MEDC Daily: State to deploy $72M in first round of federally funded small business loans, investments

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State to deploy $72M in first round of federally funded small business loans, investments
(MiBiz) 19/08-2022

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State to deploy $72M in first round of federally funded small business loans, investments
(mibiz.com) 19/08-2022

The state has begun the process to dispense nearly $237 million in federal funding to support small businesses. The state has begun the process to dispense nearly $237 million in federal funding to support small businesses. Up to $72 million of the funding Michigan received from the federal Small Bu...

$5.9M housing project planned for downtown Battle Creek
(Battle Creek Enquirer) 19/08-2022

Matching grant could propel Battle Creek Regional History Museum into the future
(Battle Creek Enquirer) 19/08-2022

The fight to save Malcolm X's Inkster home and more civil rights relics in Detroit
(Crain's Detroit Business) 19/08-2022

Whitmer listens to leader concerns at Rogers City round table
(The Alpena News) 19/08-2022

Whitmer speaks at UP Fair Governor’s Luncheon
(The Iron Mountain Daily News) 19/08-2022

Grand Rapids arts group partners with MEDC on crowdfunding campaign
(MLive) 18/08-2022

Business Development

With video: Get a look inside Amazon's Hazel Park fulfillment center
(The Detroit News) 19/08-2022

Beaumont-Spectrum breaks ground on $37 million hospice, long-term care facility in Grand Rapids
(Crain's Detroit Business) 18/08-2022

Community Development

Grand Rapids ranks among cities with best residential views - Grand Rapids Business Journal
(Grand Rapids Business Journal) 19/08-2022

A new list highlighted Grand Rapids as a place to be for homes with the best views.

After 40 years empty, Jefferson-Chalmers apartment building brought back to life
(The Detroit News) 19/08-2022

Jefferson Chalmers apartments, vacant for decades, have been rehabbed
(Crain's Detroit Business) 19/08-2022

MuskegonCity Public Art Initiative bringing ‘monumental works’ to city
(Rural Innovation Exchange) 19/08-2022

The latest public art project, One Drop, honors the 70th anniversary of the Women’s Division Chamber of Commerce and is about “how individual efforts when combined become major triumphs.”

'PART OF SOMETHING GREAT' | Pop-up market helps Grand Rapids businesses get exposure
(WZZM) 19/08-2022

Mobility & Automotive

First-of-its-kind hydrogen hub planned at American Center for Mobility
(Crain's Detroit Business) 18/08-2022

Talent

Cool Places to Work 2022 | Crain's Detroit Business
(Crain's Detroit Business) 19/08-2022

The companies on this year’s list were just as likely to offer flexible hours and paid sabbaticals as they once were to have pingpong tables and free snacks.

Job fair offers free training in Great Lakes tourism, travel, international shipping
(Detroit Free Press) 19/08-2022

Entrepreneurship

Ann Arbor SPARK’s a2Tech360 returns for week-long celebration of technology, innovation
(WDIV) 18/08-2022

Travel

New $17.5M Beaver Island ferry to be built
(MLive) 19/08-2022

The state is contributing $14 million in a partnership with the Beaver Island Transportation Authority.

Proposed train service from Ann Arbor to Traverse City gets new funding for study
(Detroit Free Press) 18/08-2022

Arts & Lifestyle

Shoreline Jazz Festival returns to Muskegon‘s lakefront after two-year COVID hiatus
(MLive.com) 19/08-2022

Blending art and history in the Upper Peninsula
(Second Wave media) 19/08-2022

Charms of rural Michigan lure local back from across the pond
(Second Wave media) 19/08-2022

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