Reference

Awards

          Updated March 24, 2009

Life Science Expansion Wins Community Impact Award
MEDC/Right Place honored for role in Sequenom move to Grand Rapids 
Trade & Industry Development (2009)

#1 State in Governor's Cup Rankings for Cumulative Projects
12,118 projects (1997-2008)
#3 in 2008 with 296 locations, expansions, up from #7
Site Selection (2009)

Michigan #16 for Venture Capital 2008, up from #25
Investment of $245 million more than double previous year
National Venture Capital Association 

Michigan.org Nation's #1 Tourism Web site 2008
Ranked by Hitwise online measurement company

Michigan Awarded Isotope Research Facility 2008
MSU chosen for $550-million U.S. Dept. of Energy Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
Complements MSU National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab

#1 State for Vehicle-Related R&D Spending 
$12.4 billion, or 78% of U.S. total, employing 65,000 professionals
National Science Foundation (2005)

#2 State for Overall Industrial R&D at $16.5 billion
#2 for Industrial R&D Intensity (ratio of R&D spending to Gross State Product)
National Science Foundation (2006)

#4 State for Engineering Degrees
American Association of Engineering Societies (2008)

MEDC, Southwest Michigan First Share Award
MPI Research expansion in Kalamazoo one of Top 7 U.S. Projects in 2008 
Business Facilities (2008)

MEDC Wins 2007 Corporate Investment Award
Hemlock Semiconductor expansion, $1 billion investment
Trade & Industry Development (2008)

MEDC Upper Hand Campaign Wins International Awards
Seven prizes from Telly, Hermes awards competitions
(May 2008)

MEDC, Saginaw Future Share Economic Development Award
Leadership in securing Hemlock Semiconductor $1 billion investment
CoreNet Global (May 2008)

Michigan Among Top States for Info Tech, Science Jobs - 2006
Ann Arbor #13 of Top-Ranked Metro Areas for Science, Engineering Jobs
Michigan #15 State in Software, Info Tech Employment
Site Selection (May 2008)

Michigan Takes Spot on Top 10 Deals List for 2007  
Hemlock Semiconductor expansion, $1 billion investment
Site Selection (May 2008)

MEDC Wins Economic Development Bronze Award
Chrysler Group $1.7 billion investment: Trenton, Marysville
Business Facilities (2007)

Travel Michigan Wins Mercury Awards
"Pure Michigan" named Best State Tourism Radio Ads (2008)
Best State Tourism Advertising Campaign (2007)
National Council of State Tourism Directors

Michigan Ranked #6 Small Business -Friendly State
Up from #10 in 2006
Small Business & Entrepreneurship (2007)
 

Detroit Metro Airport #4 in Customer Satisfaction
J.D. Power and Associates consumer survey (2008)

Detroit #2 Sports City in North America
Sporting News (2008)

U-M #3 University for R&D Spending
National Science Foundation (2006)

Michigan Takes Two Spots on North American Top Deals List
Ford Motor $1 billion investment, United Solar solar cell factory in Greenville
Site Selection (May 2007)
  

Ann Arbor Nation's #5 Best Place to Live 2007
Up from #6 in 2006
Sperling's annual Cities Ranked and Rated Guide

Silver Shovel Award, Major Corporate Investments 2005, 2006
For 2nd year, Michigan recognized for success in countering outsourcing trend
Area Development (2007)

Ann Arbor #1 on List of Top Knowledge Worker Metros
Up from #3 in 2006
Lansing, Kalamazoo Also Among Top Metros
Expansion Management (2007)

#4 State for Small Tech Innovation 2006 Up from #5 in 2005, #8 in 2004, #9 in 2003
Small Times (2007)

Michigan #3 State in U.S. Manufacturing
One of top 14 states best positioned to compete nationally, globally
eMvoy Research (2006)

Kettering #1 University for Industrial, Manufacturing Engineering
"America's Best Colleges Guide"
U.S. News & World Report (2007)

2005 Michigan Industrial Expansions Win Awards
DaimlerChrysler Sterling Heights Plant Retention: Corporate Investment Award
Severstal North American (former Ford Rouge plant): Community Impact Award
Trade & Industry Development (2006)

MEDC Wins Silver Award for Economic Development Achievement 2005
DaimlerChrysler Sterling Heights Assembly, Stamping Plant Retention
Business Facilities (2006)

Nation's #5 in New Capital Spending 2005
Attracted $3.7 billion in major auto-sector investment
U.S. Investment Monitor, Ernst & Young (2006)