How to grow more tech businesses here // Oakland County Parks go free // Historic school becoming housing (and more)
Hey friends, Jer here. One of the common themes of covering Metro Detroit and Michigan for the last 20+ years like I have is "how are we going to grow more startups and technology companies here?" The area has made strides, diversifying a bit from automotive to include industries like mortgages. But we deal with a lot of the same issues that cities that aren't Seattle, Silicon Valley, New York City or Toronto do... a lack of momentum and gravity. Our issues aren't unique, but they are address...