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MEDC presents 'Make It in Michigan' results and FY26 requests for talent teams, site readiness and Pure Michigan funding
Summary
Quentin Messer, MEDC chief economic competitiveness officer, summarized FY24 results and outlined FY26 one‑time and ongoing requests for talent action teams, small business support hubs, site readiness, Pure Michigan marketing and targeted sector funding.
Quentin Messer, chief executive and economic competitiveness officer at the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, told the House Appropriations Subcommittee the MEDC is executing the administration’s Make It in Michigan strategy across people, places and projects and asked the committee to support ongoing and one‑time investments in talent action teams, site readiness and marketing.
Messer said MEDC’s FY24 work included supporting nearly 14,000 small businesses, placing more than 1,100 interns, training and hiring over 3,000 people, and leveraging public dollars to attract roughly $11.1 billion in private investment to the state. "Economic development matters because people matter," Messer said, summarizing the agency’s emphasis on attracting and retaining residents and private capital.
MEDC proposed one‑time…
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