It hasn't taken long at all for the movies to grab a hold of Michigan.
So of course the movie making industry was a topic at the Detroit
Regional Chamber's Mackinac Policy Conference. The verdict: The tax
breaks are so good for filmmakers that they'll flood Michigan bringing
projects and jobs.
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At first, the jobs will be the kind you get when the movie making circus
comes to town, according to Bob Brown, producer at Farmington-based
Charity Island Pictures, and Jay Tobias, production manager on The
Saint, a TV pilot now filming in Michigan. That means caterers, hotels,
temporary rental housing.
But eventually, Michigan could see significant numbers of jobs in video
production and related technologies. Grand Rapids Community College is
already teaching such courses, and it's expected to be followed by
other Michigan colleges soon, according to Lisa Danesok, senior vice
president of communications at the Michigan Economic Development Corp.
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