Mid-Michigan Goes for Bio-Manufacturing

$15 million federal grant will be used to jump-start a new manufacturing sector in mid-Michigan that will create products from the state's plentiful supply of grains and plants instead of from petrochemicals, a spokesman for the Mid-Michigan Innovation Alliance said Wednesday.

Mid-Michigan is one of 13 regions around the nation that is receiving a three-year, $15 million Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (Wired) grant from the federal government. Representatives from each community met this week to share their plans and get a pep talk from Labor Secretary Elaine Chao.

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