Automotive News – April 30, 2018
In Season 3 of “Futurismo,” the Automotive News podcast on tomorrow’s cars, we’ll go inside an industry being transformed by new technology and new ideas, following the path of startups and gargantuan carmakers to understand how the ecosystem for innovation is changing how we get around.
Continue ReadingOmron Foundation has announced a gift of $1 million to the University of Michigan-Dearborn for the establishment of a brand-new laboratory inside the university’s Engineering Lab Building (ELB), a $90 million project expected to be complete in 2020. The new …
Continue ReadingDetroit-based Van Dyke Horn, Michigan’s largest minority-owned public relations firm, announced today that it has opened an office in Lansing. This announcement comes after two years of significant growth for the 20-year-old firm, formerly known as Berg Muirhead and Associates. …
Continue ReadingBy: Megan Lasley As technology is ever-evolving, so is the automotive industry and furthermore, so is health care. During Forward Detroit’s Investor Briefing: Health Care’s Transformation and Innovation hosted by the Detroit Regional Chamber on April 26, panelists focused on …
Continue ReadingApril 30, 2018 – dbusiness
If metro Detroit can speak with one voice via a regional transit authority in submitting applications for federal transit funds, rather than from as many as 10 separate entities, it would stand to garner more grants and other investments needed to better move people, products, and cargo.
Continue ReadingThe Detroit News – April 28, 2018
No wonder the Democratic establishment was so worried about Gretchen Whitmer standing as the party’s anointed candidate for governor. A poll released late last week by the Detroit Regional Chamber, the first independent survey since the filing deadline for the race, has Whitmer struggling against a challenger few had heard of a year ago.
Continue ReadingWhen it comes to motivating coworkers to produce top-quality work, infusing individuals with a sense of purpose is key, according to Consumers Energy President and CEO Patti Poppe. Poppe delivered a keynote address to nearly 50 regional business leaders at the Detroit Regional Chamber’s ongoing Inside the CEO Mind series and was held April 19 at the Townsend Hotel in Birmingham.
Continue ReadingCrain’s Detroit Business – April 26, 2018
Ann Arbor businessman Shri Thanedar narrowly led former Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer in the race for the Democratic Party’s nomination for Michigan governor in a new poll the Detroit Regional Chamber commissioned ahead of next month’s Mackinac Policy Conference.
Continue ReadingThe Detroit Regional Chamber Political Action Committee (PAC) will host the first bipartisan debate featuring both the top Democratic and Republican candidates for Michigan governor at the 2018 Mackinac Policy Conference on Mackinac Island. The top three candidates for each …
Continue ReadingOakland Community College’s College committee for diversity and inclusion awarded Pamela Micallef, a long-time counselor at OCC’s Orchard Ridge campus, as 2018 Diversity Champion. Micallef will be honored by the area Race Relations and Diversity Task Force, May 3, 2018, …
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