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Archive for the ‘Economic Development’ Category

Thursday, January 24, 2013

In 2004, Magic Johnson Enterprises, agreed to buy 30 Burger King restaurants in Atlanta, Birmingham, Ala., Dallas and Miami. Johnson said then that his goal was to promote minority entrepreneurship.

Locals Rejecting Magic Plan at State Fair

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

New Hockey Stadium? Remember Lessons from Old Ones

Friday, September 7, 2012

Photos from the Michigan State Fair at 8 Mile and Woodward in Detroit before it closed in 2009.

State Fair Magic

Thursday, August 9, 2012

501 N. Francis St. on Lansing's east side, August 6, 2012

Right Answer to Abandoned Homes?

Sunday, July 15, 2012

Detroit firefighters battling Sanders Bakery warehouse fire 830am, July 14, 2012

Fire At Historic Sanders Bakery

Friday, June 15, 2012

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, June 15, 2012, along the Detroit River in front of the Hiram Walker Whiskey headquarters. About 50 photographers were invited for a 1 minute photo op.

Snyder/Harper Bridge Deal

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Sketching Economic Development

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

University of Chicago Nobel Prize winner James Heckman and others say children are equipped for learning the day they are born. Michigan business leaders say that If we encourage them to explore and create then industry will have a stronger workforce and government expenditures can be minimized.

Can New 0-5 Childhood Education Plan Transform Us?

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Three strawberries among millions in a vast field outside Guadalupe, CA

Competing With California

Thursday, April 26, 2012