Beringea’s Jeff Bocan talks up Michigan and LEDs in HuffPo
LED lights have been a catchphrase around southeast Michigan for years as a way to save local governments boatloads of cash in energy savings. Now they look like a way for Michigan firms to make boatloads of bucks while adding even more jobs.Excerpt:Before the “Great Recession,” the state of Michigan was in its own one-state recession of sorts thanks in part to our well-documented over-dependence upon the struggling auto industry. Yes, the economy is still recovering, and things are still dark, but I can see the light! Yes, dear readers, I have seen the light at the end of Michigan’s proverbial economic tunnel, and that light shines bright with LEDs. Can I get an “Amen”?!Read the rest of the story here.
LED lights have been a catchphrase around southeast Michigan for years as a way to save local governments boatloads of cash in energy savings. Now they look like a way for Michigan firms to make boatloads of bucks while adding even more jobs.
Excerpt:
Before the “Great Recession,” the state of Michigan was in its own one-state recession of sorts thanks in part to our well-documented over-dependence upon the struggling auto industry. Yes, the economy is still recovering, and things are still dark, but I can see the light! Yes, dear readers, I have seen the light at the end of Michigan’s proverbial economic tunnel, and that light shines bright with LEDs. Can I get an “Amen”?!
Read the rest of the story here.
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