Rochester is poised for new growth, opportunities in 2011

The Rochester community has the lowest unemployment rate in Oakland county and its business growth has a lot to do with it. Mayor Bryan Barnett said the city welcomed 27 new tech companies in just the past year, which, coupled with the recent launch of the OU William Beaumont Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Oakland's Eye Research Institute, help position the city as the educational anchor of the county's Medical Main Street initiative.

Continuing the theme of growth, Oakland University will introduce its first class of med school students this upcoming fall. They will reap the benefits of the new $62 million Human Health Building.

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Crittenton Hospital Medical Center has been designated as one of only five centers in for robotic surgery by Intuitive Surgical System, maker of the da Vinci surgical robot, which can maneuver beyond the limits of the human hand.

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