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Michigan’s per capita income rank: 17 th (1999) to 39 th (2007) One million lost jobs 26% loss in average home sales price. 36% of state living under water. 713,777. Where do we go from here?. Mission.
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Michigan’s per capita income rank: 17th (1999) to 39th (2007) One million lost jobs 26% loss in average home sales price. 36% of state living under water.
Mission Global Detroit is an effort to revitalize southeast Michigan’s economy by pursuing strategies that strengthen Detroit’s connections to the world and that make the region more attractive and welcoming to immigrants, internationals, and foreign trade and investment as a means to produce jobs and regional economic growth.
Number of Shows Including Discussion of Illegal Immigrationin 2007
Proportions of Discussions on Illegal Immigration Mentioning Crime in 2007
San Diego, Phoenix, El Paso, and Austin Immigrant Incarceration Rates are one-fifth the incarceration rates of people born in the U.S. Immigration and Crime FACTS
Michigan’s Immigrant Community: • Is 37% college educated vs. 23.7% non-immigrants and1.5 times as likely to have a 4-year degree • Is 3 times as likely to start a business in Michigan • Responsible for 40% of all international patents filed from Michigan and is 7 times as likely to file an international patent • Created 32.8% of all high-tech firms in Michigan—ranking Michigan #3 in the U.S.—and is 6 times as likely to start a high-tech firm in Michigan
2nd largest foreign born population in Great Lakes region (after Chicago) • 3rd largest percent foreign born in Great Lakes region (after Chicago and Minn./St. Paul) • 3rd highest economic contribution ratio of 1.30 of the 25 largest metros Metro Detroit’s Immigrant Opportunity
Intl. Students in Michigan, National Rank and Economic Impact Percent of Michigan’s Foreign Student’s in STEM Fields of Study: 38.4% Percent of U.S. Undergraduate Student’s in STEM Fields of Study: 13.7% Michigan Institutions with the Highest Number of Foreign Students
Global Detroit Strategic Outcomes • Make the region welcoming to the international community and immigrants. • Attract international investment and businesses that create jobs. • Retain international talent in the region. • Cultivate immigrant and ethnic revitalization of neighborhoods in the city of Detroit and the region’s core communities.
Make the region welcoming to the international community and immigrants. • Welcoming Michigan • Global Detroit Welcome Mat • Leadership Detroit, Leadership Oakland, Leadership Macomb, and Leadership Ann Arbor • New Michigan Media
Attract international investment and businesses that create jobs. • Nearshoring Partnership with Windsor and Essex County • EB-5 Regional Investor Visa Centers
Retain international talent in the region. • University Research Corridor International Student Retention • Upwardly Global and Licensing Skilled Immigrants
Cultivate immigrant and ethnic revitalization of neighborhoods in the city of Detroit and the region’s core communities. • Neighborhood Development Center of Minneapolis/St. Paul • Detroit Works Project Summit on New Americans
Global Detroit Strategic Partners • Global Michigan • Partnership for a New American Economy • Great Lakes Chambers of Commerce • Global Cleveland, Pittsburgh Technology Council, Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians • Ann Arbor SPARK Cultural Ambassadors • Automation Alley International Business Services Group • TiE Detroit and Ethnic Chambers • New Michigan Media
A Global Detroit • www.globaldetroit.com