# EXHIBIT 31.1

# Certification Pursuant
to Section 302 ofthe Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Philip J. Koning, certify that:

| | 1.     I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Macatawa Bank Corporation;
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| | 2.     Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement
          of material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
          statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were
          made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
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| | 3.     Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
          included in this annual report, fairly present in all material respects the
          financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as
          of, and for, the periods presented in this annual report;
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| | 4.     The registrants other certifying officers and I are responsible for
                    establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in                     Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) and internal
control over financial                     reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15f and 15d-15(f)) for the                     registrant and have:
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| | (a)     designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
                    controls and procedures to be designed to ensure that material
information                     relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made                     known to us by others within those entities,
particularly during the period in                     which this annual report is being
prepared;
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| | (b)     designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such
                    internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our
supervision,                     to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of financial reporting                     and the preparation of financial
statements for external purposes in accordance                     with generally
accepted accounting principles.
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| | (c)     evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and
                    procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
effectiveness                     of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the
end of the period covered                     by this report based on such evaluation;
and
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| | (d)     disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control
                    over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants
most recent                     fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is
reasonably liked to                     materially affect, the registrants internal
control over financial                     reporting.
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| | 5.     The registrants other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on
                    our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
reporting, to the                     registrants auditors and the audit committee
of registrants board of                     directors (or persons performing the
equivalent functions):
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| | (a)     all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation
                    of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably
likely to                     adversely affect the registrants ability to record,
process, summarize and                     report financial information; and
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| | (b)     any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
                    who have a significant role in the registrants internal
controls.
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Date: March 9, 2009

| |  | /s/ Philip J. Koning
Philip J. KoningCo-Chief Executive Officer, Office of the Chief Executive
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