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Local jobs: Top five cities leading the turnaround

2. Holland-Grand Haven, Mich. – down 3.5 percentage points

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Attendees arrive to hear President Obama deliver remarks at a groundbreaking ceremony at Compact Power, Inc., a battery plant in Holland, Mich., on July 15, 2010. The plant is one of nine new advanced battery factories under construction in the wake of $2.4 billion in federal awards for advanced battery and electric vehicle investments.

  • By Aaron Couch Contributor

Though Detroit may be making that comeback promised by Eminem’s Super Bowl spot, another Michigan area is doing even better. Grand Haven, a fishing and resort town known for its annual Coast Guard festival, has recovered about 1,000 of the 7,000 manufacturing jobs it lost during the Great Recession. The area’s percentage drop is a bit better than the 3.4 percentage rebound of Flint, Mich., and Detroit. Unlike them, it’s unemployment rate is now below the national average.

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