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Sterling Heights approves Arsenal Alliance interlocal agreement with Warren to bolster defense sector
Summary
The Sterling Heights City Council approved an interlocal agreement with the City of Warren to form the "Arsenal Alliance," a three-year defense-industry economic development partnership funded in part by the city's Local Development Finance Authority.
Sterling Heights City Council approved an interlocal agreement with the City of Warren on a special morning meeting to form the "Arsenal Alliance," a three-year partnership to coordinate defense-related economic development in Macomb County.
The agreement, approved by voice vote, authorizes the mayor and city clerk to sign and directs the two cities to share costs for consultants and to create a five-member executive committee to guide the effort.
The partnership is intended to build on the presence of TACOM and the Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) in neighboring Warren and to leverage Macomb County's existing defense supply chain. "The defense industry, specifically in Macomb is a $60,000,000,000 plus industry," said Luke Bonner, the city's senior economic development advisor, citing local contract volume and employment concentration in armored-vehicle manufacturing.
Bonner told the council the alliance would pool resources for research and analysis, stakeholder engagement, workforce…
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