For years I have said that the city of Detroit needs more gentrification and congestion. As most of you would expect, the push-back is immediate
We finish our new report, “A path to good-paying careers for all Michiganders: Creating places across Michigan where people want to live and work,” and
As the tragedy of Flint reminded us all, up to date infrastructure is an essential ingredient to livable communities. Transportation, water, energy and digital communications
Just as talent––the asset that matters most to future economic growth––comes in all human varieties, talented people are looking for a wide variety of quality
The state must do its part to ensure that no talented workers are turned off and turned away by Michigan’s communities. That means a legal
Over two decades of research has taught us one fundamental lesson: Talent = economic growth. The key to retaining and attracting talent is creating places
As we all now know Amazon picked New York City and the northern Virginia inner ring suburbs of Washington D.C. for their HQ2. Both characterized by
If there is one issue that both Michigan candidates for governor seem to agree on it is that fixing the roads is a top priority.
The New York Times recently wrote about Ford’s purchase of the long-abandoned Detroit train station. The article’s subtitle is what matters: By renovating a symbol of
When Bart Carrigan moved from East Lansing to Minneapolis to manage his Michigan-based employer’s newly opened restaurant, he was struck by the city’s many amenities.
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