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MEDC
calls for Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch entries   
(Grand Rapids Business Journal)
27/07-2020
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The Michigan Economic Development Corporation is inviting companies and startups to apply for an upcoming pitch competition. MEDC said it is partnering with Entrepreneur Magazine to host
a special Michigan-themed episode of Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch, a 60-second pitch competition for companies
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MEDC In the News
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Agriculture
Forum: Grants keep farm workers safe
(Record-Eagle) 27/07-2020
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Moore Last week, two programs were announced aimed at helping Michigan farmers and processors keep their employees safe during the COVID-19 pandemic: The Agriculture Safety Grant program
was made available on July 15 and supports farms and processors with at least 10 employees.
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Efforts
underway to make Big Rapids more bicycle friendly
(Big Rapids News) 27/07-2020
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Efforts underway to make Big Rapids more bicycle friendly Will add parking spaces to lots Alicia Jaimes,
alicia.jaimes@pioneergroup.com Published 5:45 am EDT, Saturday, July 25, 2020 According to Neighborhood Services Director Paula Priebe, the idea for new bicycle options
stems from the RRC process, but the city has stated in the past that they'd like to become more bicycle-friendly for their residents.
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SPECIAL: COVID-19 NEWS & RESOURCES
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Manufacturing:
Companies pivot, rotate in response to pandemic
(Record-Eagle) 27/07-2020
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Editor's note: This article was published in the Record-Eagle's Rise special publication. For more stories from northern Michigan's economic engine click here to read Rise in its entirety
online. TRAVERSE CITY — Events were starting to fall from the calendar. First it was a trickle of meetings
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Warren
Call: Welcome to a different world
(Record-Eagle) 27/07-2020
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Editor's note: This article was published in the Record-Eagle's Rise special publication. For more stories from northern Michigan's economic engine click here to read Rise in its entirety
online.
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Free
COVID-19 educational modules available from NMU
(The Daily Mining Gazette)
27/07-2020
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As the number of COVID-19 cases trends upward in many locations, Northern Michigan University continues to offer 11 self-paced, online educational modules related to the pandemic free of
charge. NMU faculty members from a variety of disciplines developed the short, non-credit courses. Topics range
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Business Development
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Fast
50 2020: Southeast Michigan's fastest-growing companies
(Crain's Detroit Business)
27/07-2020
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Growth isn’t the bottom line in business, but it’s one of the routes to get to that bottom line. Companies chase growth for a variety of reasons — to gain economies of scale, acquire competitors
are among them. Crain’s Fast 50 is our version of a fastest-growing companies list, but it’s a little
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Community Development
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Dog
park with drinks for owners in works near Grand Rapids
(Petoskey News-Review)
27/07-2020
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PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A cold one while Max chases his buddies? An indoor dog park is in the works near Grand Rapids. While pets get exercise, their owners might be able to get
a drink. The Plainfield Township Board recently voted to give a liquor license to The Pack Indoor Dog Park,
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Blog:
The Great Stain: 10 Years after the Kalamazoo River oil spill
(secondwavemedia) 27/07-2020
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Most of us in southern Michigan, including the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi (NHBP), knew that we shared our area with pipelines, but few of us knew much about them. On July
26, 2010, that changed forever. What had been silently beneath our feet delivering crude oil to refineries since
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Grand
Rapids population grows almost 3% over three years
(Grand Rapids Business Journal)
27/07-2020
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Grand Rapids population grows almost 3% over three years By Ehren Wynder -July 27, 2020 Photo by iStock A new report from Roofstock.com looked at affordable metropolitan areas most people
are moving to and found Grand Rapids had a net population growth of 30,822 people between 2015 and 2018.
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Discounts
for electric bikes being offered to Ann Arbor residents
(MLive.com) 27/07-2020
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ANN ARBOR, MI -- Ann Arbor residents interested in cycling around town more have a chance to receive a discount on a new bike. The city of Ann Arbor has launched a new community incentive
program for e-bikes, in an effort to achieve carbon-neutrality by 2030. It’s offering a discount of up to $150
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Mobility & Automotive
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Robert
Bosch makes a play to be the global go-to for auto software
(Crain's Detroit Business)
27/07-2020
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The demand for auto supplier software is exploding, and the world's biggest parts company just repositioned itself to capitalize on it. In a bid to sell more software services and hang
onto business that is slipping away to other vendors, Robert Bosch moved last week to combine its global
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Ford
pilots four-legged robots to help scan plant floors
(Crain's Detroit Business)
27/07-2020
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Ford Motor Co. is testing out a pair of four-legged robots at a transmission plant in suburban Detroit in hopes the technology can help it more quickly change over manufacturing facilities
to build new products. The automaker earlier this year leased two robots from Boston Dynamics named Fluffy and
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Meet
Fluffy: Ford trains robotic dog to map its plants
(The Detroit News) 27/07-2020
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Ford Motor Co. digital engineer Paula Wiebelhaus takes Fluffy outside for walks in the yard. Her cats hide from him. He has his own spot in a corner of the bedroom where after a run, he
plugs into his charger to reenergize. Fluffy is no typical dog. The bright-yellow creature is a nimble
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Talent
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UP
university will offer classes, degrees in Lower Peninsula
(Manistee News) 27/07-2020
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ST. HELEN, Mich. (AP) — An Upper Peninsula university is expanding into Michigan's Lower Peninsula. Lake Superior State University said it will offer classes at Charlton Heston Academy
in St. Helen in Roscommon County, about 150 miles north of Lansing. Students can pursue bachelor's degrees in
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Arts & Lifestyle
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DIA,
other Detroit outfits offer artistic flair in masks
(The Detroit News) 27/07-2020
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The coronavirus pandemic prompted the sales of plain-color masks, but face coverings being sold in the Detroit area are increasingly taking on an artistic flair that caters to creative
individuals and the fine arts crowd. The Detroit Institute of Arts rolled out an initial line of fine arts masks
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