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SPECIAL: COVID-19 NEWS & RESOURCES
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Free
COVID-19 testing available as cases surge  
(secondwavemedia) 16/10-2020
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A recent surge in COVID-19 cases has prompted the Allegan County Health Department to offer a series of free testing events to make it easier for residents to get tested. This map provided
by the state of Michigan shows COVID-19 cases by the county. As concerns that Michigan may be entering a
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Community Development
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Allied
Media Projects begins development of Love Building in Core City  
(secondwavemedia) 16/10-2020
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Half of the ground floor of the Love Building at 4731 Grand River in Core City is raised four steps higher than street level. Some people might not think twice about it, but for a person
who uses a wheelchair, it’s one of the first things that’s noticed. While the architects at the Oakland,
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Osi
Art Apartments Launches First Phase of New West End Gallery District  
(The Michigan Chronicle)
16/10-2020
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Rain showers and cloudy, overcast skies to begin the day don’t make for the best photo opportunities at a groundbreaking ceremony. Still, developer Roderick Hardamon, CEO of URGE Development
Group, found Thursday’s weather befitting, “Today proves that even through the clouds and the storms, the light
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Mobility & Automotive
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Autonomous
Shuttle Added to The Henry Ford Collection  
(DBusiness) 16/10-2020
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A Navya Autonom Shuttle has been donated to The Henry Ford by Mcity and will be on display. // Photo courtesy of The Henry Ford The Henry Ford in Dearborn has acquired a Navya Autonom Shuttle,
donated by Mcity in Ann Arbor. The shuttle will be on display along with signage and passengers’ reactions
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Entrepreneurship
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Manufacturing
startups win cash at LTU event  
(Crain's Detroit Business)
16/10-2020
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Three startup companies are a step closer to their goal of producing manufacturing technologies following their performance in a competition that included developers from across the globe.
Archimedes of Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor-based S3D Precision Dispensing Inc., and Invisible AI of San Francisco were
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Economic Trends
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Northern
Michigan real estate booms as builders struggle to meet demand  
(Spartan Newsroom) 16/10-2020
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By ZHOLDAS ORISBAYEV Capital News Service LANSING — Michigan builders are prioritizing the construction of higher value homes to gain more profit, a market driven in part by the pandemic.
But the state lacks housing for moderate-income buyers, such as the workers who build the high end homes,
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