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Broadband / Digital Divide / Distance Learning / Telemedicine

Feds award Michigan $363M for rural broadband

LANSING–Michigan will receive $362,985,055 in federal funding over the next 10 years to expand broadband access to 249,263 sites statewide, officials of the Michigan Economic Development Corp. announced. The funding …

Coronavirus / Small Business

Application for Pure Michigan Small Business Relief Initiative now live

LANSING—Michigan-based small businesses that have been impacted by the COVID-19 virus may submit their applications for grants of up to $15,000 through the Pure Michigan Small Business Relief Initiative, which …

Autonomous Vehicles / Connected Vehicles / Drones / Economic Development / Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Mobility startups get state funding

LANSING—Officials with PlanetM, the state of Michigan’s mobility industry accelerator, announced its next fround of testing grants, totaling $200,000, for drone and connected vehicle technology programs. Testing of the technologies …

Economic Development

Business, community projects get state aid through MSF, MEDC

LANSING—The final meeting of 2020 for the Michigan Strategic Fund board saw approval of projects that will result in the investment of $80.7 million into businesses and communities around the …

Business Accelerators / Manufacturing

Centrepolis Accelerator to honor top clients in online ceremony Dec. 16

SOUTHFIELD—The Centrepolis Accelerator, the manufacturing business accelerator on the campus of Lawrence Technological University, will name the winners of its first-ever Centrepolis Accelerator Client Awards in an online ceremony Wednesday, …

Coronavirus / Economy

Pure Michigan Small Business Relief Initiative to provide $10M grants for COVID recovery

LANSING—The Michigan Strategic Fund board has approved a $10 million grant program to help meet the urgent needs of small businesses disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 virus. The Pure Michigan …

Computer Science

Michiganders invited to set world record during ‘Coding for Michigan’ virtual event

LANSING–Michiganders are invited to join together in an attempt to gain a Guinness World Records title during a free, online computer programming event aimed at helping Michigan achieve its goal …

Economic Development / Electric Vehicles

Ohio electric truck maker picks Michigan for R&D center

LANSING—Michigan continues to claim its position as the automotive capital of the world with the announcement from Ohio-based Lordstown Motors Corp. on plans to establish an automotive research and development …

Economic Development

MEDC helps to bring 10 sites across Michigan closer to ‘shovel ready’ status

LANSING—Ten industrial sits across Michigan have been awarded $728,500 in site readiness grants, officials at the Michigan Economic Development Corp. announced. Awarded under the  Michigan Build Ready Sites program, the …

Economic Development

State aid OK’d for community redevelopment projects

LANSING—Projects that will support growth and economic recovery in five communities around Michigan have received support from the board of the Michigan Strategic Fund, officials at the Michigan Economic Development …

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