So why Midland and the Midland Daily News?

While the Economy in Michigan Struggles, Midland’s Booms

There is plenty of growth, excitement and economic viability in Midland right now.

• $1,500,000,000 expansion by Dow and Dow Corning
• New Open Heart Surgery Center to service Mid-Michigan
• Addition of Great Lakes Loons and Dow Diamond will bring 300,000 to downtown Midland every summer starting in April

MSU ranked Midland County as the #1 county in all of Michigan for patents filed per capita (258 per 100,000 residents). They also ranked Midland the third-highest county in Michigan for number of professional and managerial jobs. Midland County has more resident engineers and chemists than any other area in the nation on a per capita basis.

Since 1999, Midland County’s economic base businesses (including Dow Chemical and Dow Corning) have invested a total of $460 million into the local economy, and they have created and retained over 2,000 jobs.

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