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GM’s Detroit-Hamtramck Plant Named Flagship Facility For EV Production

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billion to transform its Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center into an all-electric vehicle assembly plant, dubbed Factory ZERO. Read: GM’s Detroit-Hamtramck Plant Named Flagship Facility For EV Production at BusinessFacilities.com. General Motors will invest $2.2

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Arena Contractors Fined For Lack Of Detroit Workers

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Developers of Detroit's Little Caesars Arena have been fined about a half million dollars because they have not met the employment goal agreed upon when the city allowed $250,000 in taxpayer-backed bonds to pay for the construction.

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Detroit Electric Returns To Motor City; 180 Jobs To Be Created

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The new Detroit Electric sports car will be revealed in April 2013. PRNewsFoto/Detroit Electric). After an absence of over 70 years, Detroit Electric has returned to the legendary Motor City, promising job creation and a range of exciting 100% electric vehicles for the mass market. Rockerfeller Jr.

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Transportation Grants Help Create 880 Jobs In Metro Detroit

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million to the City of Detroit and the Road Commission for Oakland County. City of Detroit. In the City of Detroit, the condition of Mt. million in TEDF Category A funds and nearly $4 million from the City of Detroit. Elliott in the city of Detroit, creating 120 new jobs. Credit: Medioimages/Photodisc.

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Adopting Labor Operations Software for Contractors

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Meitl is an electrical engineer who’s grown businesses in lighting controls, an entrepreneur and a proud Detroiter. SPEAKERS Ryan Meitl President & CEO RIVET Work Ryan Meitl and the RIVET Work team are on a mission to revolutionize labor operations for electrical and subcontractors.

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Michigan’s URC Contributes $958M, 11,600 Jobs In Detroit

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Michigan’s University Research Corridor (URC) added $958 million in economic activity to the city of Detroit in 2015, or the equivalent of $1,400 per Detroit resident, along with hundreds of programs that improve lives and advance neighborhoods, according to a new report. ” Universities Invest In Detroit. Roy Wilson.

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The Road to Recovery in Detroit

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These have been dark days for Detroit. But out of the ashes of this monumental collapse — and in the midst of one of the most run-down neighborhoods in Detroit — a remarkable revival is rising like a phoenix. billion in its Jefferson North plant on Detroit’s dilapidated East Side.

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