Great Lakes, Great Economy? Higher property values and more tourism would be the $50-billion result if the federal government pumped $26 billion into fully cleaning up the Great Lakes. Those are the conclusions of a new Brookings Institution Report bolstering the idea of Michigan at the center of America’s “North Coast.” For a daily look at North Coast issues, see Michigan’s Echo.
Bridge Feed- Not much above par on Michigan’s scorecard
- State’s exports lift economy as they leave
- Poverty rises even as economy turns
- Michigan’s air cleaner, but watch out for carp and friends
- Rusty and rutted, infrastructure holds state back
- The poison-pill politics of the personal property tax
- Land O Links
- State waits for Legislature to do its job on transit
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Is now the time to start a discussion about whether we should re-name DTW something like: GREAT LAKES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT?