ANN ARBOR - Meadowlark Builders will be conducting tours on Nov. 16-17 of a resource-efficient home under construction in Ann Arbor. Attendees will be able to see what makes up the core of a super energy-efficient home using a variety of the latest cutting-edge green design and building strategies mixed with tried-and-true construction methods. Advanced
KALAMAZOO ? The 2013 MichBio Expo & Conference is set for Oct. 15-16 at the Radisson Plaza Hotel in downtown Kalamazoo. The 2013 MichBio Expo will present the annual Emerging Biosciences Showcase and will feature pitches from 9 early stage, innovative bioscience start-ups across multiple industry sectors. MichBio is now accepting applications for the Emerging
LANSING ? Business projects in Ann Arbor and Roseville were granted $1.5 million in incentives from the Michigan Strategic Fund Thursday, which will be used to leverage $5.9 million in private investment. The Michigan Economic Development Corp. said the two projects also would generate 639 new jobs in the state. ?These two innovative companies deserve
DETROIT - Governor Rick Snyder mostly evaded questions during three hours of sworn testimony under questioning from attorneys representing unions trying to convince a judge to deny Snyder and Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr's efforts to let Detroit resolve its financial problems through bankruptcy. According to an unofficial transcript of the more than three-hour deposition,
OAK PARK ? Dodge, Case IH and New Holland Agriculture have donated $400,000 in equipment to Forgotten Harvest to expand its large-scale farming through Forgotten Harvest Farms, where healthy fruits and vegetables are harvested by volunteers and delivered fresh and free of charge to agencies fighting hunger in the region. ?In three years of harvesting
AUBURN HILLS ? After 35 years with Chrysler, Nancy Rae, senior vice president of human resources, has elected to retire. She will be succeeded by Michael Keegan. The changes are effective January 1, 2014. ?In her leadership role, Nancy has been a highly valued business partner in driving cultural change, advancing leadership and talent development,
LANSING - It is essential to Michigan's environment to reduce the amount of mercury being released into it, so electric utilities, particularly DTE, should drop a challenge to new federal standards, environmental groups said in a teleconference Thursday. But DTE executives said DTE cannot drop the lawsuit because it is only indirectly a party and
COPEMISH ? Contractors Building Supply hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for its solar panel assembly plant on Oct. 3 becoming the U.S. manufacturing facility for all Sonali Energees products. About 60 people attended, including Dan Scripps from the Michigan Energy Innovation Business Council, Mike Worden, President of Honor Bank and Ron Bytwerk, Mayor of Copemish
EAST LANSING - Michigan State University College of Engineering and the Boeing Company have been awarded a contract worth about $4 million from the U.S. Air Force to develop new designs of sensors that will better detect cracks in the second- and third-layers in airframe structures. Lalita Udpa, professor of electrical and computer engineering in
COPEMISH ? Contractors Building Supply hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for its solar panel assembly plant on Oct. 3 becoming the U.S. manufacturing facility for all Sonali Energees products. About 60 people attended, including Dan Scripps from the Michigan Energy Innovation Business Council, Mike Worden, President of Honor Bank and Ron Bytwerk, Mayor of Copemish