Circular Economies Institute Panel 3: Sustainable Packaging Systems & Polymer Science

Circular Economies Institute Panel 2: Circular Economy, Transportation Systems & Mass Timber

Circular Economies Institute Panel 1: Circular Economy, Bio-Based Solutions & Research

Janice Beecher: Paying for Infrastructure

Sam Butler: Community Benefits and Workers

Mitch Shapiro: Broadband Access

Dana Dake: Autonomous Vehicles

Psalm Bingham: Youth Entrepreneurship

Angela Barbash: Community Capital Investing

Risk Takers: Improving Communities through Economic Development

In the past 50 years it has become apparent that traditional economic development practices don’t address the social inequalities and growing income gap in Michigan. In our mission to rethink these methods, The Michigan State University Center for Regional Economic Innovation has engaged with some of the most innovative thinkers and doers. We've tracked down some of these remarkable risk takers from across the state, offering a glimpse into understanding how they are changing the way we do economic development.