Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Projects approved today by Michigan Strategic Fund to drive long-term economic growth across Michigan

• General Motors investing $7 billion in Lansing, Orion Township, underscoring state’s leadership in electric vehicle R&D and manufacturing • Business expansions bring $314 million in investment to Bay City, Midland • Former Eastland Mall in Harper Woods to be redeveloped into in-demand spec industrial facility • New programs approved to provide support to small, underserved businesses

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Gov. Whitmer Secures Historic $7 Billion Investment by GM to Create Thousands of Manufacturing Jobs, Making Michigan a Home for Company’s Electric Vehicle Future

• $7 billion investment will create 4,000 and retain 1,000 jobs and is a significant portion of GM’s overall planned investment in electric and autonomous vehicles through 2025 • Includes converting GM Orion Township assembly plant to build full-size EV pickups; building Ultium’s 3rd US battery cell plant in Lansing • First transformational project secured with bipartisan SOAR legislation signed into law last month

Monday, January 24, 2022

Gov. Whitmer Awards $5M to Bolster Michigan’s Growth in the Electric Vehicle and Mobility Industry

Friday, January 21, 2022

Gov. Whitmer’s Investments in West Michigan to Bring Jobs, Housing, Economic Growth and New Vibrancy to Downtown Grand Rapids, Hastings

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Ford International Airport Launches FLITE to Develop, Introduce New High-Tech Air Travel Solutions

Partnership with MEDC, Southwest Airlines Provides Grants to Innovation-Driven Companies, Allowing Them to Test New Products, Services in Live Airport Environment

Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Gov. Whitmer Announces PADNOS Operations Expansion Creating 50 jobs in West Michigan

Recycling company investing $6.6 million, adding 50 jobs in city of Wyoming

Friday, January 14, 2022

THIS JUST IN: Michigan Shows Continued Progress, Optimism in Economic Growth

Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Announces Welch Foods Expansion Creating Up to 57 Jobs in Southwest Michigan

Global manufacturer of jams, jellies, and beverages investing more than $26 million, adding up to 57 jobs in Van Buren County

Tuesday, January 11, 2022

New Economic Development Program Guidelines Create Historic Opportunity for Economic Growth Across Michigan

Michigan Strategic Fund approves guidelines for new programs that will position state to win transformational, job-creating projects in months, years to come

Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Gov. Whitmer announces air mobility corridor development in Michigan and Ontario

• First-of-its-kind aerial mobility corridor study will test the feasibility of commercial drones and other aerial systems in three areas, including cross-border. • Michigan’s aviation system contributes more than $22 billion to the state economy each year. • In 2017, Michigan and Ontario collaborated on North America's first cross-border automated vehicle test drive. • In 2020, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer created the Office of Future Mobility and Electrification (OFME). It works across state government, academia, and private industry to enhance Michigan’s mobility ecosystem, including developing dynamic mobility and electrification policies and supporting the start-up and scale-up of emerging technologies and businesses. • More than half of Michigan's automotive suppliers conduct automated vehicle testing in the state. Michigan offers more than 600 miles of roadway equipped for connected vehicle testing, and it is building the road of the future with a new 40-mile connected corridor project being led by MDOT and OFME.