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Saginaw County was ranked fourth out of 83 Michigan
counties for Percent of Workforce Employed In Information Technology
according to a recent study by the Michigan State University Community
and Economic Development Program. |
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The Rehmann Group, with headquarters in Saginaw, was
listed as one of Detroit Metro Area's 101 Best and Brightest Companies
to Work For. The company is the
second largest accounting firm in Michigan behind Plante & Moran. |
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Delta College was
recently named as one of the country’s top 10 tech-savvy community
colleges for 2007 by the Center for Digital Education and the American
Association of Community Colleges. |
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The Saginaw Metro Area was ranked Number 23 for Culture &
Leisure on the Forbes Magazine Best Small Places List. |
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Saginaw County was named One of the 100 Best Communities
for Young People in the Nation by America's Promise. |
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Recently the Saginaw area was ranked One of the Top 5
Best Places to Live for Cost of Living by Salary.com |
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Recently the Saginaw area was ranked the Number 51 Metro
Area for Engineers by Forbes Magazine. |
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Saginaw is home to the largest group of cardiovascular
surgeons in the State of Michigan - Michigan CaridoVascular Institute. |
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Saginaw County is home to five major hospital facilities
that provide a wide array of medical services. |
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Synergy Medical Education Alliance offers five,
community-based, fully-accredited residency training programs in
emergency medicine, family practice, internal medicine, general surgery,
and obstetrics and gynecology. |
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Saginaw County is 23rd in the nation in sugarbeets
harvested, 28th in the nation in dry edible beans harvested and third in
soybeans harvested in the State of Michigan. |
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The Michigan Travel Bureau ranked Saginaw County the
Number 3 Tourist Destination in the State of Michigan. |
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The Birch Run - Frankenmuth exit off I-75 in Saginaw
County is the second busiest exit for tourism in the nation, second to
Orlando, Florida. |
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Saginaw is home to the Saginaw Spirit Hockey Club, which
is a member of the Ontario Hockey League. The Spirit hosted the 2007 Bell OHL All-Star Classic. |
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Saginaw County has over 541 acres of park land with
year-round recreational opportunities. Saginaw has 26 public and
private golf courses, 30 parks and an 82-acre trail system for skiing or
hiking. |
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Saginaw County is home to 15 museums, 34 meeting
facilities, 43 hotels, 12 bed & breakfasts and 67 different religious
denominations. |
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The second annual AG Edwards Nest Egg Index ranked the
Saginaw Metro Area 278th out of 934 U.S. communities for personal
savings. |
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The City of Saginaw received a Tree City USA designation
from the Tree City USA®
program, sponsored by The National Arbor Day Foundation in cooperation
with the USDA Forest Service and the National Association of State
Foresters. Requirements include, a tree board or department, tree
care ordinance, community forestry program with an annual budget of at
least $2 per capita and an Arbor Day observance and proclamation. |
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