The Michigan Economic Development Corporation today announced Michigan Strategic Fund approval of two Michigan Community Revitalization Program awards for historic renovation and new construction projects in Detroit and Wyandotte. The projects are expected to generate up to $27.7 million in investments and add 116 new jobs in Michigan.More

Tech entrepreneurs are on the rise in Michigan and playing an increasingly prominent role in Michigan’s economy, with the number of tech start-up companies in Michigan more than tripling over the past four years, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced today.More

The Michigan Economic Development Corporation applauded the Legislature’s passage of measures to make the 21st Century Jobs Fund program more efficient and to remove the sunset on the Fund’s existence. With more than two-thirds bipartisan support in both chambers, the House and Senate completed the last of a series of votes that will continue funding for the Pure Michigan tourism promotion campaign, the Michigan Business Development and Community Revitalization programs and the state’s noted entrepreneurial eco-system.More

The Michigan Economic Development Corporation today announced the City of Eastpointe is the third community in the state to receive Redevelopment Ready Communities® (RRC) certification. RRC is a voluntary, no-cost program that assists local municipalities in establishing a sound foundation for development and investment to occur in their communities.More

Michigan businesses are invited to explore export opportunities at five Global Trade Days export workshops taking place in Traverse City, Grand Rapids, Saginaw, Troy and Novi Oct. 13-17. The events are sponsored by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.More

Like constructing a house to withstand the many tests of harsh weather conditions and time, a prosperous economy must have a strong, unyielding foundation. Since 2010, the primary focus has been putting Michigan’s 21st-century economic foundation in place.More

The Michigan Economic Development Corporation and North Rosedale Park Civic Association today announced the launch of a new crowdfunding campaign through Michigan-based crowdfunding platform Patronicity. The campaign will support phase one of the northwest Detroit neighborhood’s Legacy Project, a community-led initiative to reinvigorate the North Rosedale Park Community House and adjacent seven-acre park.More

SP is pleased to announce two of the featured speakers who will be participating in the Opening Night reception of the Summit on Accelerating on Innovation.More

Michigan is in a sustained comeback, the head of the Michigan Economic Development Corp. says.

But that did not happen by itself and it won’t continue without the ongoing help of communities like Kalamazoo, said Michael A. Finney, presidnet and chief executive officer of the state’s top business development organization.More