By John Bebow - July 18, 2008
This Michigan is one stirred-up place in a stirred-up time:
Phil Power senses we're at the dawning of a new and very uncertain era in Michigan and America as a whole.
Center board member and Detroit Renaissance President Doug Rothwell says we gotta fix basic competitive metrics if we are to maximize future prosperity.
Michigan's Defining Moment founding champion Mary Kramer is exasperated at the lack of collaboration among Michigan's elected leaders.
And GM's latest massive restructuring sounded was one more shrill tolling of the bell for the Big Three and we were spurned by yet another automaker (VW) planning to open yet another new plant in yet another competing state (Tennessee).
But the news of recent days contained excellent examples of Michigan's diversifying economy. Consider...
Dow and a Kuwait-based petrochemical firm plan an $11 billion North American headquarters in Metro Detroit that will employ 800 highly paid people.
Drugmaker Perrigo plans to hire up to 400 new, high-skill, high-pay technical employees in west Michigan.
A remake of the historic Durant Hotel caps a flurry of downtown development activity in Flint.
And, despite those hefty gas prices, this month's National Cherry Festival in Traverse City resulted in numerous sales records for retailers and hoteliers.
No doubt, things are different in Michigan today. But it's not all bad.
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