Daily Detroit
June 8, 2026
Jer Staes
Did you know Metro Detroit now has five innovation districts? MichAuto Executive Director Glenn Stevens Jr. joined us to talk about why Michigan needs a ‘moonshot’ for innovation. They get into what the next governor’s roadmap should look like, how autos, AI, and China are reshaping Michigan’s economy, and why places like TechTown, Michigan Central, Black Tech Saturdays, and the Ann Arbor–Detroit innovation corridor matter for founders across the state.
“I really believe there a lot of people in Michigan with ideas, but we – from the state level, from the regional level, from the innovation district standpoint – we have to enable them and help them,” Glenn Stevens Jr. said. “We really want to have the preliminary plan and recommendations [MichAuto Automobility Policy Roadmap] ready… and we will sit down and say, ‘This is what we recommend,’ because we want them to know. We want it to be part of their platform should they win, and when they win we’ll be there with the transition team offering our help.”