Michigan may have turned the corner toward a more Business-like atmosphere with the newly elected Legislature and Governor. 
Marine City:
Family Business Owner, Virginia Ladensack knows how to move from near collapse into New Concepts.
...The family business founded by her father. Ralph Baker nearly 30 years ago as a manufacturing and service on
machines dating back to the early 1900's. As the years passed, son Robert Baker & daughter Virginia Ladensack
became partners. Various changes made over the years until the Fisher-Baker Corp. [with son Robert & Virginia L.]
in 1984 occupied the space at 420 S. Water. The father Ralph Baker moved to Florida [start up a plant] & in
2000 , son Robert retired. Virginia stayed at the original location and as the economy slowed almost to a stop for
that area, she took a long look & realized that she had to Grow or Go. Virginia tapped into the company's over
30 years of experience in shipping product.
Through hard work, on line research & 'netting', getting the message out any way she could-The birth of:
"FB Package and Shipping". During the ensuing years, she has become the local spot for a FedEx Center,
the U.S.Postal Office; and eventually an authorized center for UPS.
Congratulations to a forward-thinking-and-acting Business Woman.
FTTH..Michigan received Broadband [Rural areas]:
...Northeastern Michigan: Allband Communications Cooperative:
has received two grants of: $8,622,754 & $!,107,903 to extend High-speed, data & VoIP services to the
rural area. The grant is Federal Investment in Broadband for Economic recovery II.
...Chatham, MI: Chatham Last Mile Remote: Chatham Telephone Company, Inc:
has received a grant of: $8,605,935 for the project to bring high-speed DSL Broadband service to remote,
unserved households with its rural service territory [comparable to DSL service provided in its more populated
areas.
...Communication Corporation Of Michigan: Broadband project to serve rural unserved establishments:
has received a grant of: $1,221,811 to this subsidiary of TDS Telecom to establish high-speed broadband
service to unserved establishments in its rural service territory. The network to be engineered so that it can
be upgraded at a later time.
...Mid Michigan Broadband ARRA Project: Crystal Automation systems, Inc:
has received a grant and loan: Grant of: $18,548,197 & Loan of: $7,949,227 to provide broadband to rural
households and businesses over fixed Wireless WiMax and fiber optic cable that have no other options. This is
routed past the more highly populated areas to bring the DSL capability for many needed areas such as: school,
hospitals, & cell towers to name a few.
...Island Telephone Company: a subsidiary of TDS Telecom:
Island Telephone Co. proposed a project to bring high-speed DSL BB service to unserved establishments within
its rural territory with a network to be designed to be upgraded as needed in the future
...Southeast Michigan Communications: Paw Paw area;
has received a grant & a loan --the Grant of: $4,165,512 & a Loan of $ same amount to construct a FTTH
network to cover the rural areas of its CLEC exchange areas. the project can be upgraded in the future.
...Michigan Thumb area: Air Advantage LLC:
has received a grant of $31,950,000 &n a Loan of: $32,300,000 to bring broadband to 13 counties known as
the Great Lakes Bay Region and Thumb area of Michigan. over 304,000 will have access to Broadband services
up to and in excess of 3MB. This project will create up to 142 direct jobs & indirectly possible 400 jobs.
Automation Alley of Michigan: a partnership of business, government and educational institutions from the region.
...taking 8 different organizations for a special domestic trade mission to the U.S. Army Science Conference to be
held in Orlando, Fl. This is the first domestic mission taken by AAof MI, previous missions were to worldwide areas.
Here the companies will obtain procurement opportunities vital to the regional workforce. More than 1,500 potential
buyers and end-users from 24 nations are expected to attend. The Orlando conference is sponsored by the
Assistant Sec. of the Army Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology --which is responsible for educating about the
Army's scientific and technological needs. for information info@automationalley.com
For the full article see: www.macombdaily.com / Money section C / article by Joseph Szczesny / pf 1 C /
"Automation Alley companies prepare for U.S. Army Science Conference"
Michigan has many movers & shakers;
the business atmosphere is looking UP!
Just a fun observation the day after the Mid-term voting:
" The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative--- the Day after the revolution"
Hannah Arende
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