In several past posts, MoodyOnTheMarket.com has reported on Southwest Michigan's efforts to attract major industrial plants (particularly in the auto industry), the reasons why those efforts have been unsuccessful and why they'll likely never be successful. In a nutshell, Southwest Michigan doesn't have suitable available sites, nor an available work force those plant locators demand. What would such a plant site look like? And how difficult is it to assemble such a site that's essentially 'shovel ready' for an Electronic Vehicle or Battery plant? Such a site is being put together near Grand Ledge, northwest of Lansing along I-96, with many factors coming together. It might happen. Unless the NIMBY neighbors succeed in a growing opposition campaign. Our journalistic associates in the non-profit, non-partisan newsroom at www.BridgeMI.com in Lansing have been looking into the process of assembling a site for 1,500 potential new jobs. And it's a complica
About 1,400 acres of assembled land, including a farm now owned by MSU, is under contract in tiny Eagle Township. Economic developers pitch the land as ‘America’s best megasite’ for energy-heavy projects like semiconductors or EV batteries.
A touching and emotional moment was made possible for 100-year-old cat lover Betty Morris, as she was invited to a specially arranged, one-off close encounter with serval cat Nwela at Drusillas Park.