We hope that the list of links below will help you find all of the economic development information you are looking for. If we missed your site, please let us know.

1. Municipality Websites
   • http://www.nlc.org/inside_nlc/membership/membership_rosters/378.aspx
     This is a great starting place to find economic developers.
2. Municipal level data
   • http://www.city-data.com/city/Michigan.html
     This site offers a great deal of city level data.
   • http://www.citytowninfo.com/places/michigan/harper-woods
     This site offers a great deal of city level data.
   • http://mich.info/michigan/government/townshipgov.htm
     Michigan township government directory
   • http://icma.org/main/bc.asp?bcid=141&hsid=1&ssid1=44&ssid2=80&ssid3=215
     ICMA data
3. Economic Development Toolboxes
   • http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cced/communities/CountyEconomicProfile.cfm
     Excellent resource on economic development toolboxes with many links to other sites.
   • http://data.bls.gov/LOCATION_QUOTIENT/servlet/lqc.ControllerServlet
     Location quotient by area.
   • http://www.bea.gov/index.htm
     Connected to last site
   • http://data.bls.gov/LOCATION_QUOTIENT/servlet/lqc.ControllerServlet
     Industry (Location quotients computed for Detroit)
   • http://www.georgiastats.uga.edu/sshare1.html
     Shift-share calculator with data up to 2005
   • http://www.michigan.org/medc/miinfo/places/index.asp?imap=true
     State economic development interactive map by county
4. Economic Development Agencies in Michigan
   • http://www.medaweb.org/167265.ihtml
     MEDA has many other economic development organizations and municipal websites on this page. If not listed below, consult this source.
   • http://www.crcmich.org/EDSurvey/toc.html
     Citizens Research Council
   • http://www.cedam.info/about_us.html
     Community Economic Development Association of Michigan
   • http://www.semcog.org/
     Southeast Michigan Council of Governments
   • http://www.oaklandweb.com/organizations/chambers_of_commerce.htm
     Oakland County Chambers of Commerce by city
   • http://www.gdi-solutions.com/directory/edo/michigan.htm
     Michigan directory of economic development organizations—This site has like to various city web sites.
   • http://www.ecodevdirectory.com/michigan.htm#Southeastern%20Michigan%20(Detroit,%20Flint,%20Ann%20Arbor)
     List of economic development agencies in southeast Michigan
   • http://visitdetroit.com/
     D Brand
   • http://www.annarborspark.org/
     Ann Arbor Spark
   • http://www.detroitchamber.com/business_development/index.asp?cid=44
     Detroit Regional Chamber
   • http://www.medaweb.org/
     Michigan Economic Developers Association
   • http://www.michigan.gov/dleg
     Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth
   • http://www.andersoneconomicgroup.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=di splay_aeg&doc_ID=2220
     Private Economic Group in Michigan
   • http://www.michiganadvantage.org/
     Michigan Economic Development Corporation
   • http://www.michigansuburbsalliance.org/
     Michigan Suburbs Alliance
5. Chambers of Commerce
   • http://www.michamber.com/mx/hm.asp?id=home
     Michigan Chamber of Commerce
   • http://www.2chambers.com/michigan2.htm
     Links to all Michigan Municipal and County Chambers
   • http://mich.info/michigan/business/michambers1.htm
     Second list of all Michigan Chambers by municipal level with contact information.
   • http://www.detroitchamber.com/main/index.asp
     Detroit Regional Chamber
   • http://www.central-macomb.com/
     Macomb County Chamber
   • http://monroemi.usachamber.com/
     Monroe County Chamber
   • http://www.swccc.org/
     Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber
   • http://waynechamber.net/home/
     Wayne Chamber of Commerce
6. Information Technology
   • http://www.techtownwsu.org/
     Tech Town
   • http://www.automationalley.com/autoalley/Automation+Alley
     Automation Alley
7. Economic Development Articles
   • http://www.senate.michigan.gov/sfa/Publications/Econind/MEI_AUG07.PDF
     Michigan’s Senate economic indicator article.
   • http://cronus.uwindsor.ca/units/stateofthestraight/softs.nsf/54ef3e94e5fe816e85256d6e0063d208/4506079a8efac1ca852573a3005000fa/$FILE/hpg.pdf
     This article assesses population decline in Southeast Michigan
   • http://www.ced.msu.edu/policy.html
     Michigan State’s link to the latest economic development articles.
   • http://www.upjohninst.org/
     The Upjohn institute has many articles on economic development pertaining to Michigan’s economy.
   • http://www.eda.gov/Research/ResearchReports.xml
     Excellent reports on numerous areas of economic development
8. Data Sources/ED indicators
   • http://www.econdata.net/
     1000 links to economic data
   • http://www.dataplace.org/area_overview/index.html?category=3&place=x73125&z=1
     Excellent source for municipal data
   • http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/categories/30736
     FRED data- Economic indicators on state and county data
   • http://www.neweconomyindex.org/states/2002/index.html
     Link to state economies
9. Banks and Business Perspectives
   • http://www.michigan.org/medc/miadvantage/incentives/?m=11;4
     Site describing Michigan’s incentives.
   • http://www.comerica.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=3fe99cef4434b010VgnVCM1000001c21160aRCRD
     Comerica bank’s economic insight articles for Michigan.
   • http://www.sbam.org/
     Small Business Association of Michigan
10. Land Use Maps/Geographic Maps
    • http://www.usgs.gov/pubprod/data.html#data
      This site combines the power of data and geographic mapping on everything from earthquake zones to economic development.