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MEDC In the News
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Robotics
manufacturing shows Michigan’s automation leadership   
(Holland Sentinel) 12/11-2019
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Robotics manufacturing shows Michigan’s automation leadership By Evan Jones / Capital News Service Posted Nov 11, 2019 at 1:01 PM LANSING — Engineering students at Northwestern Michigan
College program autonomous rovers to inspect environments underwater and in the air in-real time. The rovers
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Business Development
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From
thin air: Partnership brings clean water-bottling technology to Flint
(Crain's Detroit Business)
12/11-2019
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In the national public consciousness, Flint plus water equals disaster. Or so it has for the last five years. A clean-tech company in Arizona and a Flint Northern High School graduate are
partnering to write a new equation: Flint plus water equals revenue — plus money for the Flint Water Fund.
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Opening
date set for Latin street food restaurant, tequila bar in Flint
(Flint Journal) 12/11-2019
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Opening date set for Latin street food restaurant, tequila bar in Flint Updated Nov 10, 9:36 PM;Posted Nov 10, 9:07 PM Opening date set for new Flint restaurant Xolo, a Latin street food
restaurant and tequila bar, is set to open Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019 in downtown Flint. (Photo provided by Spencer
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Community Development
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Does
Port Huron have one of the most economically vital downtowns?
(Times Herald) 12/11-2019
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Kate Voss said the difference between downtown Port Huron seven years ago when she first opened her cafe versus now is "huge." “Every storefront is filled," said the owner of Kate's Downtown.
"I absolutely can feel the difference and the resurgence and I think it’s just going to keep getting
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Mobility & Automotive
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UM
Study Finds What People Want In An Autonomous Car
(MI Tech News) 12/11-2019
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ANN ARBOR—Agreeable, conscientious and stable. These are three human personality traits that, it turns out, we want to see in our driverless cars regardless of whether we possess them ourselves,
according to a new study from the University of Michigan. UM researchers set out to examine how a
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Talent
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Macomb-OU
Incubator offers new cybersecurity class
(Rochester Regional Chamber)
12/11-2019
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Oakland University’s Macomb-OU Inc. has launched a program aimed at helping Macomb County teachers learn best practices in cybersecurity education, an area that has become more important
as technology-related data and security threats increase. The course, Cybersecurity Essentials for Educators,
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Tight
labor market drives ‘disruptive’ automation in plastics manufacturing
(MiBiz) 12/11-2019
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Tight labor market drives ‘disruptive’ automation in plastics manufacturing BY JESSICA YOUNG Sunday, November 10, 2019 07:00pm The desire to continue to grow and keep production in West
Michigan despite a crippling labor shortage remains the principal driver for Byrne Electrical Specialists Inc.’s adoption of automation.
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Staffing
agency producing Veteran Employment Summit
(Grand Rapids Business Journal)
11/11-2019
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A local staffing agency is hosting a summit that will provide best practices for hiring, onboarding and retaining military veterans. Express Employment Professionals of Grand Rapids, or
Express Pros, will host its Veteran Employment Summit on Nov. 21 from 7:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The event — which
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Entrepreneurship
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Israel
Summit at Michigan celebrates innovation and entrepreneurship
(The Michigan Daily)
12/11-2019
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The first ever Israel Summit at Michigan drew about 100 students and community members to the Ross School of Business Sunday morning for an event highlighting Israeli innovation and entrepreneurship.
The summit opened with accomplished speakers in diverse industries including entrepreneur tech
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Travel
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New
boutique hotel makes a splash on Mackinac Island
(Detroit News) 12/11-2019
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New boutique hotel makes a splash on Mackinac Island Susan R. Pollack, Special to The Detroit NewsPublished 7:44 p.m. ET Nov. 8, 2019 Andrew Doud has delivered lots of groceries on Mackinac
Island as the proprietor of the island’s only market, which dates to 1884 and ranks as America’s oldest
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Arts & Lifestyle
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‘Up
There’ film puts spotlight on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
(MLive.com) 12/11-2019
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NORWAY, MI -- The making of the newly released independent film “Up There” reads like a Hollywood script in itself. Three friends living in Los Angeles, tired of their day jobs, but with
aspirations of making it in the film industry, move away from the glitz and glamour of L.A. to.... make a movie
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