CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women) Detroit is gearing up for its seventh annual CREW Careers program May 15, 2014 at Quicken Loans (the Qube Building) in downtown Detroit.
An interactive mentoring program, CREW Careers is an exciting, hands-on experience, designed to introduce teenage girls to the various careers available in commercial real estate.More

Businesses looking to reduce energy costs and building operating expenses have a one-stop information resource at All Things Green 2014: Energy Savings for Business. The event, organized by the Macomb County Chamber, is scheduled on Tuesday, May 20, at the IBEW-NECA Electrical Industry Training Center at 2277 East 11 Mile Road in Warren.More

Join us for the groundbreaking ceremony as we begin this next segment of the seven year – $165 million repair program. See attached history and explanation of the complete projectMore

The state of Michigan took an important look at the future of the automotive industry and the state’s role as the automotive capital of the world in a recently released strategic plan. The plan focuses on growing Michigan’s capacity to meet the changing demands of the North American and global automotive markets.More

There’s no question that an economy at least some of us grew up with has dramatically changed in recent years.

Really, no surprise there.

The somewhat surprising component to this story of transformation is just how well an area economy that was once viewed as the heartland of American manufacturing has become one of its most proliferate when it comes to companies whose livelihoods embrace digital, science and technology.More

MidAmerican Energy will fully supply the first phase of Google’s data facilities in Council Bluffs with 100 percent renewable wind energy — bundled with, and tracked by, renewable energy certificates — which will allow additional phases of Google operations to be supplied with wind-sourced energy as the company grows in Iowa. Google has been working with MidAmerican Energy since the 2007 construction of its Iowa data center in order to procure additional renewable resources.More

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a Manufacturers Performance Report that assesses the automobile industry’s progress toward meeting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for cars and light trucks in the 2012 model year – the first year of this fourteen year program. The report reveals that consumers bought cleaner vehicles in the first year of the program than the 2012 GHG standard required, and that automakers are off to a good start in meeting program requirements.More

Automation Alley, Michigan’s largest technology business association, has hired Tom Kelly as director of entrepreneurship. Kelly will oversee the organization’s technology business accelerator programs.More

If there’s any place that shines as an example of how Michiganders are hustling, working hard and trying to grow the economy, Frontal Lobe is it.

It’s a privately owned office in downtown Howell where entrepreneurs can co-work with others, share ideas and hopefully grow their businesses. While entrepreneurs use the facility much like a business incubator, owners say it is much more than that. The owners call Frontal Lobe a “co-working facility.” The place has an attorney, accountant, web developer, writer and other small business entrepreneurs.More

In the heart of Detroit, near the river, people will soon be able to experience things not typically found in an urban setting: snowmobile and offroad driving simulations, faux-piloting an environmental reconnaissance Cessna, and hunching into a deer blind with a rifle.More