The Detroit Regional Chamber plays a key role for business on a local and national stage. For more information about this and other media coverage, contact the Chamber’s Director of Communications, Jim Martinez, at jmartinez@detroitchamber.com.

• Leaders, and Bing himself, weigh in on mayor’s legacy

  Detroit Free Press: May 14, 2013

  “I knew my goals could not be achieved in four years. The city’s problems date back 40 years and there was no way that we could do what we needed to do in a four-year term. What I’m positive about is that we have made inroads in the right direction, and the emergency manager will make additional progress over the next 16 months that can add to what we’ve already done.”…

• Sandy Baruah on Michigan’s Big Show

  Michigan’s Big Show: April 26, 2013

  Chamber president and CEO Sandy Baruah interviewed with Michigan’s Big Show starring Michael Patrick Shiels.

• Sandy Baruah on “Michigan Matters” with L. Brooks Patterson and Beth Chappell

  CBS 62: April 21, 2013

  Chamber president and CEO Sandy Baruah appeared alongside Beth Chappell of the Detroit Economic Club and Oakland County Executive Brooks Patterson on “Michigan Matters” hosted by Carol Cain.

• Scholarship program aims to help Detroit students pay for college

  The Detroit News: April 16, 2013

  Students graduating this spring from any high school in Detroit have a shot at two years of free community college through the long-anticipated Detroit Scholarship Fund. The Detroit Regional Chamber is taking the lead role in implementing the scholarship program, created by Gov. Rick Snyder.

• Tom Walsh: New bridge is an opportunity region can’t waste

  Detroit Free Press: April 14, 2013

  Now that President Barack Obama and the U.S. State Department have officially chosen to accept Canada’s gift of a free bridge at the Detroit-Windsor border crossing by issuing a permit for the project, Michigan’s obligation is to put it to good use. That’s not a given in a state that has squandered or underutilized assets in the past. More on that later.