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Michigan Prosperity Agenda: The Year in Review

Program Explores How to Make a Better Michigan

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The Michigan Prosperity Agenda is a monthly radio show that challenges listeners to help make Michigan a better place to live, work and play by creating vibrant and prosperous local communities. It has aired on News/Talk 760 WJR at 7 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of each month throughout 2010 and will continue through 2011.

The hour-long radio program is hosted by Dan Gilmartin, CEO of the Michigan Municipal League (the League). The show is sponsored by the League and the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA).

THE MOST RECENT SHOW aired at 7 p.m. Dec. 29 on News/Talk 760 WJR. We looked at the steps Michigan took toward economic prosperity in 2011 and talked to Governor Rick Snyder and some of the state’s leading journalists about what they are expecting in 2012. View past radio shows here.

Listen to the full show: Audio (length: 37:54)

	Dan Gilmartin Dan Gilmartin, executive director and CEO of the Michigan Municipal League. Dan sets up the show: Audio (Length: 1 minute)
	Governor Rick Snyder After completing his first year in office, the Governor will reflect on a busy year and discuss what he hopes to accomplish in 2012 and beyond. Audio (Length: 11 minutes). Governor Snyder said a lot was achieved in his first year as he set out to establish a foundation for the reinvention of Michigan. Specific to cities, in 2012 he hopes to address crime and energy and the environment.
	R.J. King R.J. King is editor of DBusiness magazine, which covers companies in metro Detroit that are expanding locally, nationally and internationally. He has profiled high level business professionals like Roger Penske, Cindy Pasky, Dan Gilbert, Edsel Ford, and A. Alfred Taubman. DBusiness garnered four Gold medals in the 2011 Editorial Excellence Awards from Alliance of Area Business Publications, including being named the top regional business magazine in the county. Prior to launching DBusiness in 2006, King was a business writer for the Detroit News where he wrote more than 4,000 articles covering economic development, automotive, health care, technology and transportation. Audio (Length: 7:20 minutes). Detroit has an image as a manufacturing town, but that’s only part of the story. There’s much more going on in Detroit that just manufacturing. DBusiness magazine focuses on a range of people and businesses making a difference in the Motor City.
	Jeff Hill Jeff Hill is the publisher for Rapid Growth Media, is a lifelong resident of Michigan, and holds a bachelors degree in Communications and Economics from Western Michigan University. He will talk about how the economic climate is impacting things in the western side of Michigan and what he expects to happen in 2012. Audio (Length: 10 minutes). About 20,000 new jobs were created in Grand Rapids and West Michigan in 2011 and the “place and quality of life” are key factors people look at when deciding where to live and work.
	Mimi Bell Mimi Bell is editor of Great Lakes Bay Regional Lifestyle Magazine and Great Lakes Bay Business. She is also an independent editor and writer, editing and contributing content to a variety of national custom publications. She will talk about northern Michigan’s economic experience in 2011 and what is expected in the year to come. Audio (Length: 8:32 minutes). There are some exciting, new projects attracting people to move back to the downtowns of Bay City , Saginaw, Midland and other mid-Michigan communities. These projects are attracting a young, talented workforce. Much of the success being experienced is due to cooperation and collaboration between the Mid-Michigan communities.