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Automation Alley rolls with the changes

Michigan Radio's Jack Lessenberry interviews Thomas Anderson, vice-president and the senior director of Automation Alley about how the Southeast Michigan based organization is working to help businesses in the City of Detroit and Genesee, Livingston,…
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Who will answer the call of the Great Lakes?

Rocky by Jessie Turner From the editors of the Sudbury Star who warn that Superior's lake levels have been below average now for almost nine years - a situation not seen in 100 years of record-keeping, and well beyond a statistical blip,…
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Michigan Week and 2007 Michigan Week Celebrations

Michigan State Capitol Post Card by Marxchivist Michigan Week is an annual celebration that seeks to to embrace, explore and celebrate the history, resources and opportunities that set Michigan apart as an ideal state to work, play and…
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When the President said "no" to Mackinac Island

Before mechanical air conditioning, U.S. presidents often left Washington, DC during the hot and steamy summers for cooler locations in the Appalachian Mountains or along the Atlantic Ocean. By the early twentieth century, Michiganians began…
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Five Things you need to know about Michigan for Monday, May 14, 2007

Been a while since I got the old 5 out of the bag. Great Lakes Blogger Dave Dempsey gets a stand-up double with this stunning satellite view of the Great Lakes, of which NASA says: At the very top of the image is a round white patch - this…
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Promoting film in (West) Michigan

H H H N S (Hand Held Holga Night Shot) by G0da Grand Rapids - Rapid Growth says that the recent Motion Picture Tax Incentives Package has begun the effort to attract more filmmakers to Michigan with a $7 million incentive fund offering…
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A few simple words about Michigan's schools

school's out by Mark O'Brien Schools are big businesses, multi-million dollar employers that spend a good part of every dollar they receive providing jobs in nearly every community in the state of Michigan. If we crash these businesses…
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Investing in Michigan's Young Farmers

SPECIAL FROM THE MICHIGAN LAND USE INSTITUTE Katie Brandt and Anna Hoekstra combined their own savings with matching federal funds to expand their successful, seven-acre farm in Van Buren County Soon after Katie Brandt graduated from…
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Government by gridlock in Michigan

Whither Michigan's Future? by Andrew McFarlane It's been a while since we last looked in on what Michigan's elected officials have been up to. Unfortunately for all of us, the answer is "Not much." Recently Michigan Radio's Jack Lessenberry…
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Numbers show food & wine travel a winner for Michigan

Greeny Goodness by Sarah Steffens Sunday's Saginaw News had a brief feature on culinary tourism that says a recent survey from the Travel Industry Association found Michigan ranked in the top 15 states for food and in the top 12 for wine-related…
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An email from the Center

Bridge by Kathy The Center for Michigan sends a weekly email newsletter that takes a look at Michigan's problems AND potential solutions from a perspective that is neither Republican nor Democrat - ie. the approach that will probably be…
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A Marshall Plan for the auto industry?

We may need to rename our blog "Dig Michigan as Dug by GROW Detroit". They tipped us off to something that most media in the state seems to be ignoring: approval by the state House labor committee to call on the U.S. Congress to create a "Marshall…