Is the city of Grand Rapids undergoing a brain drain?

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Some former employees of the city of Grand Rapids are concerned about how many administrators City Hall lost this year, but the city says it’s just natural turnover.

Nearly a dozen department heads or people who were next in line have left in the last year alone. The majority migrated to a nearby county or city.

Some former workers say it’s a brain drain, defined as the departure of educated or professional people from one country, economic sector or field for another, usually for better pay or living. 

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