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Michigan Business Beat | Tekea Norwood, CAMW! Explains the Rapid Response Program

Michigan Business Beat
October 24, 2024 8:00 AM

Jeffrey Mosher welcomes back Tekea Norwood, COO, CAMW! the Capital Area Michigan Works!, Lansing, MI, but serving Ingham Eaton and Clinton Counties.

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Governor Whitmer Announces Funding to Build 450 New Housing Units in Detroit and Wyandotte

Michigan Business Network
October 22, 2024 6:00 PM

Increasing Supply to Help Lower the Cost of Housing in the Region   

LANSING, Mich. – Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced approval for placemaking projects that will increase housing and community vitality in Detroit and Wyandotte, as well as additional federal funding to support startups and innovators. 

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MiLEAP Announces More Than $105K Investment to Unlock Career Opportunities in Skilled Trades for Flint Youth

Michigan Business Network
October 22, 2024 3:00 PM

Funding Awarded to Active Boys in Christ through the Out-of-School Time Grants Program to Empower Local Youth

FLINT, Mich. – Today, the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (MiLEAP) announced more than $105,000 in grant funding awarded to Active Boys in Christ (ABC) through the Out-of-School Time Grants program.

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Leadership Lowdown | Pat O'Keefe - Environment Matters

Leadership Lowdown
October 22, 2024 2:00 PM

Vic Verchereau welcomes Pat O'Keefe, who is the CEO and Founder of O’Keefe.

He is the latest guest for six segments with Vic Verchereau on Leadership Lowdown.

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MEDC | Michigan’s Growth Office Awards Over $660K to Support the Creation of Five Regional Talent Retention and Attraction Programs

Michigan Business Network
October 22, 2024 8:00 AM

Regions across the state form consortiums to create innovative programs that encourage current and future residents to make Michigan their home

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Michigan’s Growth Office has announced the recipients and programs selected to receive grant funding through the first round of Make MI Home, the office’s first-of-its-kind regional talent retention and attraction pilot program.

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Gov. Whitmer Announces $6.5 Million for Shared Streets and Spaces Grant Program to Improve Infrastructure

Michigan Business Network
October 21, 2024 6:00 PM

LANSING, Mich. -- Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced a $6.5 million award in funding to 27 municipalities and eight transit agencies as part of the Shared Streets and Spaces Grant (SSSG) program.

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Gov. Whitmer Announces Administration’s $325 Million Investment to Expand Semiconductor Industry in Michigan, Creating Over 1,000 Manufacturing and Construction Jobs

Michigan Business Network
October 21, 2024 1:00 PM

Michigan company Hemlock Semiconductor (HSC) secures first significant and largest proposed investment in the state from Biden-Harris administration’s bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act to create jobs, grow Saginaw’s regional economy  

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ICYMI: Stabenow Announces Over $2 Million For Michigan Fruit and Vegetable Growers

Michigan Business Network
October 21, 2024 10:00 AM

(Thursday, October 17, 2024) – Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, Thursday announced more than $2 million across 23 grants to support Michigan specialty crop growers who produce fruits, vegetables, Christmas trees, hops, flowers, and other nursery products. The grants were awarded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program, which Stabenow created in the 2008 Farm Bill.

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ICYMI: Michigan Business Beat | Melissa Jones, MI's LEO, Tekea Norwood, CAMW! Explain the Rapid Response Program

Michigan Business Beat
October 21, 2024 9:00 AM

Jeffrey Mosher welcomes Melissa Jones, Rapid Response State Coordinator, for Michigan's LEO, the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity along with Tekea Norwood, COO, CAMW! the Capital Area Michigan Works!, Lansing, MI, but serving Ingham Eaton and Clinton Counties.

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ICYMI: Michigan Business Beat | Melissa Jones, MI's LEO, Tekea Norwood, CAMW! Explain the Rapid Response Program

Michigan Business Beat
October 18, 2024 6:00 PM

Jeffrey Mosher welcomes Melissa Jones, Rapid Response State Coordinator, for Michigan's LEO, the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity along with Tekea Norwood, COO, CAMW! the Capital Area Michigan Works!, Lansing, MI, but serving Ingham Eaton and Clinton Counties.

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