MSU Extension Economic Development

• Inviting people to visit your farm: Safety for your agritourism business

  Published on September 14, 2018
  Tourism and agriculture are often listed among the top industries in Michigan creating economic value. The point of connection between these two sectors is known as agritourism.

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  Great Lakes Fisheries Heritage Trails Conference offers an island experience

  Published on July 17, 2018
  Travel to Beaver Island to explore online opportunities for expanding the heritage trail network across Michigan and the Great Lakes region.

• Four Michigan Thumb communities organize and take action after receiving results from tourists’ first-impressions

  Published on June 22, 2018
  Michigan State University Extension tourism educator conducts follow-up evaluations to determine what actions and impacts come from First Impressions Tourism (FIT) assessments.

• Don’t take our word for it

  Published on June 20, 2018
  Use customer feedback to your advantage

• FREE Data Diamond in the Rough

  Published on June 20, 2018
  Find wealth of site selections and demographic data with Real Estate Database tool

• Is community growth a good or bad thing?

  Published on June 4, 2018
  Like people, communities are either green and growing or ripe and rotting.

• Five ways the arts impact rural economies

  Published on June 4, 2018
  Creating an innovative business climate can have a large impact on an economy.

• What is the “First Impression” from outside visitors of your community?

  Published on May 31, 2018
  I-69 Thumb region partners with MSU Extension a second time for another round of tourism assessments of communities conducted through the eyes of first-time visitors.

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  MSU Product Center serves a growing Michigan value-added agriculture

  Published on May 23, 2018
  MSU Product Center Food-Ag-Bio provides business development services and strategic research in the food, agriculture and natural resource sectors in Michigan.

• Irrigation considerations for the small vegetable farm

  Published on May 22, 2018
  As small-scale vegetable growers work to get crops in, it is important to have water ready in case rainfall is delayed or lacking.