Recently Designated Next Michigan Development Corporation Conducts Board Meeting
(FLINT TWP., MICH.) The I-69 International Trade Corridor Next Michigan Development Corporation (NMDC) elected officers at a corporation board meeting on Thursday. The meeting, which took place at Bishop International Airport, was for the recently designated NMDC that includes Genesee, Lapeer, Shiawassee and St. Clair counties.
The board elected Margaret McAvoy of Shiawassee County as chair, Dale Kerbyson of the City of Lapeer in Lapeer County as vice chair, Paul Brake of the City of Grand Blanc in Genesee County as treasurer and Jason Hami of the City of Marysville in St. Clair County as secretary. The I-69 Corridor NMDC will be governed by a board consisting of members from the participating governments and will include one member from each governmental unit.
(FLINT, MICH. – SEPTEMBER 8, 2011) More than 2,800 YouthQuest students will once again be able to participate in an innovative after-school program thanks to a $3.1 million grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. The grant enables YouthQuest, a program managed by the Genesee Regional Chamber of Commerce, to offer free, out-of-school activities at 15 elementary and middle schools throughout the region. Funding was granted to the Genesee Area Focus Fund (GAFF), a non-profit fundraising arm of the Regional Chamber.
FENTON, Mich. (June 22, 2011) – The Genesee Regional Chamber of Commerce, officials from the City of Fenton and Acument Global Technologies, Inc. (Acument), one of the world’s leading providers of mechanical fastening systems, jointly celebrated the grand opening of Acument’s North American Technical and Processing Center with a news conference and ribbon-cutting ceremony today. The 44-employee, 88,000-square-foot Center is located at 2480 Owen Road in Fenton. 
(FLINT, MICH. – May 3, 2011) Hundreds of Genesee County teens will open new doors to jobs, education and the future this summer, thanks to a one-year, $800,000 grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation to the Genesee Area Focus Fund. The grant supports the 2011 Summer Youth Initiative (SYI) program, which is managed by the Genesee Regional Chamber of Commerce. The Focus Fund is the nonprofit fund-raising arm of the Regional Chamber.