View a full announcement below: Crain’s Detroit Business Apr. 28, 2022 Laurén Abdel-Razzaq Wright Lassiter III, one of metro Detroit’s most prominent health care CEOs, is leaving his role leading Henry Ford Health to take up the helm at one …
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Chamber President and CEO, Sandy K. Baruah joined Smart Women TV to Discuss the Climate Crisis and the Move to Electric Vehicles in Detroit
Detroit Regional Chamber Adds PCR Testing Option to Mackinac Policy Conference Safety Protocols; Verification Through CLEAR Health Pass Required
View updated safety protocols and programming options for the 2022 Mackinac Policy Conference.
Continue ReadingEditorial: Detroit economy depends on boosting talent
After two years of pandemic-disrupted learning, it’s no surprise that Michigan’s education attainment benchmarks are less than rosy.
Continue ReadingReport shows businesses are not yet passing all increases in costs on to consumers
WXYZ Detroit Apr 13, 2022 Kim Russell 7 Action News met Dominique Da’Cruz as he worked to make Cruz Burgers. “It’s great. We call it an old school burger with a new school taste,” Da’Cruz said. The Detroit dad and …
Continue ReadingSmart Cars Need Smart Roads
By Paul Eisenstein The nation’s first smart vehicle corridor is set to link downtown Detroit and Ann Arbor. A joint effort pairing the State of Michigan, Ford, Google parent Alphabet, Cavnue and AECOM, it will create dedicated lanes for the …
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Mdot and Its Work to Rebuild and Reinvent Michigan’s Roadways By James Martinez In February, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that Electreon was selected to build a public wireless in-road charging system on a one mile of road in Detroit within …
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Leaders Pushing to Create More Resilient Underground Infrastructure By Karen Dybis When it comes to Michigan’s aging underground infrastructure, state leaders such Macomb County Public Works Commissioner Candice Miller knows there’s a temptation to ignore the problem. But she also …
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Autonomous Vehicles Likely to Improve Efficiency of Existing Infrastructure By James Martinez The way University of Detroit Mercy civil, architectural and environmental engineering professor Utpal Dutta Ph.D., P.E., sees it – autonomous vehicles dominating the roadways one day will expand …
Continue ReadingHistoric Federal Funds Only Part of Roads Solution Needed
Amid the talk about the recently enacted federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), it’s critical to understand one thing that can be lost in the headlines – the new funding will not “fix” Michigan’s roads. It’s something that was …
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