A New Culture for Michigan Job, residential and economic activity are on the agenda By Jackie Berg Multicultural communication, business development and leadership will play an increasingly important role in strengthening Michigan’s economic climate, according to Governor Rick Snyder. “One of the strengths of Michigan that we don’t talk enough about is the strength of […]
Mobile and move-in ready, immigrants are well-poised to transform the landscape of Michigan’s inner-city neighborhoods. They have the determination, skills and, most often, funding needed to start new businesses. Where they go, prosperity usually follows. In 2010, new immigrant business owners generated $1.8 billion in total net business income, which represented 9.2 percent of Michigan’s […]
Building bridges is a great thing. They connect people and cultures, break down separation, and bring businesses to jobs and jobs to businesses. In short, they fill gaps. There’s a new bridge being built between Michigan and Israel. It’s part of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s (MEDC) Pure Michigan Business Connect program and is created […]
With a still sluggish economy, the quicker high school students are prepared for their future, the better. Perhaps it was the thought that led The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration to team up and create a more diverse transportation workforce for the future with the Youth Development and Mentoring Program. It is […]
When an electrician comes to your door, a woman is not what you expect on the other side. You probably won’t be wrong, but that may change soon. Skilled trades job are for women, too, and so is the lucrative career that goes with it. Today more than 8,300 skilled trade jobs need to be […]
This will change your impression of a diva. The 500 young women coming to Eastern Michigan University’s campus on April 22 to attend the Digital Divas conference are anything, but prima donnas but they are there to learn how to have a distinguished and successful STEM career. These young women will learn concepts that could give […]
When people talk about Detroit’s resurgence, Midtown and downtown often take center stage, but the neighborhoods are just as changeable. That “change agent” needn’t come from major construction projects, new businesses, or celebrity attention – it’s a change that can come from within. That’s why Build a Better Block Foundation supports efforts to empower communities […]
Detroit’s revitalization is intimately tied to one all-important aspect of any city’s economic prosperity: job creation. That is where the city’s new Workforce Development Board, even in its infancy, is already showing the potential to boost the number, the quality and the training needed to improve the job outlook within Detroit. Led by Mayor Mike […]
Mayor Mike Duggan remembers when tall buildings around his new office at Coleman A. Young Municipal Center were filled with empty floors. It was early in his first year after being elected, and surveying the land left him feeling challenged. Today he’s thankful corporations have begun filling the towers downtown. “This is a day I […]
Detroit needs jobs. Not just any jobs, but jobs that pay a living wage. The problem is there are not enough suitable jobs in Detroit to go around. There are only about 259,000 and only a fourth of them are held by people who live in the city. Worse yet, in 2014 just half of […]