What We Heard From the Michigan Small Business Ecosystem: Five Themes from the MEDC Small Business RFI

Through a Request for Information earlier this year, the MEDC asked statewide stakeholders: what do small businesses need right now to drive resiliency, growth and scale?  

Making Sure Companies Choose Michigan

MEDC responds to a Wall Street Journal editorial and sets the record straight on its incentives for business

Over 7,500 Small Businesses Served (and Counting)

An interim report on the Small Business Support Hubs program found over 7,500 established businesses had been served as of June 2025 by Michigan’s 27 hubs, in every county of the state

Op-ed: Business lessons learned from all 83 Michigan counties

A Crain’s Detroit Business op-ed penned by MEDC CEO Quentin L. Messer, Jr. highlights the key takeaways from the Voices storytelling initiative

Governor Whitmer’s FY2027 state budget proposal maintains strong support for ‘Make It in Michigan’ economic development strategy

The governor’s proposed FY2027 budget recommendations continue measures that invest in the MEDC’s work to ensure all Michiganders can ‘Make It in Michigan’