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	Podcast:		Detroit Economic Club's Podcast
	Episode:		Growing a Stronger Michigan
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:44:44
	Publish Date:		2018-04-26 11:35:46
	Description:		John Rakolta, Jr., Chairman & CEO of Walbridge, and Doug Rothwell, President & CEO of Business Leaders for Michigan, addressed the Detroit Economic Club Tuesday, April 24, 2018, and discussed what needs to be done to make Michigan a ‘Top Ten’ state. “We are at a crossroads now, that is the reality is that Michigan finds itself in,” said Rothwell. “We have come a long way since 2009 when we hit the Great Recession, probably harder than any other state did. The reality is that though we have come back a lot in these last 5-10 years, the fact is that we still are about average, or slightly below average, on a lot of the indicators that matter most.” Rakolta stressed that in order to become a 'Top Ten' state, reforms need to be made to education, infrastructure and importantly, regional transit. "Education is one, infrastructure is two and if you want to include that (regional transit) as part of infrastructure, then it is the number two issue that we have," said Rakolta.
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