Lizabeth "Beth" Ardisana is CEO of ASG Renaissance in Dearborn and chairperson of the Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. She makes the case that SE Michigan must not only adapt for the future, but also play to its strengths right now. Check back here every weekday for new posts.
Environment Michigan has released a report calling for 20% of the state's energy to come from renewable sources by 2015, twice what a report generated by the state calls for. It also quantifies how a $225 million per year investment into renewable energy and energy efficiency could generate jobs and otherwise boost Michigan's economy.
The Michigan House of Representatives has convened a subcommittee devoted to public transit.
As the price of gasoline continues to increase, ethanol blends are becoming increasingly cost-effective at the pump.
Quicken Loan's Dan Gilbert, named Crain's Newsmaker of the Year for 2006, spoke last week at an Inforum breakfast about Southeast Michigan's regional assets as well as its liabilities. Assets: work ethic, entrepreneurship and its research universities. Liabilities: brain drain, victim mentality and bureaucracy resistant to change.
At noon on Feb. 21, The Farmington Hills campus of Oakland Community College will host a presentation and panel discussion on the area's walkability and transportation.
39 new members joined Automation Alley, the tech trade group based in Troy, in the month of January - a single month record for the organization.
A 400% increase in African immigrants to Metro Detroit in the last decade has infused the area with new stores, churches and mosques, social organizations and professional services.
Keith Schneider of the Michigan Land Use Institute, a statewide smart land use advocacy group, has started a new blog to talk about media, the internet, land use and economic development called Modeshift.
Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano is confident that a compromise can be reached with Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson over the funding of the proposed expansion to Cobo Hall.
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