GRAND RAPIDS — The city’s Local Development Finance Authority has recommended that Start Garden Inc. and Spartan Innovations L3C administer the Grand Rapids SmartZone business incubator through a collaborative approach.
The LDFA on March 1 put out a request for proposals to run the business incubator, with the goal of bringing more diversity and equity among tech startups, as MiBiz previously reported. Both companies were also considered on their own; GRound Incubation Labs was also a part of the RFP process. A fourth company submitted a bid that did not meet the criteria in the RFP.
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