(Grand Rapids, MI) – An economic study by Canopy Strategic Partners has found Kent County would be the best place in west Michigan for a John Ball Zoo aquarium. Zoo officials said in February 2021 they were considering building one and said last October they wanted to see what would be a better location between Kent County or Muskegon County. John Ball Zoo CEO Peter D’Arienzo said in a statement the research showed both communities offer “unique destination traits of lakeshore recreation versus urban core entertainment.”
The aquarium would create nearly 25-hundred jobs, generate over 231-million-dollars in state and local tax revenue in the first decade, and have a two-point-nine-billion net economic impact on Kent County over ten years.
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