DETROIT, January 31, 2013 – Today, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) and the Detroit Regional Chamber announced that the Chamber’s Connection Point program has officially joined the MEDC as part of the Pure Michigan Business Connect portfolio. The new …
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Sandy Baruah on The Paul W. Smith Show, Live from Lansing
WJR 760 AM: January 31, 2013
Chamber President and CEO Sandy Baruah stopped by WJR’s The Paul W. Smith Show, broadcasting live from Lansing. Original air date: January 31, 2013.
Continue ReadingJanuary 29, 2013: Ex-Im Bank to Open in Detroit; WJR’s Paul W. Smith Broadcasting Live from Lansing, Jan. 31
State Leaders Announce Opening of Export-Import Bank of the U.S. in Detroit Governor Rick Snyder joined Senator Debbie Stabenow, Detroit Regional Chamber President and CEO Sandy K. Baruah and Congressmen John Dingell and Gary Peters to announce the opening of …
Continue ReadingExport-Import Bank opens regional office in Detroit’s Techtown
Detroit Free Press: January 28, 2013
The Export-Import Bank of the United States has opened a regional office in Techtown, the bank announced this morning.
The expert finance center, one of 11 around the country, is designed to help local businesses of all sizes export their products to oversees markets.
Continue ReadingFederal, state and local officials say opening of Export-Import Bank office in Detroit will lead to more jobs
MLive: January 28, 2013
The opening of a federal Export-Import finance center will help create jobs in Detroit and in the state, federal, state and local officials said Monday at the Detroit Regional Chamber headquarters in Downtown Detroit.
“Our goal is to make things and grow things in Michigan, and then create jobs through exports,” U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow said. “For every $1 billion dollars in goods or services exported, we create 7,000 jobs. So we want to export our products, not our jobs, and the way to do that is expanding our support, particularly for small businesses.”
Continue ReadingDetroit Regional Chamber CEO: 3 Southeast Michigan sectors poised for export growth
MLive: January 28, 2013
What three sectors are most poised for export aid in the Detroit area?
They are the ones you would suspect, Detroit Regional Chamber President and CEO Sandy Baruah said Monday, as a new office of the Export-Import Bank of the United States was announced for Detroit.
Continue ReadingSandy Baruah on The Frank Beckmann Show
WJR: January 23, 2013
Chamber President and CEO Sandy Baruah talked with WJR’s Frank Beckmann at the 2013 North American International Auto Show about MICHauto, the auto industry, and Belle Isle.
Continue ReadingEducation Expert Michelle Rhee to Keynote Detroit Regional Chamber’s 2013 Mackinac Policy Conference
DETROIT, January 23, 2013 –Today, the Detroit Regional Chamber announced that nationally renowned education reform advocate and StudentsFirst founder and CEO Michelle Rhee will provide a keynote address at the 2013 Mackinac Policy Conference. Held Wednesday, May 29 through Friday, …
Continue ReadingJanuary 22, 2013: Sec. LaHood Announces $25 Million for M-1 Rail; Snyder Addresses Road Funding in State of State
U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces $25 Million Federal Funding for M-1 RailU.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood visited Detroit last week to announce $25 million in federal funding for the new M-1 rail project. The rail line better aligns Detroit with …
Continue ReadingStatement from Sandy K. Baruah, President and Chief Executive Officer, Detroit Regional Chamber; Co-Chair, the Campaign to Fix the Debt-Michigan
(Lansing, MI) January 18, 2013 — On Monday, the world will watch American democracy on full display when Barack Obama takes the oath of office for his second term as President of the United States. But while we watch, the …
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