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Dell For Startups National Competition Coming to StartupNation in Birmingham in September
(DBusiness) 26/08-2022

MEDC In the News

Pontiac Receives Certified Local Government Status Supporting Historic Preservation
(DBusiness) 26/08-2022

ISAIC Expands Detroit, Michigan, Operations
(Area Development) 26/08-2022

Lakeshore Advantage seeks proposals for spending federal pandemic relief on business stabilization
(mibiz.com) 26/08-2022

Economic development organization Lakeshore Advantage Corp. is seeking proposals for using a portion of federal American Rescue Plan Act funding to support local businesses. Economic development organization Lakeshore Advantage Corp. is seeking proposals for using a portion of federal American Rescu...

Pontiac joins 38 Michigan cities in historic group
(The Oakland Press) 26/08-2022

The city can now apply for federal historic-preservation grants for a variety of efforts.

LG Energy Solution inches closer to bond support for Holland expansion
(Holland Sentinel) 26/08-2022

MEDC approves tax incentive for Holland EV battery plant - Grand Rapids Business Journal
(Grand Rapids Business Journal) 26/08-2022

The Michigan Economic Development Corporation recently approved an inducement resolution in the amount of $500 million, a tax exempt private activity bond, giving LG Energy Solution Michigan Inc. the go-ahead it needed to proceed with seeking financing for its electric vehicle battery plant expansion in Holland.

Business Development

Black Footwear Forum national conference headed to Detroit next month
(Crain's Detroit Business) 26/08-2022

Black Footwear Forum, a nationally acclaimed conference aimed at talent diversity, is making a comeback after a pandemic-induced hiatus — this time in Detroit.

Startup airline aims to fly into Lansing, Kalamazoo-Battle Creek airports
(Crain's Detroit Business) 26/08-2022

Detroit’s oldest Black-owned businesses on the key to their staying power
(Crain's Detroit Business) 26/08-2022

UP Cybersecurity Institute symposium starts Tuesday at NMU
(The Iron Mountain Daily News) 26/08-2022

Metal Flow expands in Holland Township
(Rural Innovation Exchange) 26/08-2022

Metal Flow’s expansion will add 60,000 square feet of space in a new facility and create 10 new jobs.

$300,000 in Micro-Enterprise Grants is set to help 60 Kalamazoo-based businesses
(Southwest Michigan's Second Wave) 26/08-2022

The third round of grants to help small businesses hit hard by the COVID-19 shutdown – announced on Aug. 18, 2022 -- will help 60 local enterprises clear hurdles like those, and many others. Each business is set to receive a $5,000 share of some $300