Each week, the SPARK team compiles a summary email featuring news, successes, happenings, and upcoming events. We call it Five Bullet Friday — a name we stole from Tim Ferris (sorry, Tim!) except ours almost always has more than five bullets. We’re excited to start sharing it here on our a blog with you! Upcoming Events to know about (also, …
Happy (belated) New Year! Along with all the end of 2018 wrap-ups and 2018 predictions is Swisher’s 2018 Year-End Vacancy Report. Swisher has been doing this analysis for over 25 years, and it remains the most comprehensive snapshot of commercial real estate vacancy in Ann Arbor. As Director of Research for Ann Arbor SPARK, part of my role is …
Join Ann Arbor SPARK in celebrating the grand opening of Back Office Studio. Click to RSVP. This year, the Ann Arbor SPARK East Innovation Center will be celebrating 10 years in downtown Ypsilanti. It seems only fitting that the professionals at Sensei Change Associates — SPARK East’s first tenant — are the visionaries behind Back …
With support from Ann Arbor SPARK, the Economic Development Council of Livingston County released its 2018 fourth quarter report highlighting recent economic activity and successes. Ann Arbor SPARK partners with the Economic Development Council of Livingston County (EDCLC) to expand economic opportunity throughout the region. The EDCLC established an ongoing partnership Ann Arbor SPARK in …
Ann Arbor’s robust tech and entrepreneurial ecosystem extends beyond engineers, programmers, and designers to support teams like sales and marketing. Nick Zolfo, an enterprise account development representative at Duo Security, is just one of those helping amplify the products and services developed in the Ann Arbor region to customers throughout the world. An Indiana native …
Derq, MySideKick, and Pathware were selected as finalists in the eleventh annual SXSW Pitch® (formerly SXSW Accelerator) taking place on Saturday, March 9 and Sunday, March 10 in Austin. The pitch competition will feature 50 interactive technology companies competing in 10 different categories in front of a live audience and a panel of expert judges. …
Ann Arbor, Michigan – January 8, 2019 – Nexient, the Agile development firm specialized in 100% US-based software product teams, is ramping its aggressive local hiring this month after surpassing its 2018 Michigan hiring commitments. Last year, Nexient pledged to create 300 new Michigan jobs by 2020, with the first 60 planned for 2018. But …
Guest: Stew Nelson It Takes Money is a series of podcasts hosted by Skip Simms featuring angel investors and experts who offer insight on how to invest in startups. In these podcasts we’ll discuss the many aspects of angel investing and why they’re choosing to invest in Michigan. The post It Takes Money, Episode 3 …
A new rental subsidy program is being rolled out in the New Year in Downtown Howell. The program is geared towards retail, dining, arts and entertainment-based businesses looking to locate their business in downtown Howell. Through the support of Lake Trust Credit Union, Howell Main Street Inc. will be able to provide rental assistance for …
A recent report by Verizon calculated the number of patents per 10,000 residents of each metro area to identify the most innovative metro areas in the U.S. Ann Arbor was ranked number nine. According to the article, “Ann Arbor channels some of the energy of the massive automobile manufacturing hub less than an hour away and makes its own mark …
The Greater Ann Arbor Region is a collaborative partnership of six counties working together to serve growing businesses that are seeking a destination for relocation or expansion.
