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Transportation Grants Help Create 880 Jobs In Metro Detroit

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million to the City of Detroit and the Road Commission for Oakland County. The TEDF helps finance highway, road and street projects that are critical to the movement of people and products, and getting workers to their jobs, materials to growers and manufacturers, and finished goods to consumers. City of Detroit.

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The Road to Recovery in Detroit

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These have been dark days for Detroit. The finances of a city once the center of the automotive universe are in the hands of an unelected manager appointed by Michigan’s governor. billion in its Jefferson North plant on Detroit’s dilapidated East Side. Annual production at the facility has tripled since 2008.

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Guide to Top 2023-24 Construction Conferences & Events

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Get more details 25th Annual Lean Construction Congress (Detroit, Michigan) October 24–27, 2023 The LCI Congress is held annually with a focus on Lean transformation in the built environment through Lean implementation. The 25th annual event will take place in Detroit, Michigan on October 24th through the 27th, 2023.

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UniFirst Investing $12M In Owensboro, KY Expansion

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Last month, the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority (KEDFA) preliminarily approved UniFirst for tax incentives up to $500,000 through the Kentucky Business Investment program. UniFirst recently purchased Detroit-based competitor Arrow Uniforms in a $122 million cash deal. UniFirst Corp. Source: UniFirst). Matt Bevin. “We

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Conferences Micro-Lessons: 6 Ideas Worth Sharing

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When asked how much they felt technology, finance, and society’s will would play in moving our future toward carbon neutrality, Warren and Byron agreed that people would have the largest role. ULI Spring Meeting | Detroit, MI. #5: More to come on Org Bio soon! 5: Capital markets live assessment. 6: The rise of modular.

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SNAPSHOTS: 60 Seconds…with Stephen Moret, Secretary, Louisiana Economic Development

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These have been dark days for Detroit. The finances of a city once the center of the automotive universe are in the hands of an unelected manager appointed by Michigan’s governor. billion in its Jefferson North plant on Detroit’s dilapidated East Side. And we creatively, collaboratively and relentlessly focus on the details.

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Feature Story: Public-Private Partnerships – An Alliance For Progress That Works

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The expansion made room for 20 new employees, which brought its total employment in Sunrise to more than 70. MEDC touts recent projects such as Whirlpool, Two Men and a Truck, Stik.com and the creation of an urban innovation district in downtown Detroit as examples of its growing success. According to a report by Washington, D.C.-based

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