BATTLE CREEK - Steve Bratic, the contractor at Sensi Park, a 100-acre, potentially five million square foot cannabis and hemp grow facility in Fort Custer outside of Battle Creek, said he and his partners are offering a 10 percent reduction towards leases the first two years and 5 percent reduction for a year that goes
LANSING - The Marijuana Regulatory Agency is hosting a virtual meeting Thursday Dec. 10 that will be available to the public via zoom. The agenda is as follows: 1. Welcome 2. Executive Director Report 3. Licensing Report 4. Enforcement Report 5. Public Comment 6. Adjournment And any other business properly before the Agency. Next Meeting
ANN ARBOR - On MITech TV Dec. 7, Melih Oztalay of SmartFinds Marketing talks about the new LinkedIn video service and how your business can participate. Lisa Diggs shares Michigan-made products for Christmas from her BuyMichiganNow website. Fred Brown, an infectious disease expert, updates the latest healthcare news about COVID vaccines and when they will
NOVI - ITC Michigan, which owns and operates the high-voltage electricity grid in most of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, has once again lit up one of its 150-foot tall transmission towers in Novi with colorful holiday decorations. The transmission tower is decorated with approximately one-third mile of rope lights (17,700 bulbs). The display includes a 10-
ANN ARBOR - Infectious disease expert Fred Brown, who works with nations and states as an unpaid epidemiologst, warns that a surge of COVID-19 will probably be manifested by Thanksgiving gatherings, just in time for the late December holidays. Trained as a medicinal biochemist, Brown has been on the discovery, development and/or launch teams of
DETROIT—In a year of coronavirus crisis and record unemployment, positive signs are being seen in the Detroit area, according to the just-released third quarter 2020 labor market report from the Workforce Intelligence Network for Southeast Michigan. The report contains 522,530 job postings over the three months, 36,204 more job postings than the second quarter of
LANSING—The Michigan Strategic Fund board has approved a $10 million grant program to help meet the urgent needs of small businesses disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 virus. The Pure Michigan Small Business Relief Initiative will utilize federal CARES Act funding to award grants of up to $15,000 to more than 650 small businesses across Michigan.
ANN ARBOR - Jason Raznick, the CEO of FinTech financial service Benzinga, talks about what has happened in FinTech in 2020 and his outlook for FinTech in 2021 - Spoiler alert - Mergers and Acquisitions. What Is Benzinga.com? Benzinga is a content ecosystem that makes information easier to consume. Our mission is to connect the world
ANN ARBOR - C3 Industries, a vertically integrated multi-state cannabis company based in Ann Arbor, closed a $45 million funding round late last month that will help the company expand from Oregon and Michigan into Massachusetts and Missouri. The cannabis company co-founded by two University of Michigan graduates said the investment will also help with
ANN ARBOR - University of Michigan economists expect a rebound in economic activity, falling unemployment and life returning to “close-to-normal” by the end of next year in the United States as the nation and world recover from the pandemic. Gabriel Ehrlich Still, the researchers say, the ride out of the COVID-19-induced recession affords them far
