Advocacy In Action

• Chamber Announces Additional Endorsements for the 2014 Election

  Recently, the Detroit Regional Chamber’s Political Action Committee (PAC) and Fed PAC Board of Directors announced additional endorsements in several key races at the national, state and county level for Michigan’s general election. Earlier this year, the Chamber PAC announced …

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• MICHauto Summit Convenes Industry Together to Focus on Michigan’s Automotive Future

  The second annual MICHauto Summit, held on Sept. 23 at COBO Center in Detroit, was a resounding success. With over 500 attendees, including key leaders in the automotive industry, academia and government, the Summit promoted Michigan as the epicenter of the …

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• Chamber Touts Michigan as Global Innovation Hub at ITS World Congress in Detroit

  The Business Attraction team along with Butzel Long, Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, DTE Energy, Flint and Genesee Chamber of Commerce and the counties of Macomb, Oakland and Wayne collaborated at the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) World Congress in Detroit on …

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• The Atlantic Champions Detroit’s Small Business Growth

  A new monthly series published in The Atlantic focuses on how to improve cities around the world and calls on major metropolitan areas to develop consistent growth strategies for small business clusters. Citing cities like Detroit and Los Angeles as positive examples where small businesses are booming, …

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• Business Attraction Showcases Detroit’s Value at Pure Michigan Event

  The Chamber’s Business Attraction team participated in a Pure Michigan site selection trip to Atlanta, GA. on Sept. 23-24 to increase awareness of the Detroit region. The trip featured summit-style discussions, where all 13 Michigan representatives met with 16 consultants over the …

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• Chamber Promotes Detroit Region at International Manufacturing Technology Show

  The Detroit Regional Chamber’s Business Attraction and InnoState teams led a delegation of seven partner organizations to market the region at the 30th International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) on Sept. 8-13 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Ill. Representatives from Colliers …

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• Dykema’s James M. Cameron, Jr., Reappointed As Chairperson of the Michigan Attorney Discipline Board

  Detroit – September 24, 2014 – Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced that James M. Cameron, Jr., a member of the Dykema’s Litigation Group and Office Managing Member of the firm’s Ann Arbor, Michigan office, was recently reappointed …

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• A Futurist’s Perspective

  Keeping Ford on the cutting edge Page 42-43 By James Amend The entrepreneurial spirit epitomized by founder Henry Ford remains alive and well at Ford Motor Co., but the industry scion might scratch his head over the title – although …

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• A Landmark City

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  Detroit – the D! It has become cool and fashionable to live in our great city. Detroit is my home, and I’ve lived here all my life – educated through the Detroit Public School System and the University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture. Detroit is in my blood.

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• The Venture Capital

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  There’s a long list of ingredients in the recipe for Ann Arbor’s continued entrepreneurship success. It’s not a quick dish, but rather a multicourse meal prepared, tweaked and perfected over several years.

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