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LiveWorkDetroit! Cross Sectors: The New Detroit

January 26, 2012 Great Companies

By Yuliya Harris
This past Saturday over 200 students from University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Wayne State University as well as countless other universities gathered at the LiveWorkDetroit! Cross Sectors event at the Westin Book Cadillac in downtown Detroit.
This event focused on highlighting the recent astounding growth within the city through the business, real estate, [...]

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Michigan planning 1st virtual career fair for IT, tech talent

January 24, 2012 Events

Michigan, one of the first states in the nation to make attracting and developing talent for existing job needs a major priority, will host the first state-sponsored virtual career fair Feb. 15 to connect talented IT and high tech professionals with employers.

MiVirtualCareerFair: IT and High Tech will provide a platform for Michigan businesses to interact [...]

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Tagged as: Events, high tech jobs, Job Fair, Jobs, talent, tech jobs

Crystal Mountain: Michigan is Great for Business AND Travel!

January 19, 2012 Great Companies
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By Nancy Mullen Call, Associate Broker at Crystal Mountain Realty
After going through the economic ringer for the last several years, it seems our mitten state is making its comeback. Go Michigan!
We’re definitely feeling the energy here at Crystal Mountain Resort and Spa where I work, and the indications are plentiful elsewhere, too.
In October, the Wall [...]

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Tagged as: advanced technology, economic development attraction/retention programs, Economic Growth, Pure Michigan, Quality of Life

Introducing the “Why Michigan?” video series

January 19, 2012 Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Founders Brewery says it chose Michigan for its “delicious water.” ePrize chose Michigan for its cost structure and quality of life.

In a new series of web videos launching today, you’ll hear directly from business leaders who have opted to locate and grow their companies in Pure Michigan.
This ongoing video series will profile Michigan-based businesses, their [...]

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Tagged as: beer, brewery, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, eprize, Founders brewery, Jobs

Xconomist: What should you study now to prepare for 10 years from now?

January 18, 2012 Great Companies

Xconomy, the online news and events organization, released a report asking 22 of the nation’s top innovators, entrepreneurs and investors: what should students be studying now to prepare for 10 years from now? 
The report poses the question in order to gain a unique view into the future at a time of breakneck technological change and increasing economic [...]

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Tagged as: career opportunities, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, high tech jobs, Jobs, talent, tech jobs

MEGA approves new Cherry Republic facility in Traverse City

January 18, 2012 Great Companies

Michigan-based Cherry Republic has received approval from the Michigan Economic Growth Authority for a multi-use brownfield redevelopment project that will support the construction of a retail outlet and food production facility and new residential spaces in Traverse City. 
“This new Cherry Republic facility consolidates their production, retail and administrative operations and brings the company’s high quality jobs [...]

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Tagged as: brownfield redevelopment, Economic Growth, Jobs, small business

Michigan companies participate in White House forum

January 12, 2012 Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Michigan business leaders who have brought jobs back or decided to make significant investments in the United States participated in a forum hosted by President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in Washington, D.C. on January 11.
 The forum, called “Insourcing American Jobs,” brought together business owners who shifted work back to the United States [...]

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Tagged as: career opportunities, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Events, talent, tech jobs

Michigan International Speedway, MEDC announce Pure Michigan 400

January 11, 2012 Economic Development

DETROIT (Jan. 11, 2012) – With the success of 2011, two of Michigan’s best-known brands – Michigan International Speedway and Pure Michigan –  are again teaming up to host the Pure Michigan 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at MIS on Sunday, August 19.

The three-year partnership was announced today at the North American International Auto [...]

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Tagged as: economic development partnerships, Pure Michigan

Passport to Summer: Hudsonville Ice Cream, DNR & Pure Michigan partner to promote Michigan

January 11, 2012 Great Companies

It may be 25 degrees with lake effect snow in the forecast, but three Michigan organizations are partnering together to promote the abundance of resources available to both Michigan visitors and residents.
Holland, Michigan-based Hudsonville Ice Cream is partnering with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Pure Michigan to launch an integrated campaign that will [...]

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State honors Quality Dairy’s Lisa Benson for veterans’ service

January 6, 2012 Economic Development

LANSING, Mich. — The state’s Veteran’s Services Division today honored Lisa Benson, HR Recruiter for Lansing-based Quality Dairy Company, for outstanding efforts to help veterans find employment, making the company one of mid-Michigan’s top “vet-friendly” employers.
“We are in the business of helping Michigan’s returning heroes find jobs, and we can only do that [...]

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