ANN ARBOR - This month, we welcome Selam Ghirmai and Tony Garcia from the Michigan Film and Digital Media Office. Ghirmai serves as the Director of the Michigan Film & Digital Media Office, with 10 years of experience working to provide a positive creative and business experience for local, out-of-state, independent, and studio productions in
DETROIT - The wait is over, and applications are now open for the Comcast RISE monetary grant! TechTown and our local partners BUILD Institute, Venture Catalysts and Grand Innovation are proud to support Comcast RISE which provides monetary grants to help Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC)-owned, small businesses grow as they navigate the
GRAND RAPIDS — The most up-to-date industry forecasts and trends will be revealed at the 22nd Michigan Automotive Suppliers Symposium, hosted by the Van Andel Global Trade Center at Grand Valley State University. With the theme “Driving Forward,” the event will bring together senior management, business owners and decision-makers from all tiers of the automotive
ANN ARBOR - Ken Rogers, the longtime executive director of Troy-based Automation Alley and former deputy Oakland County executive, passed in February. Rogers was a deputy Oakland County executive, working under then Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson, when Patterson founded Automation Alley in Oakland County and put Rogers in charge. Both hoped to stem
GRAND RAPIDS - Michigan Sustainable Business Forum is pleased to host John Elkington - world renowned author, advisor, and entrepreneur - for a discussion of his sustainability in business research and his recent book Green Swans: The Coming Boom in Regenerative Capitalism. This virtual event will feature a one-hour discussion, as well as a networking
LANSING - The MRA social equity education and outreach session March 11 will be brought to you through Zoom webinar. During this session a representative from the Field Operations section of the MRA Enforcement Division will provide information on operating multiple license types in one location or over several locations and the requirements necessary for
SOUTHFIELD—The Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University has launched a new program called the C 3 Accelerator for green technology companies working in the cleantech, climatech, and circular economy industries. The new accelerator, funded in part by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), New Economy Initiative (NEI) and the Wells Fargo
ANN ARBOR - Many entrepreneurs fail to take the vacation time that they need - or any vacation at all. This is especially the case within the first few years of their business opening. However, your business will not fail if you take a couple of days away from it. In fact, travel can help
ANN ARBOR - After a year of employees working from home, what the office market will look like longer-term — if remote working becomes permanent — is still taking shape. So far, office lease rates are not falling and vacancies are not rising as quickly as feared, while employers weigh the value of spending time
ANN ARBOR—Three counties in Michigan were identified among those most in need of new investment in green infrastructure, according to a new report from a coalition of environmental groups and consulting firms. The report, “Climate Risks and Opportunities in the Great Lakes Region,” identified Wayne, Ingham, and Isabella counties as places where green infrastructure investment
