March 1, 2011
Access to Capital
Donald Snider, vice president of urban development for the MEDC, has only been on the job a short time, but he’s already completed a guest stint on Detroit Public Television. Snider sat down with the host of “American Black Journal” recently to outline how the MEDC is working to bolster businesses in Michigan’s major urban [...]
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economic development partnerships,
Economic Growth,
Urban Economic Development,
Urban initiatives
February 10, 2011
21st Century Funds
Accuri Cytometers, one of the original 21st Century Jobs Fund awardees, is being purchased by one of the world’s leading medical technology companies, Becton Dickinson and Company. Accuri, the Ann Arbor-based life sciences company, produces affordable, easy to use flow cytometers that are used in blood cell analysis.
In 2006, MEDC awarded a$2 million loan to [...]
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advanced technology,
high-tech medical industry