Michigan Business Success Stories

The Lucky Wolf

As the recipients of a Revitalization and Placemaking 1.0 program award, Jason Deibler-Love and his late wife India transformed a former church into a café and performance venue that is bringing visitors, musicians and a sense of community to Paw Paw

RADD Foods

A Marquette-based small business specializing in dairy-free cheese is expanding its reach beyond the U.P. thanks to support from the MEDC’s SSBCI program

Mott Community College Culinary Arts Institute

Downtown Flint is cooking up local economic growth thanks to support from the MEDC’s Community Revitalization Program

Florian East

An inclusive brewery experience is helping to revitalize downtown Hamtramck with support from the MEDC’s Build MI Community grant initiative

173 W. Liberty Street

Kelly Sugg and Alex Bernetich give new life to a blighted, condemned property in Old Village Plymouth through the support of the MEDC Build MI Community Grant

Miracle League Field at Mundy Miracle Commons

A fully accessible, soft-surfaced baseball field at Mundy Miracle Commons provides recreational opportunities for the entire community thanks to support from the MEDC’s Public Spaces Community Places program

Buell Motorcycle Co.

Based in Grand Rapids, Buell Motorcycle Co. is revving up for a new model and company growth with assistance from the MEDC’s Collateral Support program

Black Star Farms

A Northern Michigan winery has expanded its business operations tremendously with the help of MEDC in its early years

Functional Fluidics

Focusing on red blood cell work, a Detroit-based company is revolutionizing the healthcare space with help from the MEDC

ThermoAnalytics, Inc.

An engineering company specializing in thermal simulation software turns to MEDC for operational support