Bay Mills plastics venture awarded $906k U.S. Commerce Dept. grant

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
US. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

December 18-21, 2006

EDA announced 19 investments greater than $100,000 during the period December 18-22, 2006, totaling $13,414,396. These investments were part of projects totaling $44,135,859, creating over 2,048 jobs, saving 43 jobs, and generating more than $289.9 million in private investments...

$906,000 for a joint investment with the Bay Mills Indian Community and the Bay Mills Community College, Brimley, Michigan, to construct an industrial facility to house the Great Lakes Composites Institute providing space for research, testing, training and manufacturing in the plastics technology in Chippewa County. This investment is part of a $1,510,000 project that will help create 55 jobs and generate more than $2.8 million in private investments.

http://www.eda.gov/xp/EDAPublic/NewsEvents/NewInvestments.xml

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