November 16 – Crain’s Detroit Business
When the new Michigan House of Representatives is seated in January, our elected state leadership will face its most daunting challenge since the Great Depression, if not ever. And given how hard the Great Recession hit Michigan, that’s saying something.
Continue ReadingNovember 4 – The Detroit News
“We’ve become numb to outrageous behavior, outrageous events, outrageous things,” says Sandy Baruah, CEO of the Detroit Regional Chamber and head of the Small Business Administration under President George W. Bush. “We’re all on edge. And we’re less interested in a calm and thoughtful conversation. No one is rewarding that.”
Continue ReadingNovember 1 – Crain’s Detroit Business
Small businesses dealing with a variety of challenges are anxiously awaiting the results of the election. Small businesses in need of additional financial aid during the coronavirus recession and facing labor shortages during the pandemic are anxiously awaiting Tuesday’s presidential election results.
Continue ReadingOctober 25 – Crain’s Detroit Business
While automakers have bounced back from the coronavirus pandemic more quickly than predicted, some say the industry — particularly small suppliers — and consumers will need continued financial aid into 2021 to head off another collapse.
Continue ReadingSept. 24 – The Detroit News
The Detroit Regional Chamber said Thursday it plans to hold the 2021 Mackinac Island conference Sept. 20 through Sept. 23. The annual event usually draws about 1,500 people at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island.
Continue ReadingSept. 28-WXYZ
“We’re looking at this whole COVID crisis, really, in three parts. First, it was a response part. What is COVID? What is PPE? What do I need to do? What does it mean to be shut down? How do I take care of my employees? How do I take care of my family? And then, of course, there was the restart. As we slowly started to open up, how do we get businesses up and running again? Especially when you consider manufacturing. How do you do that safely? Or even a small business, how do you do that? And then, of course, hopefully soon, we’ll be in a recovery phase where we can start getting these businesses up and really running again,” Baruah says about their response.
Continue ReadingSept 24-Stateside
Today on Stateside, Cornelius Fredrick died after being pinned down by staff members at the residential youth facility where he lived. A Michigan Radio investigation found that there were plenty of warning signs about the facility—and the private company that ran it—in the years leading up to the 16-year-old’s death. Plus, the Detroit auto show is being pushed back until the fall of 2021. We’ll talk about what that means for the city’s economy.
Continue ReadingSept. 25-DB Business
The Detroit Regional Chamber announced the new dates are Monday, Sept. 20-Thursday, Sept. 23. It is hoping the usual 1,500 business, government, and civil leaders will be able to attend the event, set to take place on Mackinac Island.
Continue ReadingSept 26 – Michigan Advance
A statewide poll last year by the Glengariff Group for the Detroit Regional Chamber found Michigan voters by a two-to-one margin believe climate change is a threat to the state’s economy.
Continue ReadingSept. 9-Detroit Free Press
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday that the state, which reported its first cases of COVID-19 six months ago, is still in the “relatively early phases” of fighting the virus.
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