
The Center for Michigan Happy Holidays everybody. We'll be back with a fresh newsletter after the New Year.

The Center for Michigan
Fresh Thoughts for Michigan's Transformation: Ranking the “Big
Ten” economies, growth on Michigan
farms, and Lake Michigan’s Paul Revere...and more in this week's newsletter
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By Melissa Preddy Nine months ago, Tera Johnson officially launched a dream, presiding over the first shift at her new $14 million Wisconsin Specialty Protein whey-processing plant in Reedsburg near the University of Wisconsin. ...

Jackie DiGiovanni The Center for Michigan always provides a wealth of insightful information. They share the ideas we all should be talking about.

The Center for Michigan In this week's Fresh Thoughts: Inside Michigan's Hot Economic Growth Zones; Cities Push Hard on Act 312; An Olive Leaf on Tax Policy and much more...
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By John Foren The positive economic numbers for Michigan are eye-popping and jolting. One economist says they "did shock me." Others say they are the untold story of a state whose national reputation is being fashioned as an industrial graveyard and cautionary tale. ...

Christine A. Green Thank you for your leadership!

The Center for Michigan Fresh Thoughts for Michigan's Transformation: Other states burp on beer taxes & northern Michigan’s hopeful economic prospects in this week's newsletter.
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Michigan's Defining Moment is a multi-year public engagement campaign that has so far involved more than 1,800 people statewide. They’ve spent nearly 6,000 volunteer hours deliberating Michigan’s future.

The Center for Michigan No newsletter this week. Hope everyone has a very happy Thanksgiving!

Josie Odum Morris
Recently, I participated in a community conversation at Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. The conversation and power point presentation were insightful.
Best,
Robin Morris
Executive Director
Josie Odum Morris Literacy Project, Inc.

The Center for Michigan Don't miss this week's Newsletter: We had standing room only at our Budget & Tax Reform Action Group conference on Tuesday. Thanks to everyone who was able to come. Would you go for an overall tax increase if it came with a cut in business taxes and money-saving reforms? Many of the 250 participants said yes...
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Nearly 300 Michigan citizens and a panel of seven experts discussed some of the most contentious issues in our state's politics this Tuesday morning. The tone was civil; the disagreements, while plain spoken, were respectful; the questions from the audience were probing. ...

Rachel Kuntzsch Kudos to The Center for Michigan for today's tax reform discussion....now to keep the momentum going on developing a shared vision for the future of Michigan!

Christine Higgins The Center for Michigan is great and so informative. Thank you!

The Center for Michigan Don't miss this week's Fresh Thoughts: Spend 15 minutes with the Center’s new issue guide and you’ll have a firm understanding of how Michigan collects and spends the public purse. The guide will be at the center of discussion at next Tuesday’s Kitchen Table Talk on Budget and Taxes in Lansing. Email us today to join m...ore than 200 confirmed attendees. Your last chance to RSVP to lbraun@pscinc.com
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Michigan's Defining Moment is a multi-year public engagement campaign that has so far involved more than 1,800 people statewide. They’ve spent nearly 6,000 volunteer hours deliberating Michigan’s future.

Blaine Lam
Still time to sign up for Community Conversations in Paw Paw (Nov. 10) South Haven (Nov. 19) and Allegan (Nov. 23). Just go to http://www.michigancommunityconversation s.com to register.
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Just click on your region and choose from the dates and locations available. Each Community Conversation is limited to 25 people, so please check the status to make sure the date you are interested in still has seats available.















