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Michigan is Competing

October 26, 2007 Industry Sectors

Michigan is competing nationally and globally to attract new businesses and grow those already here. Whether the prospects are in Detroit, Grand Rapids, Saginaw, Traverse City or Marquette, we are all on the Michigan team, and strong partnerships and good teamwork are essential to successful economic development. The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) itself is [...]

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Big Mo for Motown

September 14, 2007 Industry Sectors

Everyone knows what “Mo” stands for in Motown, but as I was driving around Detroit recently a new meaning came to me – momentum. There are many great things happening in Detroit on the economic development front that continue to illustrate a truly remarkable comeback story. With assistance from the MEDC’s brownfield redevelopment program, historic [...]

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Positive Returns

September 7, 2007 Industry Sectors

On the same day Governor Granholm and the MEDC announced that Spain-based aerospace company Aernnova had chosen Michigan for its new, state-of-the-art technical center as a result of a state tax credit we awarded the company, I found myself at a public forum debating with someone who holds that we should not offer such incentives. [...]

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