(Detroit) – Matty Moroun’s death grip on international trade in Detroit will be coming to an end soon, as Governor Snyder is expected to announce a deal to build a second bridge connecting Detroit to Windsor. As the owner of the Ambassador Bridge, Maroun has controlled the only international border crossing for trucks near the [...]

(Mackinac) – Governor Rick Snyder announced an impressive set of initiatives aimed at improving the local economy here in Michigan. The Pure Michigan Business Connect plan was put together by the Governor and officials from the Michigan Economic Development Corp. and includes the following five initiatives: Pure Michigan Business Connect Network – A business to [...]

(Mackinac) – At the annual Detroit Regional Chamber’s Mackinac Policy Conference, Bill Ford Jr. presented his vision for our economic future. The Chairman of Ford Motor Co. believes Detroit and Southeastern Michigan is in a great position to become the “Silicon Valley of urban mobility”. The number of vehicles worldwide is expected to quadruple to [...]

(Detroit) – Next weekend marks the return of open-wheel racing to Detroit after a six year absence. During those six years, GM has gone through a bankruptcy and emerged stronger, and the Detroit economy has bottomed out and appears to be recovering. Chevrolet is doing more than sponsoring the event. As a supplier of engines [...]

It’s no secret that Michigan has been losing manufacturing jobs for years. Many of these jobs fled to the south due to the unions, and many more fled overseas thanks to lower labor costs. But one thing that Michigan has retained is a highly skilled work force. Michigan has more engineers per capita than any [...]

It seems like just about every building in Detroit has been bought recently, an indication that the commercial real estate prices in Detroit are on their way back up. After years of stagnation downtown, business leaders have finally decided to stop waiting on city leadership to get their act together. With the Mayor and city [...]

As contrived as the “Webward Avenue” name may be, there is at least a very clear purpose behind it. Rebuilding an industrial city into something new will take a lot of re-branding and marketing, but the effort is clearly already underway. The goal is to bring tech companies and marketing firms downtown, and the newest [...]

The private investment group behind the M-1 light rail project have come up with the money to cover the completion of the project and the first 10 years of operations. The M-1 light rail project will connect Downtown to New Center, running along Woodward from Jefferson to Grand Blvd. The group estimates the cost to [...]

Wayne State University purchased the abandoned Dalgleish Cadillac building on Woodward two years ago, and now they plan to finally put it to use. Originally, TechTown was expected to use the building, but they haven’t had the funding for renovations. Now Wayne State has decided to use the building instead, with plans to turn it [...]