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The Big Idea Contest is a college-wide competition to promote innovation and entrepreneurship among the students of Calvin College. Each submitted idea will be evaluated and four contest finalists will be selected. Finalists will all receive a $25 gift certificate to the Campus Store, from the finalists, a grand-prize winner will receive $200.

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Plainwell may use old dam to generate electricity

City hopes to have a second 'green' project

PLAINWELL -- The city is looking to the past to solve problems of the future, eyeing an old hydroelectric dam for its potential to generate electricity for community use.

The source of power that once drove paper-mill operations in the heart of town could be resurrected
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Plainwell dam-paper mill

Mark Bugnaski / Gazette

The Mill Race, a one-mile-plus waterway shown here, provided water to power the dam at the closed Plainwell Paper Co. City leaders hope to revive the dam to generate electricity.

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