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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...Continue Reading

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...Continue Reading

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...Continue Reading

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...Continue Reading

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...Continue Reading

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...Continue Reading

State 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...Continue Reading

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...Continue Reading

Governor 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...Continue Reading

$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...Continue Reading

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...Continue Reading

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...Continue Reading

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...Continue Reading

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...Continue Reading