MSU Extension Economic Development

News

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  Founder of drench LLC, recognized as the MSU Product Center’s 2025 Entrepreneur of the Year

  Published on May 7, 2025
  Karen Akouri of drench LLC, a Detroit-based salad dressing company, was recognized at the 2025 Making It In Michigan event for achieving entrepreneurial business success.

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  Great Lakes Tinned Fish wins MSU Product Center’s 2025 Young Innovator Award

  Published on May 7, 2025
  The Grand Rapids-based company is the first Midwest-based tinned fish company to source exclusively from the Great Lakes region.

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  Doodle's Sugarbush honored with 2025 Value-Added Agriculture Award from MSU Product Center

  Published on May 7, 2025
  The Blanchard-based maple syrup company is recognized for their product variety and expansive wholesale market.

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  MSU Product Center honors Furniture City Creamery with the 2025 Barrier Buster Award

  Published on May 7, 2025
  The Grand Rapids-based ice cream company is recognized for their recent expansion.

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  Charlevoix Cheese Company recognized with 2025 Start-Up to Watch Award at Making It In Michigan Conference

  Published on May 7, 2025
  Persistence pays off for farmstead cheese entrepreneurs.

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  What is, or is not, a charrette?

  Published on April 25, 2025
  Charrette is a very specific type of public involvement system for design and planning projects. Do not be fooled by people calling every public participation event a charrette.

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  Free trainings for educators working with beginning farmers offered this spring and summer

  Published on April 23, 2025
  Join us for an engaging, hands-on train-the-trainer workshop designed for educators working with beginning farmers!

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  Prosperity comes from a focus on people, policy and place on a regional scale, part 5

  Published on April 10, 2025
  It takes a region to provide the places, variety, resources and attributes to attract people; economic development also needs to be coordinated among state, regional, educational, local government and private sectors.

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  People count: Population growth leads to basic economic growth, part 3

  Published on April 10, 2025
  Population growth is economic growth, which makes taking steps to attract people to move to a community an important strategy.

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  Where to find sustainable farm jobs in Michigan

  Published on March 13, 2025
  A map, a job posting form, a webpage and a listserv connect farm employers and farmworkers.