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Michigan needs great ideas.
Not just good ideas, but great ideas.
Fresh ideas. Bold ideas.
Innovative and creative ideas.
Ideas that will transform Michigan’s future.
Imagine Michigan as a better place to live, work, and do business. Imagine a state with thriving communities, well-educated citizens and a revitalized economy. Imagine a healthy population enjoying Michigan’s extraordinary natural resources.
What does that look like to you?
Great Ideas for Michigan
Every Michiganian has an opinion about what would make Michigan a better place to live, work and do business. We want to know yours.
We are looking for a wide range of input from everyday citizens from all walks of life: employers and employees, students and retirees, farmers and small business owners, liberals and conservatives, Detroiters and Yoopers.
Great Ideas for Michigan is an effort to develop innovative and creative ideas that will improve the quality of life for Michigan residents. Through an open online dialogue, Great Ideas for Michigan provides a platform to introduce and discuss ideas that can be used to enlist employers and employees, nonprofit and community organizations, and others in creating the future for Michigan.
Idea of the week
Support Migration to Rural Areas - The "new economy" visionaries say people will no longer follow jobs to where they want to live, instead they will determine where they want to live and then find a way to make a living there. The great idea I submit is to find a way to get rural commercial air service to be competitively priced and more convenient. The second part of this idea is to make sure we invest in the technology and communications infrastructures of rural areas. If we are to attract young people to the most attractive areas of the state, these areas need to have the necessary broadband and wireless infrastructures to meet their technology needs.