan State Highway 6 , also known as the South Beltline , bypassing Grand Rapids connecting to Interstate 96 east of town and Interstate 196 west of town.

FAMOUS PRESENT/FORMER RESIDENTS

Abolitionist Sojourner Truth

Former President Of The United States Gerald R. Ford

Stock Car driver Johnny Benson

Red Hot Chili Peppers Vocalist Anthony Kiedis

Tool and A Perfect Circle Vocalist Maynard James Keenan

X-Files actress Gillian Anderson

Kellogg Company founder W.K. Kellogg

Static-X lead singer/guitarist Wayne Static

New York Yankees Shortstop Derek Jeter

Actor Tim Allen