The new economy just got a nice little boost here in Southeast Michigan. The New Economy Initiative -- which is fairly self explanatory -- just pumped in nearly three-quarts of a million clams into the local programs promoting these new economy companies.
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The
New Economy Initiative for Southeast Michigan has approved another round of grants totaling more than $716,000.
The largest grant of $356,250 was made to the Detroit-based
Michigan Opportunities and Resources for Entrepreneurs Program to index resources for entrepreneurs and design a Web service to allow the information to be easily accessed.
The
New Economy Initiative also has made two grants to expand opportunities
in the defense and homeland security industries. The largest grant of
$300,000 is to the Royal Oak-based
Michigan Security Network and follows a $153,000 grant the initiative made last year to the
Detroit Regional Chamber to support the network.
With
the previous grant, the network already has made significant inroads
towards establishing Michigan as a national leader in cyber security
technology and training, the New Economy Initiative said in a release.
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