End of an Era for Pontiac, Flint by Neil Munro October 1, 2010 In most of Michigan, as in the nation, the economy is struggling though improving. But in such venerable factory towns as Flint and Pontiac, a golden age has ended. There is no way they are returning in the foreseeable future to the [...]
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Desperate for Diversification A brief history of Michigan’s economic development strategies by Rick Haglund January 16, 2010 Michigan was in big trouble as the decade of the 1980s dawned. Detroit’s automakers, collectively known then as the muscular Big Three, were beginning to see their dominance challenged by imports from upstart Japanese automakers. They were unprepared, [...]
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