Economic Gardening

Story first appeared in the Traverse City Record-Eagle.
Economic Gardening is the new buzzword in Michigan’s economic development lexicon. It’s focused on growing Michigan-based companies and entrepreneurial start-ups over trying to lure new operations into the state. Sunday’s September 25th Business section will debut a new monthly column produced by the Traverse City Area Chamber of Commerce on its economic development efforts in the region. This week Tino Breithaupt, the chamber’s outgoing senior vice president of economic development, will expand on the organization’s Economic Gardening activities in northern Michigan.