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26 Companies Honored for Growth
Saginaw, Mich., part of the Great Lakes Bay Region, March 12, 2021 The Saginaw Future Inc. (SFI) 29th ANNUAL MEETING has gone digital! We are in the middle of a digital media campaign highlighting the successful projects and initiatives from 2020 through social media, videos, ou...
Michigan Small Business Survival Grant Program to provide
$55 million in grants for COVID-19 relief efforts
Updated 1-19-2021
Questions? Send an email to tmiller@SaginawFuture.com
January 19, 2021, at 9:00 a.m., the MEDC will open up the application opportunity for the Michigan Small Business Survival program. This grant program is focused on those businesses impacte...
Providing help that sweats every detail.
Dec 4 2020Small Business Assessment Program
Saginaw Future Inc. and the Saginaw County Chamber of Commerce have partnered with Consumers Energy on its Small Business Assessment Program.
Consumers Energy is able to identify energy saving opportunities, answer energy-related questions and help small businesses through its rebate process.
During a visit, Consumers will also maximize your energy savings b...
On Monday, the Michigan Strategic Fund approved a $10 million grant program to help meet the needs of small businesses disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 virus. The Pure Michigan Small Business Relief Initiative will utilize federal CARES Act funding to award grants of up to $15,000 to more than 65...
Applications for the Michigan Small Business Restart Program are now closed as of 11:59 PM on August 5, 2020.
Saginaw Future will be distributing $3,545,455 and the Middle Michigan Development Corporation will be distributing $3.5 million to Arenac, Bay, Clare, Gladwin, Gratiot, Isabella, Midland and Saginaw Counties in Region 5.
Each county will have the opportunit...
Applications for the Michigan Small Business Restart Program closes on 8/5/2020 at 11:59 p.m. Click here to appy!
Process timeline
Applications will be selected by 8/30
Notification to Awardees begin 9/1 and completed by 9/30
Disbursement of awards begin 9/1 and completed by 12/30
The Michigan Economic Development Corporation and Saginaw Future Inc. will announce the awardees no late...
Saginaw Future Inc. (SFI) is excited to announce that more Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) grant funding will be available to Saginaw County and Regional small businesses (with under 50 employees)! The State Legislature passed a law, signed by the Governor, that will appropriate $100 million of federal CARES Ac...
SAGINAW, MI-- Saginaw Future, Inc. recently launched a newly designed website to further strengthen its online presence and economic growth by offering a more robust and informative tool to prospective companies. The newly revamped website, SaginawFuture.com, will promote Saginaw County as a premier location for domestic and foreign investment an...
Saginaw, Mich., part of the Great Lakes Bay Region, June 20, 2020 Saginaw Future Inc. and the Saginaw County Chamber of Commerce partnered with B&B Threads to develop #SaginawStrong shirts.
Five dollars from each purchase will be donated to the Saginaw County Chamber Foundation, which is a 501c3 non-profit charitable organization...
Beth Roszatycki has been added to the team at Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU). She is joining SVSU and taking the lead at the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) as its new regional director. Roszatycki will supervise a team of seven employees which cover Bay, Midland and Saginaw counties, along with al...
The Frankenmuth Economic Development Corporation received a Michigan Site Readiness grant for $83,090, which will be used to add a new road in the Frankenmuth Business Park . Working with local partners, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation launched the program, giving Michigan sites a competitive advantage in business attraction and expansion projects...
State Supports $1.5 Million Fund to Help Small - Businesses Recover, Pivot in Response to COVID-19
May 13 2020State Supports $1.5 Million Fund to Help Small Businesses Recover, Pivot in Response to COVID-19
The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) partnered with Michigan Women Forward yesterday in announcing the creation of the $1.5 million Michigan Entrepreneur Resilience Fund to help entrepreneurs and small businesses negatively impacted by COVID-19 recover from the outbreak...
Saginaw, Mich., part of the Great Lakes Bay Region, May 6, 2020 The Saginaw County Chamber of Commerce and Saginaw Future Inc. (SFI) are excited to announce the Consumers Energy Foundation will contribute $200,000 to assist Saginaw County small businesses that have been impacted by COVID-19. Grants between $1,000 and $2,00...
Saginaw Future Inc. and Saginaw County Chamber of Commerce Provide Resources for Business Reopening
Apr 24 2020Governor Whitmer has begun lifting COVID-19 Business Restrictions
Saginaw Future Inc. and Saginaw County Chamber of Commerce Provide Resources for Business Reopening
Saginaw, Mich., part of the Great Lakes Bay Region, April 24, 2020 Governor Gretchen Whitmer has begun lifting COVID-19 restrictions on some businesses, which can begin reopening. Landscapers, lawn-service companies, plant nurserie...
Relief Grants Awarded to 205 Small Businesses in Arenac, Bay, Midland and Saginaw Counties
Apr 10 2020$400,000 in Small Business Relief Grants Awarded
to Businesses in Arenac, Bay,
Midland and Saginaw Counties
Saginaw, Mich., part of the Great Lakes Bay Region, April 10, 2020 Thanks to funding made available through the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), four local area economic development organizations were able to provide $400,000 in smal...
Saginaw County's outstanding business sector and the entire Great Lakes Bay Regional community are stepping up to support the fight against COVID-19. Manufacturers are ramping up production to supply hospitals and many other health care providers with critical personal protection equipment needed to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Businesses, schools an...
With customer demand on the rise, Saginaw Control & Engineering began planning an expansion. But the current headquarters, where the business has operated for more than 50 years, is built out and landlocked.
The company had just built a distribution center in Tulsa, Okla. and still had 25 acres there wit...
SAGINAW, Mich. – Saginaw's Todd Michael Hall, performed during the blind auditions on the season premiere of NBC's "The Voice" on Monday, February 24, 2020 and advanced to the Battle Rounds.
Hall is a musician best known as the lead singer for New York-based band Riot V. He has been in the band sinc...
Saginaw, Mich., part of the Great Lakes Bay Region, February 21, 2020 Saginaw Future Inc. (SFI) celebrated its 28TH ANNUAL AWARDS Luncheon and another year of economic development in Saginaw County at Curtiss Hall on the campus of Saginaw Valley State University . The event was attended by 475 business and community leaders.
Saginaw Future honored 3...
