Thursday, October 16, 2008

The Detroit Regional Relocation Council Proudly Hosted:

Bringing MICHIGAN Back!

Our Honored Speakers Were:
Lisa Dancsok , Marketing & Communications Director, Michigan Economic & Development Council
Dean Johnson, Global Business Development, Detroit Regional Chamber
Doug Smith, Director, Economic Development and Community Affairs
Click Here to Read Speaker Bio's

This meeting was very timely given what is happening in our current state of the economy.

The speakers represent the front line of who is working to attract business to Michigan. They spoke of how the State of Michigan, the southeastern region of the state and several counties are working together. This partnership works together to attract global markets as well as domestic firms to do business in our state. Michigan is rich in knowledge, resources and skilled talent. The first initiative was to obtain a much needed $20 million budget to spread the word to companies and businesses around the world? The Pure Michigan Campaign devotes 80% of that budget to advertising outside the State of Michigan. There are also incentives that are being offered on the state and community level to attract and retain business.

The speakers, exchanged dialogue with the members of the DRRC about the importance that our relocation professionals have in the process, as resources to help companies worldwide establish a presence in our region. They also expressed how important it is for all of our citizens of Michigan to spread the positive message about our region.

There is an e-newsletter called Detroit Region in Motion. The Detroit Chamber of Commerce is responsible for putting it together and disseminating it to thousands of their contacts worldwide. They also run a research program that arms their partners and clients with information to support their respective projects.

We truly appreciated the opportunity to pull this presentation together to inform the DRRC membership of our area partnership and hopefully this helped to communicate what is being done to grow Michigan's economy. Relocation professionals are obviously an important part of that overall effort.
 

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