Blog tagged as Economic Development

The Michigan Strategic Fund board met Tuesday and approved incentives through private bonds, grants and loans worth nearly $277 million for 37 different projects to support businesses.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday that the Strategic Outreach and Attraction Reserve (SOAR) package presented by House Democrats this week has “a lot of promise to it,” a slightly more positive response than her previous reaction to the Senate’s amended SOAR package.

Fay Beydoun, who made news this month for using $4,500 from a state grant she received on a coffee maker, was removed from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation Executive (MEDC) Committee by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer after her term expired.

The newly renamed Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Economic Development and Lifelong Learning had its first budget hearing, during which Chair Will Snyder (D-Muskegon) asked more about the difference between Michigan Marketing and Pure Michigan funding.

Pure Michigan? That was yesterday's marketing message for tourists.