Now is the time to make fundamental change in the state’s economic development playbook. What we have been doing has not worked. Michigan’s per capita
Recently Intel announced they are going to invest an initial $20 billion in a new chip fabrication plant in metro Columbus Ohio. Initial because Intel’s
The 21st Century path to prosperity––to a broad middle class––is concentrating talent. Not factory jobs. Why? Because today’s mass middle class are professionals and managers
On Tuesday, Bridge published an essay I co-wrote with Ned Staebler, the vice president for economic development at Wayne State University and the president and
This post is about what good-paying jobs focused economic development should look like. About what it takes to grow, retain and attract high-wage jobs. It
Today we’re pleased to feature a guest post from Ned Staebler, the Vice President for Economic Development at Wayne State University and the President and
Let’s start the new year with the big picture. An overview of the structural economic challenges Michigan faces if we are to have an economy
In preparing presentations about our placemaking recommendations what has struck me is that the key message can be summed up in three words: talent attracts
Over two decades of research has taught us one fundamental lesson: Talent = economic growth. The key to retaining and attracting talent is creating places
There has been good news on transit for metro Detroit. M1 –– the light rail line from downtown to midtown –– is going to be
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