Michigan Business Network Dec. 21, 2021 Chris Holman spends some time with Glenn Stevens Jr., Executive Director of MICHauto and Vice President of Automotive and Mobility Initiatives at the Detroit Regional Chamber, Detroit, MI. Watch Glenn and Chris review 2021 …
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Michigan Legislature passes $1B incentive plan for big projects like GM
Bridge Michigan Dec. 14, 2021 Sergio Martinez-Beltran, Paula Gardner, Jonathan Oosting The Michigan Legislature late Tuesday approved a $1.5 billion economic development proposal that boosters say will help the state land major projects like a General Motors Corp. battery plant near Lansing. …
Continue ReadingHistoric Economic Development Package Passed with MICHauto and Chamber Advocacy
In a late-night session on Tuesday, Dec. 14, the Michigan House overwhelmingly passed bipartisan economic development legislation, to create significant new economic development tools for the state a day after the bill passed the House. This package of bills called …
Continue ReadingGM eyeing $2.5 billion investment for new battery cell plant in Lansing area
The Detroit News Dec. 10, 2021 Kalea Hall, Craig Mauger and Jordyn Grzelewski General Motors Co. is targeting Delta Township near Lansing to build its third multi-billion dollar battery cell manufacturing plant in the United States, according to two sources familiar …
Continue ReadingMICHauto and Chamber Advocacy Spurs Passage of Economic Development Package
On Thursday, Dec. 9, the Michigan Senate overwhelmingly passed bipartisan economic development legislation 27-10, to create significant new economic development tools for the state a day after the bill passed the House. This package of bills called the Strategic Outreach …
Continue ReadingMichigan’s Automotive Innovation Deserves Equally Innovative Policy
By Glenn Stevens Jr. Michigan is uniquely positioned to lead the electrified mobility revolution, but it needs new economic development policies and that match the innovation occurring across the industry. Michigan voters get it. And they get it across party …
Continue ReadingMichigan Matters: EV’s Supercharging Impact Across Metro Detroit
62 CBS Detroit Nov. 28, 2021 As the electric vehicle revolution unfolds, companies, suppliers and organizations are adjusting as Joseph Grace, Vice President, Head of Physical and Functional Design & Integration, Stellantis; Vuk …
Continue ReadingGlenn Stevens Joins WILS’s Dave Ackerly to talk about President Biden’s Visit to GM’s Factory Zero
On Nov. 18, Glenn Stevens Jr., executive director of MICHauto, was joined WILS’s Dave Ackerly to President Biden’s visit to totally remolded GM Factory Zero. Glenn discussed the history of the plant and what the President’s speech meant for Michigan’s …
Continue ReadingMICHauto and the Chamber Join Gov. Whitmer in Supporting ‘Jobs Court’ Pilot Program to Keep Communities Safe by Putting Michiganders to Work
LANSING, Mich. — Today, as part of Governor Whitmer’s MI Safe Communities Plan, Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist II joined Attorney General Dana Nessel, MICHauto, the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Millwrights, Detroit Manufacturing Systems, Goodwill Industries, the United Auto …
Continue ReadingGlenn Stevens Jr.: Stop rehashing ‘Blue Oval City,’ focus on keeping auto knowledge economy here
MICHauto executive director penned a piece about retaining the automotive knowledge economy in Michigan. Learn more.
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