Thank You MEDA	Corporate Sponsors!

Join Us for MEDA’s 50th Anniversary Celebration Annual Meeting “The Road Ahead”
MEDA’s 50th Anniversary Celebration Annual Meeting is scheduled for September 14th – 17th at the Hagerty Center in Traverse City. We have planned many educational sessions with top speakers as well as enhanced networking opportunities.

Go to the Annual Meeting Homepage to Register, View the Agenda, Get Location Information, Reserve a Hotel Room, Nominate an Outstanding Economic Developer for MEDA Awards and Much More! Thank You Annual Meeting Sponsors!

MEDA’s 50th Anniversary Celebration is a Year Long Event
Click Here to go to the “50th Anniversary, History and Goodwill Fundraiser” page to find out how you can participate in the Year-Long Fundraiser for Michigan’s Goodwills and help build MEDA’s history. Buy 50th Anniversary Memorabilia – All Proceeds Go to Goodwill!

Registration Open for Economic Development Basic Course
The Economic Development Basic Course has been scheduled for October 4th - 7th, 2010, at the Eagle Eye Golf Club in East Lansing. This course is ideal for those looking to become a Certified Economic Developer (CEcD), those will less than five years of experience in economic development and those who are looking to tie up some loose ends in their economic development knowledge.
Click Here to view the agenda, location and hotel information, and to register for the course

MEDA Membership Service of the Month
August 2010 -- As the “leading voice for economic development in Michigan” MEDA is often presented with the opportunity to seek solutions that the economic development community can use to do their work effectively. MEDA develops taskforces to discuss, research, and produce reports and studies that provide recommendations on specific issues. When incentives to attract and retain companies were under fire, MEDA members banded together to produce “Accelerating Michigan’s Economic Resurgence,” a comprehensive report on recommended changes to business incentives. In the wake of the social media boom, MEDA formed a taskforce to explore social media’s use in attracting, fundraising and performing other economic development duties. An educational seminar is being planned to cover this topic.