This event will include a regional stakeholder gathering to learn about the projects completed in the region and to discuss future priorities, a networking lunch, and a special session on preparing our communities for connected and autonomous vehicles.
The region’s prosperity initiative management team recently made the decision to refer to Region 9 as the Greater Ann Arbor Region, which will leverage the existing name and brand created by economic developers across the area and help to unify our work.
The Greater Ann Arbor Region hosted a familiarization tour for site selectors on September 15–17, 2016. These site selectors produce 30 percent of the leads for companies interested in relocation or expansion into the region.
A technical grant under the Greater Ann Arbor Region’s Prosperity Initiative was recently awarded to explore the issue of preparing our communities for the development and deployment of connected and autonomous vehicles
Through the Greater Ann Arbor Region’s Prosperity Initiative grant, multiple technical and challenge grants have been awarded to develop talent, including support of efforts to increase regional use of MI Bright Future, a tool that fosters engagement between the region’s students, educators, and employers.