Tune in to WJR (AM 760)
tonight at 7pm for a discussion on why transit matters to Michigan’s and Detroit’s future in the next part of "Michigan Prosperity Agenda."
Hosted by Jeff Gerritt from the Free Press, it will features:
- Dan Gilmartin, CEO of the Michigan Municipal League,
- Oakland County developer Alan Kiriluk,
- University of Michigan instructor Peter Allen, and
- Don Stypula, executive director of the Grand Valley Metropolitan Council.
The Michigan Municipal League is on point in trying to lay out a new agenda and growth strategy that focuses on investments in cities, transit and education in building a knowledge-based economy for the 21st Century. For the last 20 years, Michigan’s economic growth strategy has centered on tax policies, and it’s pretty easy to see what we got for it. Businesses, investors and entrepreneurs look at far more than tax rates. We need to move the debate from taxes to jobs, and from cutting back to growing forward. Transit is one piece of that pie.