Washington Post: A chat with Kalamazoo's mayor

E.J. Dionne Jr. writes in the Washington Post that when Kalamazoo Mayor Bobby J. Hopewell talks about the importance of manufacturing to this friendly Michigan town with a name that lends itself to song, he doesn’t reel off the usual list of heavy industries typically associated with the word "factory."

Excerpt: Hopewell is proud of the part played in his city by universities and those engaged in work involving what he calls "intellectual property," he adds: "We are major makers in the region."

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Source: Washington Post