Accounting firm Plante and Moran has developed a white paper entitled "Great Lakes
Strengths: A Time for Real Regional Growth" with the intent of waking
the state up to its assets -- like natural resources, entrepreneurial bent, and so on.
Excerpt:
[Plante and Moran managing partner Bill] Hermann told the [Michigan Technology Leaders] conference that the inspiration for the white paper started about a year ago at a gathering of senior corporate executives in Ann Arbor, where everyone was asked to give an overview of their business. Every single one, Hermann said, talked about Michigan's lousy economy, lousy weather, and killer global competition.
Until, that is, an executive who recently moved to Michigan from California piped up. He said he loved the area's dedicated, technically competent work force, with its strong work ethic. He liked not having to worry about project deadlines every time somebody said "surf's up." But he said he was glad he decided to move to Michigan before he met the other executives in that room -- otherwise he might not have come.
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