In Governor Jennifer Granholm's State of the State address on Tuesday, she proposed initiatives that would retain and attract workers and diversify Michigan's economy including training and education, alternative energy and stem cell research.
In her annual State of the State address, Governor Jennifer Granholm called for two years of free training or community college for any displaced worker in Michigan.
The Cultural Alliance of SE Michigan has received $400,000 in start-up funding from the Community Foundation of Southeastern Michigan along with the McGregor Fund and the Hudson-Webber Foundation. The Alliance will work to increase collaborations between and visibility of arts and cultural organizations in the seven-county SEMCOG region.
DMCVB has tapped Holly-based Detroit-muscle to build a custom hot rod, the D-Rod, to showcase Detroit's appeal as the Motor City and as a travel and leisure destination.
Michigan has released a new statewide energy plan that calls for 10% of future power generation to come from renewable sources.
Michigan State University has launched the Great Lakes Wiki to encourage residents of Great Lakes states to tell the stories of the region. The wiki was one of ten nationwide that received start-up funding from J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism.
Advertising agency Topolewski Group has moved into its new 2,000-square-foot headquarters in downtown Ferndale.
The Porch Light Partnership –-a collaboration between the City of Ferndale, Paramount Bank, Lighthouse Community Development and Oakland County-- will present a free homebuyer seminar Saturday at the Ferndale Public Library.
Michigan's Fair Housing Center conducted a study of discrimination towards gay and lesbian couples when looking for housing. The study showed the least discrimination in Metro Detroit, including Detroit, Ferndale and Birmingham.
The networking and training opportunties that Automation Alley offers its members have helped to increase its membership - by 16% in 2006 alone.
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