Mid-Michigan Lands WIRED Grant

Michigan State University President Lou Anna K. Simon today announced the kickoff of the Mid-Michigan Innovation Alliance that will implement a three-year $15 million WIRED grant awarded to the area by the U.S. Department of Labor. Simon also announced that David C. Hollister, CEO of the Prima Civitas Foundation, will coordinate the alliance and implement the WIRED grant.

The Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) grant awarded to the Mid-Michigan Innovation Alliance in February is one of 13 grants awarded nationally by the U.S. Department of Labor. A key element of the mid-Michigan proposal is to refocus automotive supplier firms once tied to the automotive industry to emerging and growing manufacturing markets as well as the development of an alternative energy sector, including preparing workers for jobs in the bio-based, post-petroleum economy.

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