DETROIT ? Judy Johncox, Director of New Business Services at TechTown, talks about the new Business Accelerator Network that TechTown joined in June and how she hopes it will work with a pool of external business support professionals to help entrepreneurs develop startups. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
NOVI ? Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Friday announced during the first day of the Michigan Energy Fair at the Rock Financial Center that Michigan will award nine small manufacturers $15 million in grants and $5 million in loans for a total of $20 million through the Clean Energy Advanced Manufacturing program. Michigan's CEAM awards, funded
LANSING - Michigan needs to invest $7.04 billion in water treatment and stormwater management systems to bring those systems up to standards, according to a report released this week by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. But the report, based on 2008 figures, showed the state has also made substantial gains on wastewater treatment, particularly in
LANSING - A public policy initiative geared to revitalize Michigan's economy is being launched today by the Small Business Association of Michigan, which hopes to boost job creation and propel Michigan forward toward economic growth and stability. SBAM is urging state policy makers and the next governor to embrace ?economic gardening,? an economic development strategy
NOVI - The fifth annual Michigan Energy Fair has moved from the Manistee County Fairgrounds to the Rock Financial Showcase. The Fair opens at 11 am Friday and runs through Sunday at 4 pm. Admission prices start at $10. Again hosted by the Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association, the Fair is one of the way
DETROIT - Valerie Parisi, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., has been named permanent dean of the Wayne State University School of Medicine by WSU President Jay Noren following a recommendation by the School of Medicine Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate, an affirmative advisory vote by the school?s faculty and approval of the WSU Board of Governors.
LANSING ? Gov. Jennifer Granholm and other state officials spent much of Thursday trying to help convince the U.S. Senate to approve legislation that would extend Medicaid funding, and stave off the potential for a "devastating" loss of some $500 million in anticipated revenues for the 2010-11 budget. On her own and with her fellow
WASHINGTON DC - A step toward banning oil and natural gas drilling within the Great Lakes or beneath the bottomlands was taken Thursday as the House Great Lakes and Environment Committee reported HJR GGG. The measure comes nearly two months after a deepwater wellhead began spewing oil throughout the Gulf of Mexico. While Michigan has
LANSING ? Gov. Jennifer Granholm Wednesday announced state approval of a 15-year, 120.24- acre Renewable Energy Renaissance Zone in the city of Holland that will be home to the new LG Chem-Compact Power Inc. advanced battery facility. "Michigan is becoming a world capital for advanced batteries," Granholm said. "Investments in clean energy manufacturing such as
ANN ARBOR ? A group of green-energy contractors have created a company that will offer energy audits and soup-to-nuts building retrofit services. The four companies behind Meadowlark Energy include Meadowlark Builders and Arbor Spray Foam Insulation both from Ann Arbor, Superior Spray Solutions from Superior Township, and BuildScan Thermography of Saline. Each will continue to