Michigan Strategic Fund provides $1.95 million loan for HighPoint Flats, Muskegon apartment construction to begin | MLive.com
"The redevelopment district allows for new property taxes for the apartment building to be captured in support of the project. Rooks’ Parkland Muskegon Inc. would receive up to $750,000 from the brownfield tax increment fund by 2030 to pay back the state loan, city officials have said.
“My hope is that this will spur additional development in downtown Muskegon,” Rooks said after the state approval. “And I hope that we are able to show demand for market-rate housing that we know exists in downtown Muskegon.”
The Parkland state loan for HighPoint Flats was part of a $6 million outlay approved by the Michigan Strategic Fund Board on Wednesday afternoon in Lansing. The HighPoint Flats loan came from the Michigan Community Revitalization program.
The $6 million in state assistance went to HighPoint Flats and seven other business expansions totaling $95.8 million in new capital investments that will create an estimated 789 new jobs. The Parkland development is expected to create two new jobs beyond the construction employment it will generate."
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
The Michigan Legislature will vote TODAY on HB4111,a $30.6 million supplemental appropriation for federal funds to help implement a state-federal partnership health exchange.
Dear James,
The Michigan
Legislature will vote TODAY on HB4111,a $30.6
million supplemental appropriation for federal funds to help implement a
state-federal partnership health exchange.
Representative
Forlini (R-Harrison Township) said this morning that implementation of
exchanges is inevitable.
“The bottom line is, it’s
coming,” he stated “This at least brings some funding in, so we have some
control. This car is going down the road, so we’re either in the car driving it
(or not).”
Representative
Forlini is wrong: Implementation of this law is not inevitable and considering
more than half of the American people oppose the law, it is improbable. You and
I don’t want to be in the car when it goes off of the cliff, and that is exactly
where Obamacare is going to take us.
Health care
exchanges were created by the president’s flawed health care law and serve to
pile thousands of pages of rules and regulations while transferring control to
health care bureaucrats in Washington.These bloated bureaucracies drive up
the cost of insurance on hardworking families and raise taxes on
businesses.
Hypocrisy
on this issue in the Michigan Legislature is led by Governor Snyder who on one
hand says the feds need to get their budget under control, but then on the
other hand seizes every last dollar of federal money possible. Even worse,
the implementation of Obamacare in Michigan will hurt hardworking families.
Join us in
resisting a centralized government approach to health care reform and instead
focus on solutions that make health care more affordable and accessible for
every American.
Let’s work
to create a health care system of, for, and by the people, not government or
special interests.
In Liberty,
Scott
Hagerstrom
State
Director
AFP-Michigan
Subway 'Wouldn't Exist' If Started Today Due to Regulations: Founder Deluca
Subway 'Wouldn't Exist' If Started Today Due to Regulations: Founder Deluca
"Deluca said the environment for entrepreneurs in the U.S. has "continuously gotten worse because there are more and more regulations.
It's tough for people to get into business, especially a small business."
"Deluca said the environment for entrepreneurs in the U.S. has "continuously gotten worse because there are more and more regulations.
It's tough for people to get into business, especially a small business."
Earlie Johnson's Stolen Porn Collection Replenished By Porn Companies
Earlie Johnson's Stolen Porn Collection Replenished By Porn Companies
""He's the ultimate porn fan," Kulich told HuffPost.
"He seemed distraught by the theft.
This is a guy who bought porn DVDs a couple times a week.
He's a collector who put aside money from each paycheck to meet his financial obligation.""
""He's the ultimate porn fan," Kulich told HuffPost.
"He seemed distraught by the theft.
This is a guy who bought porn DVDs a couple times a week.
He's a collector who put aside money from each paycheck to meet his financial obligation.""
Brooming big-spending Republicans shouldn't be left to chance
Ken Braun: Brooming big-spending Republicans shouldn't be left to chance | MLive.com
"Instead, what DOES sell out the fiscal conservatives is a big SPENDING Republican. Tax hikes, Fiscal Cliffs, the sequester, and the re-election - let alone initial election - of President Obama probably doesn’t happen if the words and deeds of Republicans on the spending front had been consistent over the last 10-20 years.
That wasn’t the case, yet most people – and even most Republicans - believe what their GOP lawmaker tells them and rarely look at a politician’s votes before supporting him or her.
Thus … Welcome to the mess we’re in!"
"Instead, what DOES sell out the fiscal conservatives is a big SPENDING Republican. Tax hikes, Fiscal Cliffs, the sequester, and the re-election - let alone initial election - of President Obama probably doesn’t happen if the words and deeds of Republicans on the spending front had been consistent over the last 10-20 years.
That wasn’t the case, yet most people – and even most Republicans - believe what their GOP lawmaker tells them and rarely look at a politician’s votes before supporting him or her.
Thus … Welcome to the mess we’re in!"
Lengthy new school, university contracts latest lightning rod in Michigan right-to-work debate
Lengthy new school, university contracts latest lightning rod in Michigan right-to-work debate | MLive.com
""It's highly unusual, a ten-year deal for something like this that's clearly designed to get around a recent law," McMillin told reporters after both groups declined his invitation.
"What was the give and take? What did taxpayers get?"
""It's highly unusual, a ten-year deal for something like this that's clearly designed to get around a recent law," McMillin told reporters after both groups declined his invitation.
"What was the give and take? What did taxpayers get?"
Question of the Day: What would be a good use of the Yuba St. Farmers Market location?
Question of the Day: What would be a good use of the Yuba St. Farmers Market location? | MLive.com
"In his column, "Heard on the Street," MLive and Chronicle reporter Dave Alexander discussed the possible creation of a dog park on the current Farmers Market site in the Jackson Hill neighborhood. "
"In his column, "Heard on the Street," MLive and Chronicle reporter Dave Alexander discussed the possible creation of a dog park on the current Farmers Market site in the Jackson Hill neighborhood. "
S.S. Badger coal ash ruling expected soon as Muskegon, Ludington ferries feud
S.S. Badger coal ash ruling expected soon as Muskegon, Ludington ferries feud | MLive.com
"The EPA says it will make a tentative decision in March on whether to give the Badger a new permit. Either way, the company says it intends to sail this spring.
The rival diesel-powered Lake Express ferry says the Badger should have to follow the same pollution rules as other Great Lakes vessels."
"The EPA says it will make a tentative decision in March on whether to give the Badger a new permit. Either way, the company says it intends to sail this spring.
The rival diesel-powered Lake Express ferry says the Badger should have to follow the same pollution rules as other Great Lakes vessels."
Local officials: Closing Muskegon County Airport's control tower wouldn't stop flights
Local officials: Closing Muskegon County Airport's control tower wouldn't stop flights | MLive.com
"If the air control tower is shut down, pilots will have to coordinate landings and takeoffs themselves, via radio – the same operating procedure they currently use when the Muskegon tower shuts down for the night.
“Operationally, it won’t have an impact,” said Airport Manager Marty Piette.
“I don’t think it would hurt the airport.”"
"If the air control tower is shut down, pilots will have to coordinate landings and takeoffs themselves, via radio – the same operating procedure they currently use when the Muskegon tower shuts down for the night.
“Operationally, it won’t have an impact,” said Airport Manager Marty Piette.
“I don’t think it would hurt the airport.”"
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