This week's guest blog is supplied by Lou Glazer, the president of Ann Arbor-based Michigan Future Inc., a think-tank that is a resource of ideas for how Michigan can and should reshape its economy. Here's his first post, and check back throughout the week for more of Glazer's thoughts.
The Michigan Suburbs Alliance, a non-profit working with Southeast Michigan inner-ring suburbs, explores the issue of how sustainibility can impact the economy in an editorial, and will again at its second Mayors and Managers Policy Breakfast on Feb. 22.
United Way for Southeastern Michigan CEO Michael Brennan discusses the agency's survey process that has led them to begin working on solving the region's major problems in three key areas: educational preparedness, economic stability and basic needs. He urges the region to work together in a collaborative manner to acieve success.
Women pursuing IT careers can apply for over $50,000 in scholarships and technology stipends from the Michigan Council of Women in Technology.
WWJ has launched Michigan Future, a blog that reports on the culture of innovation in Michigan.
Macomb County officials learned Tuesday about the benefits of diversifying their economy in the realm of alternate energy sources from Steven Pueppke of the East Lansing-based Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station.
Local PBS station WTVS has started a new weekly hour-long music series focusing on top independent talent in Metro Detroit.
Fourteen of the 22 units at the River Lofts, 98 N. Gratiot Ave. in Mt. Clemens, have sold.
More than half of the lofts at the River Lofts in downtown Mt. Clemens have sold out as of early January.
Nine metro Detroit community colleges will share a $2.15 million federal grant to develop a core curriculum in "innovation education."
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