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Put Michigan dried and frozen cherries on the menu year-round
Published on February 8, 2017
Source Michigan cherries all year with Cultivate Michigan’s latest product guide. -
Birding trails helping to encourage tourism, conservation
Published on February 7, 2017
Workshop in Traverse City on Feb. 24 will explain how to create, manage and market a trail. -
The Urban Agriculture trend continues in 2017
Published on January 26, 2017
Urban agriculture can reconnect communities with healthy food, thereby supporting economic opportunities and innovative ideas around land use. Several new resources for urban agriculture were published in 2016 which support the movement going forward. -
Upper Peninsula Meat Processing Feasibility Study results released
Published on January 24, 2017
Strategies for growth in the Upper Peninsula’s meat value chain. -
Developing emotional resiliency at work
Published on January 24, 2017
Is your job taking a toll on your health? You can learn emotional resiliency skills to help you navigate the pressures at work. -
Airbnb “Accountability” strategy announced in 2016 tool box document
Published on January 23, 2017
Shared economy platform giant, Airbnb, announces a series of four steps for local communities and cities they can take to regulate their short-term rentals -
Airbnb’s “Transparency and privacy” policy announced in 2016 tool box document
Published on January 23, 2017
Shared economy platform giant, Airbnb, announces a series of four steps for local communities and cities they can take to regulate their short-term rentals. -
A new economic age and playing field part 1
Published on January 19, 2017
A very fundamental structural shift has occurred with economic development. In this new economic age, how one conducts business, governs and promotes economic development has changed. -
People count: Population growth causes basic economic growth part 3
Published on January 19, 2017
Population growth is economic growth. Taking steps to attract people to move to a community is an important strategy. -
Local government’s economic development role: placemaking and regions part 4
Published on January 19, 2017
It takes a region to provide the places, variety, resources and attributes to attract people. Attraction of people is attraction of new businesses and needs to be done at a multi-county regional level.