Category Archives: Business Services

Automation Alley rolls with the changes

Michigan Radio's Jack Lessenberry interviews Thomas Anderson, vice-president and the senior director of Automation Alley about how the Southeast Michigan based organization is working to help businesses in the City of Detroit and Genesee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, Washtenaw and Wayne counties meet a changing business environment. In a manner common to Jack's [...]

Blogs We Dig: Grow Detroit

Under the People Mover by suesue2
If you've been paying attention to Absolute Michigan over the last few months, you are probably aware of Grow Detroit due to the fact that we always seem to be linking to stories over there. Their diverse team provides the real stories impacting Michigan's largest city and suburbs along with [...]

Fee increases proposed by Governor

Perch Fishing on the Breakwall
at Sundown by simply, Diann
The Detroit News reports that hunting fees would double and fishing license fees would almost double under a $115 million package of fee increases proposed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm. Rep. Joel Sheltrown, D-West Branch, chairman of the House Tourism, Outdoor Recreation and Natural Resources Committee is quoted [...]

Absolute Michigan Exclusive: Excerpt from 'Everyday Leadership' by Dan Mulhern

There's so much more to being a great leader than simply just leading, as we learn from Michigan's First Gentleman, Dan Mulhern. His new book, Everyday Leadership: Getting Results in Business, Politics, and Life, hits the shelves of your local book store on March 1st. Dan offers business leaders, politicians, teachers, ministers and especially parents, [...]

Michigan's First Gentleman, Dan Mulhern

Ever wonder exactly what a First Gentleman is? Best to go to the source, our own Daniel G. Mulhern, Michigan's own First Gentleman:

Introduce Your Michigan Business or Organization!

Hey there, we thought it might be nice to have a place where folks could say "hello" and tell everyone a little bit about their Michigan business, nonprofit, community organization, or other web site or blog (sorry, only Michigan, and please keep the posts brief). Feel free to add a comment below and definitely include [...]

New Ann Arbor area emag interviews ePrize's Josh Linkner

Shapiro Geometry by anikarenina
Issue Media Group (publishers of Model D and other emagazines) have launched their latest internet publication, metromode. The publication delivers engaging articles, videos and excellent photography on Ann Arbor and Michigan's new tech corridor.
ePrize, based in the Royal Oak area, is the largest internet promotion agency in the world. In the video [...]

Tax on services being considered in Lansing

Country Schoolhouse by nomm de photo
The Detroit News reports that some Democrats, Republicans and public policy experts are saying Michigan needs to take a look at extending the sales tax to cover more services and (perhaps) lowering the sales tax overall by a penny (6¢ to 5¢) to help offset a projected half billion dollar [...]

Ann Arbor & Washtenaw County a High Tech Beacon

First National Bank Building by Allan M
Today's Freep has a nice feature on Ann Arbor's exploding high-tech job scene that says Google is not the only company planning to bring jobs to the city and Washtenaw County. Google, Toyota, Hyundai and others have committed to creating 2,500 jobs in the region over the next [...]

We do love our cars: Southeast Michigan

TheStrip by Hemicuda82 We do love our cars in Michigan, as this photo of the Summer Classic Car Show in Flint demonstrates. For a century the automobile has defined Michigan and now the demise of the auto industry is redefining us. At Absolute Michigan, we're trying very hard to fight past the "we lost a [...]