This is kind of a reposting from Sunday, as I think I was likley run over in a justified GOTV climate (thanks to the three people that did comment though!).
You may have heard that Michigan's a hard place to live in right now, with an economy that was in recession for years before the rest of the nation and a foreclosure rate that rivals Nevada and Florida. It's not as bad as it could be though, as the state was granted a stay from further woe by President Obama when he staked out the tough political ground to bailout/restructure the American automotive industry and save over 1 million midwestern industrial jobs.
Fortunately, Governor Granholm (and a variety of other forward thinking Michigan lawmakers) saw the writing on the wall when Michigan's recession first hit ( as a life long resident of this beautiful state, I'm going to peg that at 2005) and started working on drawing another major industry to Michigan. The industry in question is unionized, pays living wages, has little negative environmental impact, meshes extremely well with the hospitality infrastructure already in place, capitalizes on Michigan's natural beauty, and brought 340 million dollars to the statewide economy in 2009.
Jump below the fold if your wondering what this new midwestern industry could be.
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