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MEDC – The Year 2007 in Numbers

December 31, 2007 21st Century Funds

1 - National ranking of Michigan.org for visitors to state travel Web sites every month from April through December. 4 - International investment missions, to Sweden, Germany and two to China, to attract overseas companies to locate job-creating facilities in Michigan. 6 - Michigan’s ranking among all states on the Small Business Survival Index 2007 according to the [...]

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Tagged as: brownfield redevelopment, Capital Access Program, community assistance programs, economic diversification, Economic Growth, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, international investment, Pure Michigan, Tourism Industry, venture capital

Leading indicators of our economic future

December 18, 2007 21st Century Funds

Look at the actions of the MEGA board today and you will see much to counter what passes for expert opinion. The day’s agenda promises more than $550 million in new investment and the creation of more than 2,850 jobs in our state. More interesting, though, is that these jobs will take hold in a mix [...]

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Tagged as: Alternative Energy, economic diversification, Economic Growth, global automotive innovation, manufacturing diversification, renewable energy manufacturing

Celebrating Tech Growth

November 16, 2007 Venture Capital

If I told you we can take $12 million dollars and turn it into $100 million in just four years, you might think I’m blowing smoke, selling snake oil, or just plain deluded. But it is true and the proof was celebrated today in Kalamazoo. Local leaders joined Gov. Granholm at a ribbon cutting for [...]

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Tagged as: economic diversification, Economic Growth, venture capital

Driving the Alternative

September 28, 2007 Solar Energy

The other day as I was pumping gas I heard a gentleman behind me cursing the three-dollars-a-gallon he was going to have to shell out. Although I completely empathize, I also know that Michigan is fast becoming a leader in the development of alternative energy sources. Companies excelling in the solar, advanced battery, biofuel and [...]

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Tagged as: advanced battery, advanced technology, Alternative Energy, biofuel, economic diversification, Economic Growth, green manufacturing, Green Technology, manufacturing diversification, renewable energy manufacturing, solar industry, water technology sector, wind energy, wind turbine manufacturers

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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Tagged as: brownfield redevelopment, economic development partnerships, economic diversification, Economic Growth, high tech jobs, manufacturing diversification, Pure Michigan, Tourism Industry

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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Tagged as: aerospace industry, economic development attraction/retention programs, economic development partnerships, economic diversification, Economic Growth, manufacturing diversification, Michigan Advantage, Upper Hand

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