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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

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

WSJ, USA Today trumpet Michigan’s comeback

October 11, 2011 This Just In

The winning ways of the Detroit Tigers and Lions as well as Michigan and Michigan State have both The Wall Street Journal and USA Today trumpeting the Pure Michigan economic comeback.
The Journal’s latest Michigan story declared “Detroit’s Engine Roars on Signs of Turnaround” and told readers, “If there is any place in a gloomy nation [...]

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Tagged as: career opportunities, Economic Growth, Pure Michigan, Resources, talent, tech jobs

Michigan Cities Receive Accolades from CNN Money, Forbes

September 16, 2011 Talent Enhancement

From young professionals to retirees, Michigan cities are receiving national recognition for providing a top rate quality of life.
Marquette and St. Joseph made CNN Money’s list of 25 Best Places to Retire. The list focused on cities with a high level of activities and amenities, combined with an affordable cost of living.
In Marquette – ranked [...]

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Tagged as: career opportunities, Pure Michigan, Quality of Life, talent

Guest blog – Maker Faire from the front line

July 27, 2011 Arts & Culture

By Lish Dorset, Handmade Detroit
 
With Maker Faire Detroit just a few days away, I can’t help but feel like I’m in finals mode for a Michigan State final exam. But this time around, the all-night cramming for JRN 108 has been replaced with all-night quilting. (Not a bad swap, if you ask me.) And all [...]

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Tagged as: crafter, Events, maker, Maker Faire Detroit, Pure Michigan

“Heyyy…” Michigan company’s ads showcase our cool state

July 13, 2011 Great Companies

Business, film, TV production and Michigan tourism intersected this week as the Detroit Free Press featured  the feel-good headline: Ads starring the Fonz help keep TV work in Michigan, an important reminder of how truly interconnected Michigan’s economy really is.
 The heart of the story isn’t that Henry Winkler aka Fonzie from the 1970s sitcom “Happy [...]

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Tagged as: Economic Growth, Pure Michigan, Tourism Industry

Pure Michigan: “where everybody knows your name’’

June 28, 2011 Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Pure Michigan was prominently featured at the National Homebrewers Conference in San Diego, thanks to about two dozen Michigan homebrewers who attended.
The brewers attended the Some Like it Hoppy National Homebrewers Conference, held in San Diego June 16-18. Sponsored by the American Homebrewers Association, the fun-filled three-day event gives beer hobbyists and professionals from around [...]

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Tagged as: Events, Pure Michigan

Pure Michigan Brand: Continuing to Grow

June 16, 2011 Great Companies

The Pure Michigan brand continues to grow thanks to a new partnership with Michigan Blood, announced this week. The non-profit blood center has launched a television advertising campaign that highlights the organization’s work as Pure Michigan.
The campaign, which you can view here, will run in markets across the state and feature footage from previous Pure [...]

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Tagged as: nonprofit, Pure Michigan, Quality of Life

Campus Martius – Best Urban Open Space

February 3, 2011 Great Companies

Campus Martius Park, home of Michigan’s annual Motown Winter Blast, has won a major kudo, as the first-ever recipient of Urban Land Institute’s Amanda Burden Urban Open Space Award for its key role in revitalizing and driving new economic development in Detroit’s city center.
Per ULI’s announcement: 
City’s “Jewel” Demonstrates Transformative Power of Public Realm
BOSTON – Detroit’s [...]

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Tagged as: economic development attraction/retention programs, Pure Michigan, Quality of Life

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 national Small [...]

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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

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