Michigan Governor Says Think Brain Belt, Not Rust Belt

Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has a message for national writers who come to Michigan with presidential candidates and write that they are barnstorming the Rust Belt. She sees it as the brain belt for innovation and technology.

Calling Michigan the Rust Belt “is so 20th century,” she said in outlining an economic development strategy designed to increase auto industry production and research and development jobs.

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