SAGINAW ? Saginaw County has been selected as the seventh in the under 200,000 population category by Site Selection Magazine. The award recognizes states and metropolitan areas for the numbers of new and expanded facilities announced in the past year.
Saginaw County was seventh in the United States with nine projects. Projects are qualified based on number of jobs, square footage and investment. Among the states, Michigan ranked fourth overall with 337 projects.
The Site Selection yearly analyses, which have been done annually since 1978, are regarded by corporate real estate analysts as ?the industry scoreboard.?
?To be recognized as a Top 10 Metropolitan Area for growth reflects the innovative and growing companies that are key economic partners in Saginaw and the Region,? said JoAnn Crary, president of Saginaw Future Inc (SFI). ?Saginaw?s ranking along with the State of Michigan?s fourth place among the fifty states demonstrates that we have all the assets businesses need to grow and be profitable.?
