Businesses plan to innovate with Ann Arbor Region Success Strategy

Ann Arbor is already known as a center of innovation, but local leaders are working on plans to make the college town the center of innovation.

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A large group of prominent Ann Arbor locals have transformation on the mind.
Dozens of leaders (in excess of 70) from local businesses, governments, non-profits and other institutions are working on the new Ann Arbor Region Success Strategy. The idea is to change Ann Arbor into a center of innovation in the mold of Silicon Valley or Research Triangle Park.

But doesn't the Ann Arbor area already enjoy that reputation? Global economic powerhouse Google set up its AdWords headquarters here. Local start-up HealthMedia just sold itself for a huge chunk of change to Johnson & Johnson, which plans to grow it even more here. This is still the home of one of the top research universities in the world – the University of Michigan.

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Businesses plan to innovate with Ann Arbor Region Success Strategy

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