Michigan Not Giving Up on Auto Jobs

Michigan will reopen three overseas economic development offices to snag more automotive jobs and encourage investment, and take other steps to reverse auto-related employment losses in the state, Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced yesterday at the Center for Automotive Research’s annual Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City.

Continuing a crusade to stem the loss of jobs across Michigan, the governor’s six-step program — her first specific plan to save automotive jobs — is designed to create and retain more automotive manufacturing jobs, as well as automotive research and development employment.

It's a bold plan, says Michigan Economic Development Corporation President Don Jakeway, who was filling me in on some of the details yesterday during our meeting here in Michigan. I hope to learn more today as the Michigan Economic Developers Association continues here in Harbor Springs, MI. Today, I present on aligning economic development and global business strategies.

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