April 17, 2019
Benchmarking the Ann Arbor Region – 2018 update released
April 12, 2019
Honda Opens Mobility Collaboration Garage in Ann Arbor
April 10, 2019
Academia and Tech: How One Dual-Career Couple Built a Home in Ann Arbor
April 04, 2019
CEO Podcast: Jeff Marston, Comcast Business
April 04, 2019
American Center for Mobility Launches Its Second Workforce Development Study
April 03, 2019
Inaugural Student Tech Trek: A U-M Student’s Perspective
April 02, 2019
E-book available: Ann Arbor @ Work (Acquiring Talent in the Greater Ann Arbor Area)
April 02, 2019
2018 Top Livingston County Successes
Through its relationship with the Economic Development Council of Livingston County, Ann Arbor SPARK staff worked on many new opportunities and strategic initiatives in Livingston County. While successes have been shared over the past year in quarterly updates, these are our top three success of 2018. Livingston County sees new investment from Canadian tree seedling […]
March 26, 2019
2019 Awardees of Michigan Celebrates Small Business Announced
Michigan Celebrates Small Business (MCSB), a small business awards program that gives honor and recognition to both small business people and their advocates, has announced its 2019 awardees. This year, MCSB awarded 85 companies across 10 different categories. Ann Arbor SPARK serves both Washtenaw and Livingston counties. In Washtenaw County, SPARK supports startups and established companies. Through its relationship […]
March 25, 2019
a2Tech360 Captures Ann Arbor’s Spirit of Innovation and Community in Week-Long Program
March 19, 2019
“Growth beats comfort,” and other takeaways from the Workforce Pipeline Summit
March 15, 2019
Top Regional Employers (Jan 2019)
Company Name Business Description Employees University of Michigan Public University and Health System 33,225 Trinity Health Health Care System 7,435 General Motors Milford Proving Grounds OEM research 5,500 Ann Arbor Public Schools Public School System 2,225 Faurecia North America Automotive Component Mfg. 1,664 Eastern Michigan University Public University 1,559 Integrated Health Associates (IHA) Medical Center […]
The KLA-Tencor Site Selection Process with Ann Arbor SPARK
2018 marked a significant number of economic development projects for the Ann Arbor region, including the noteworthy announcement that KLA-Tencor — a Silicon Valley-headquartered provider of process control solutions for semiconductor and related industries — selected Ann Arbor as the home for a new R&D facility. The new development is expected to generate a total capital investment of $70 million and create 500 high tech jobs over the next five years.