Ford Motor Company’s recent acquisition in the autonomous vehicle space is none other than Quantum Signal, a team of engineering experts headquartered in Saline, Michigan. Quantum Signal participating in the 2019 Mobility Row as part of A2 Tech Trek. Established in 1999 by graduates from the University of Michigan, Quantum Signal has been in …
A look back on this week’s economic development headlines, announcements, and other share-worthy news from the Ann Arbor region. Dynamo Metrics “graduated” to new office space in Ann Arbor this week. Curious where SPARK innovation center graduates land after they leave? An interactive map can be found here. Ann Arbor SPARK Helps Secure $170,000 in Site Readiness Grants …
Our football blog series is back for the fourth straight year! We use the football season as an incentive to compare Ann Arbor to cities around the country represented by our U-M football competition. The question is always – how does Ann Arbor compare to other college towns in the US? It’s the same feeling …
On August 27 and 28, the seventh Australian Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Summit in Melbourne will host the world’s leading industry executives from the transport technology sector. The largest Australian ITS event of the year, the two-day summit will feature a wealth of expertise from industry, government, and academia with more than 500 attendees. In …
The Greater Ann Arbor Region (GAAR) initiative is a collaborative partnership of six counties — Hillsdale, Jackson, Lenawee, Livingston, Monroe, and Washtenaw — working together to serve growing businesses that are seeking a destination for relocation or expansion. To help share the region’s story, GAAR created a series of videos that separately tell each county’s …
As announced by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), both Washtenaw and Livingston counties will receive grants through the new competitive Michigan Build Ready Sites program. The targeted grant program aims to boost Michigan’s inventory of available properties ready to compete for business attraction projects. Both grants were shepherded by Ann Arbor SPARK. “These awards …
A look back on this week’s economic development headlines, announcements, and other share-worthy news from the Ann Arbor region. Big news this week from one of the largest companies around Ann Arbor! Domino’s unveiled its new “Innovation Garage” on their corporate HQ (video). This builds on Domino’s focus as an “e-commerce company that happens to …
Click to download the report. New study identifies the most common reasons for employee turnover are transportation and childcare. Michigan Works! Southeast, along with five other Michigan Works! Agencies contracted with the Workforce Intelligence Network (WIN) to research employee turnover in our region. “We commissioned this study in direct response to meet the needs of …
This was our fifth year doing Tech Trek and this year we did something different. Through a partnership with the Ann Arbor District Library we were able to record some live conversations during Tech Trek. This episode of SPARK.grow features Megan Zarembski and Brooke Boyle The post SPARK.grow: Tech Trek 2019 Conversations with Brooke and …
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell took a tour of Ann Arbor SPARK to meet with local small businesses in various stages of development, as well as economic development experts who help local businesses mature. The Congresswoman discussed topics of importance to local entrepreneurs so she can better understand the issues facing the small business community in Michigan …
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.
