Next meeting: Oakland County
More information about this stop soon.

Alternative Energy Meeting [Ann Arbor]
Governor Granholm spent Friday at the Environmental Protection Agency’s National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory in Ann Arbor, meeting with business leaders, U of M professors, and Margo Oge, director of the EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality.. Click here to read more in our blog...

Alternative Energy Meeting [Eaton Rapids]
Immediately after returning from California and her meetings with some major investors in the alternative energy field, Governor Granholm toured Dowding Industries in Eaton Rapids on Wednesday. Dowding is machining and fabricating company that makes the pieces for wind turbines, and just recently they were awarded a $9 million dollar bond from the MEDC for expansion. Click here to read more in our blog...

Round Table [Traverse City]
Governor Granholm met with officials from area businesses as well as representatives from Northwestern Michigan College to discuss new developments in the alternative energy industry and how the state can help foster growth in exciting new green energy projects.

Business Round Table [Detroit]
Yesterday the Governor met with companies from the southeast part of the state that are working to create jobs and protect our environment. For a list of the companies in attendance and a brief description of what areas in alternative energy they focus on, click here to read more in our blog...

Cascade Engineering [Grand Rapids]
Yesterday, the Governor stopped at Cascade Engineering, located just outside of Grand Rapids, for the second stop on her series of meetings across the state promoting alternative energy.

Several West Michigan companies attended the roundtable and talked about the areas that they are working in that will provide jobs and economic growth for our state as well as protecting our environment. Click here to read more in our blog...

K&M Machine-Fabricating [Cassopolis]
K & M builds the components for wind turbines- an industry where current supply can’t meet the growing nationwide demand. Click here to read more in our blog...

Michigan is taking steps: When she took office in 2003, Governor Granholm got to work on making Michigan a leader in the production and distribution of alternative energies like ethanol and biodiesel. Her aggressive approach has doubled production of ethanol in Michigan and created hundreds of new jobs as more plants go online. She's putting ethanol pumps at all state fleet fueling stations to fill the tanks of over 1,800 flexible fuel vehicles within two years. And, she worked to create over 20 new ethanol retail locations for the general public. She even signed into law a reduction in the gas tax for environmentally friendly biofuels.

What you can do: That's just one of the ways the governor is working to protect Michigan's natural resources and diversifying our economy. But there's plenty you can do yourself. There are hundreds of ways that we can reduce our environmental impact and keep Michigan beautiful for our children's generation - and most of them involve making a simple change in our regular routines.

Just one small step: Pick one small change in the way you go about your daily routine. Stick with it. We'll send you a reminder in a few months and tell you how you're change has helped keep our state a cleaner, healthier place to live, learn, and earn. Click below right now to see the pledge and start making a change in your life.