Lansing Area Starts New Development Group

David Hollister, who has led Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm's economic development efforts, will leave state government to head a new Lansing-based economic development group that includes Michigan State University.

The nonprofit coalition, called Prima Civitas (First City), hopes to lure new businesses to mid-Michigan by promoting its academic research, auto industry and local agriculture, said Hollister and MSU President Lou Anna Simon.

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