Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Ford International Airport Launches FLITE to Develop, Introduce New High-Tech Air Travel Solutions

Partnership with MEDC, Southwest Airlines Provides Grants to Innovation-Driven Companies, Allowing Them to Test New Products, Services in Live Airport Environment

Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Gov. Whitmer Announces PADNOS Operations Expansion Creating 50 jobs in West Michigan

Recycling company investing $6.6 million, adding 50 jobs in city of Wyoming

Friday, January 14, 2022

THIS JUST IN: Michigan Shows Continued Progress, Optimism in Economic Growth

Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Announces Welch Foods Expansion Creating Up to 57 Jobs in Southwest Michigan

Global manufacturer of jams, jellies, and beverages investing more than $26 million, adding up to 57 jobs in Van Buren County

Tuesday, January 11, 2022

New Economic Development Program Guidelines Create Historic Opportunity for Economic Growth Across Michigan

Michigan Strategic Fund approves guidelines for new programs that will position state to win transformational, job-creating projects in months, years to come

Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Gov. Whitmer announces air mobility corridor development in Michigan and Ontario

• First-of-its-kind aerial mobility corridor study will test the feasibility of commercial drones and other aerial systems in three areas, including cross-border. • Michigan’s aviation system contributes more than $22 billion to the state economy each year. • In 2017, Michigan and Ontario collaborated on North America's first cross-border automated vehicle test drive. • In 2020, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer created the Office of Future Mobility and Electrification (OFME). It works across state government, academia, and private industry to enhance Michigan’s mobility ecosystem, including developing dynamic mobility and electrification policies and supporting the start-up and scale-up of emerging technologies and businesses. • More than half of Michigan's automotive suppliers conduct automated vehicle testing in the state. Michigan offers more than 600 miles of roadway equipped for connected vehicle testing, and it is building the road of the future with a new 40-mile connected corridor project being led by MDOT and OFME.

Monday, January 3, 2022

Crowdfunding campaign launched for ‘East Lansing Patriarche Park Pickleball Project’

$50,000 goal to win matching grant through MEDC’s Public Spaces Community Places initiative

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Gov. Whitmer Announces Three Michigan Downtowns Gain Historic Designation Through National Register of Historic Places

Ishpeming, Negaunee and Wayland will benefit from recognition, sense of pride that come with a downtown historic district

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

MEDC 2021 in Review: A Year of Impact across Michigan

• Historic legislation signed into law creating new programs, appropriating $1 billion to drive economic growth across Michigan • Business expansion and community revitalization projects supported by the Michigan Strategic Fund in fiscal year 2021 are projected to create nearly 14,000 jobs across the state, leverage more than $3.7 billion in total private investment • Continued support of small and mid-sized businesses through MEDC grants, technical assistance and signature Industry 4.0 initiative

Monday, December 20, 2021

THIS JUST IN: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs economic development bills into law

New programs, $1 billion in funding will provide historic opportunity for economic growth across Michigan