LANSING – John Austin, President of the Michigan State Board of Education and a non-resident Brookings Institution Senior Fellow, joined the CEO of the Lansing-based Prima Civitas Foundation, Steve Webster, in announcing the launch of the new Michigan Economic Center, which will serve as an independent policy and action organization for the state.
The Michigan Economic Center will operate through the Prima Civitas Foundationand organize Michigan citizenry and leadership around important strategies for Michigan?s economic growth.
Austin said he would continue ?to work with the Brookings Institution in support of economic transformation in the Great Lakes region, I am focusing most of my work on Michigan, my home state ? projects and initiatives to advance a winning economic agenda for Michigan.?
Austin said that there is ?no reason Michigan can?t be the world center for inventing and making the products of tomorrow by building the ?Green? and ?Blue? sustainable economies of smartene for inventing and making the products of tomorrow by building the ?Green? and ?Blue? sustainable economies of smartenergy, clean water, healthy food, and transportation technologies. Through the center, we will ask the people of Michigan what?s special about this state and what they feel are the priorities for growing our economy.?
