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USA Today: Detroit will lead nation for visitor growth

October 28, 2011 Pure Michigan

USA Today Friday reported TravelClick estimates that Detroit will lead the nation in travel growth over the next 12 months, predicting a 22 percent increase in occupancy rates between now and Sept. 30, 2012. “We’re well ahead of the curve from a national improvement standpoint,” Thomas Conran, principal of Greenwood Hospitality Group, owner of The [...]

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Michigan No. 1 for tech job growth

October 7, 2011 Information Technology

  Michigan leads the nation in tech job growth, according to the latest 2010 TechAmerica report, putting the state in the national spotlight along with the winning Detroit Tigers. Michigan, which lost more jobs than any other state during the past decade, has been a national comeback leader in recent weeks. Just last month, Newsweek [...]

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Tagged as: economic diversification, high tech jobs, tech jobs

Michigan takes leadership role in cyber defense

October 7, 2011 Homeland Security and Defense

The state of Michigan has released an action plan to help defend Michigan against cyber attacks and position the state to take advantage of opportunities in the growing cybersecurity industry. Governor Rick Snyder made the announcement at the launch of National Cyber Security Awareness Month, saying Michigan is taking a leadership role in protecting families, [...]

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Tagged as: cyber safety, cyber security, homeland security and defense, identity theft

Detroit area to grow jobs around advanced energy storage systems

September 23, 2011 Advanced Energy Storage

Southeast Michigan has been awarded $2.1 million through the federal Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge to create new jobs and technologies related to the rapidly emerging advanced energy storage system (AESS) industry cluster. The initiative is being coordinated by Corporation for a Skilled Workforce (CSW), a national nonprofit based in Ann Arbor that focuses on [...]

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Tagged as: advanced battery, Alternative Energy, economic diversification, electric vehicle R&D, Jobs

The Power of Social Networking

September 9, 2011 Pure Michigan

When the engines roared to life at the start of the Pure Michigan 400, Michigan International Speedway (MIS) regular Andrea Wieland was not in the mood for celebrating. Earlier in the day Andrea had lost her wedding band somewhere in the garage area of MIS. Searching for the ring on the 1,400 acre grounds was [...]

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Four Michigan organizations win more than $16.5 million for solar energy projects

September 6, 2011 Great Companies

Four Michigan-based organizations have been awarded more than $16.5 million in grants for solar energy projects that accelerate research and development to increase efficiency, lower costs and advance technologies. Funded under the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy SunShot Initiative, the grants went to projects that improve materials, manufacturing [...]

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Tagged as: Alternative Energy, solar industry

ABC: Michigan home to ‘most beautiful place in America.’

August 18, 2011 Pure Michigan

ABC News’ Good Morning America has named Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes the Most Beautiful Place in America. In a national contest where Good Morning America asked viewers to help them find America’s most beautiful place, this 35 mile stretch of Lake Michigan coastline received tens of thousands of votes – beating out places like Aspen, [...]

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Start Your Engines: Desmond Howard Named Pure Michigan 400 Grand Marshal

August 9, 2011 Pure Michigan

On August 21, football great Desmond Howard will trade the turf for the track, serving as the grand marshal of the Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway. As grand marshal, Howard will get the 400 mile race started with the famous phrase, “Gentleman, start your engines.” Pure Michigan 400 Grand Marshal is the latest [...]

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Designer Bikini Business: Makes a Splash in Michigan

August 3, 2011 Entrepreneurship & Innovation

MILFORD – Magdalena Trever decided to return to her hometown of Milford after living in California for six years to start her business, one of the only knitted bikini companies in America. Trever graduated from the Academy of Arts in San Francisco with a degree in fashion design/knitwear and partnered with her mom, Nancy Thompson, [...]

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More Than 300,000 Fans “Like” Pure Michigan

August 1, 2011 Pure Michigan

With Michigan’s summer tourism season in full swing, the Pure Michigan Facebook page has reached a record of more than 300,000 fans – the highest number of fans for any state tourism Facebook page in the nation. The Pure Michigan eNewsletter has also passed the 300,000 subscriber mark. The free eNewsletter recently had a spike [...]

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