Michigan Making Progress?

This article was posted on Traverse City's "The Ticker" website:

Snyder Points To High Grades

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder sent a message yesterday with some encouraging news: Michigan ranks second in the Bloomberg Economic Evaluation of the States, a rating that indicates the state is recovering more quickly than other states. He also pointed out that Michigan’s unemployment rate is dropping faster than the national average; Michigan is now the top state for new technology jobs; Newsweek predicts Michigan will be #1 for new job growth in 2012; and Fitch Ratings upgraded the state's bond rating to "positive" based on “prudent budgeting."

These are certainly encouraging signs for our state and a lot of the progress being made is in sectors that we have discussed in class (i.e. new technology jobs). We can thank our abundance of natural resources and state-wide environmentally-focused mindset for this growth. Our nation's future is going to depend on the creation of a new economy through the implementation of new technologies that satisfy our growing demand for environmental quality. Obviously Michigan is doing a good job of this.