Come to Michigan. We'll be glad to talk about the renaissance of manufacturing. We do it every day.
We could talk about what a small business -- to small to bail out -- is doing in Comstock Park, Michigan, just north of Grand Rapids. Commercial Tool & Die saw the need for CNC machinists so they started a sister company, Expert Tech, to train people in CNC machining and other skills needed by manufacturers in West Michigan.
Where are the workers? We understand the need. We are doing something about it, and we would be glad to talk to you about it. Walk the campus of Grand Valley State University and we can talk about the education-industry partnership that was created because we saw the need to grow new engineers for manufacturing. We can't plant those seeds fast enough.
We know about the dark days of manufacturing. We were there for the Great Collapse. However, while everyone was betting their ranches of the Creative Class, we were still inventing things and making things.
We'll be glad to talk to you about that, too
And while you are here, please visit the Medical Mile in Grand Rapids. It's a health care, life sciences, higher education cluster of prosperity, that was created by the community of Grand Rapids.
Mr. President: Please, join the conversation about manufacturing in Michigan. We do it every day.
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Last Chance Mile: The Reinvention of an American Community, the story of Grand Rapids Medical Mile and the people of that American community is available wherever books are sold including West Coast Coffee on Monroe Center in downtown Grand Rapids and Schuler Books & Music in Grand Rapids.
Where Are The Workers? is one of five e-book essays in the Restore The Roar: Manufacturing Renaissance series available through Amazon and Vook.com.
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