Michigan SmartZones

Thanks to the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, the State of Michigan has designated twenty-one distinct tech hubs located all across the state, referred to as “SmartZones”. These areas encourage symbiotic collaborations between pillars of the community: universities, community organizations, municipalities, and public-private institutions. These individual organizations work together to promote innovation through the actualization, development, and growth of new ideas, supplying the necessary tools and resources to increase the state and region’s economic growth, available job opportunities, and technology-related business models. Each of Michigan’s SmartZones include technology business accelerator programs that offer a wide variety of services that help to mine technology from universities and established partners in order to help entrepreneurs and growing businesses secure the necessary tools, funding, and human capital to succeed.