Press Releases - 2024

Thursday, February 29, 2024

Nine Michigan Main Street Communities Receiving a Total of $200,000 in Grants for Downtown Improvement Projects

Read More

Thursday, February 29, 2024

New Opportunities for College Students to Benefit from The Michigander Scholars Incentive in 2024

MEDC announces new partnerships with Kettering University, Wayne State University and major employers to promote careers, recruit talent and fill jobs in semiconductor, electric vehicle industries that are key to helping grow state’s future population

Read More

Thursday, February 29, 2024

Three Business Expansions Create 82 New Jobs in West Michigan

Read More

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

New Projects Bring More Than 1,360 Jobs, Building on Michigan’s Strengths in Future Mobility, Sustainability

Board action highlights a Make It in Michigan economic strategy that invests in people, places and key new projects

Read More

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Michigan Strategic Fund Approves Grants for New Corning Manufacturing Facility, Over 1,100 Jobs in Michigan

Company selects Saginaw County to build out domestic supply chain for solar energy components

Read More

Thursday, February 22, 2024

Two Business Expansions Bring 117 New High-Tech, Manufacturing Jobs to Troy, Upper Peninsula

Digital programming services provider SAVIC establishing new operations in Troy, creating 100 high-wage tech jobs; Defense and aerospace supplier Creative Composites expanding in Rapid River, adding 17 jobs

Read More

Friday, February 16, 2024

New ‘Make it in Michigan’ Investments to Create 159 Good-Paying Jobs around the State

Read More

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Nineteen Distinctive Places in Michigan listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2023

Historic properties listed in 2023 help to tell a more complete history at the local, state, and national levels.

Read More

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

$87.5 Million in Grants Strengthen and Accelerate Site Readiness Efforts

Projects from across both peninsulas will receive support from the Strategic Site Readiness Program, prepare sites for investment. More than half of the awards will go toward site preparation on existing brownfield sites.

Read More

Monday, January 29, 2024

Lt. Gov. Gilchrist Announces $5 Million to Establish a New Venture Fund Supporting the State’s University Innovation and Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

The Michigan University Innovation Capital Fund and Consortium is a collaborative effort between the University of Michigan’s Innovation Partnerships and Michigan State University, Michigan State University Research Foundation, Wayne State University, Western Michigan University and Michigan Technological University. The new program will be funded by the Michigan Innovate Capital Fund to support pre-seed and early-stage companies across Michigan.

Read More