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The most innovative companies in economic development for 2025

Fast Company Tech

Others found ways to expand the opportunities within existing hometown industries: NCBiotech built pathways to bring more local residents into the Research Triangles booming life sciences sector. Michigan Central , an old train station converted into a 30-acre innovation campus in Detroit, opened its doors last July.

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Airspace Link raises $10M to make drones safer for both operators and communities

TechCrunch

The Detroit, Michigan-based startup anticipates using the additional funds to expand its domestic offering and expand overseas. Airspace Link’s novel platform addresses drone operators’ and communities’ concerns, enabling pilots to safely fly while complying with local airspace restrictions.

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Google launches Google for Entrepreneurs to keep an even closer eye on startups around the world

The Next Web

The company says it will focus on three key areas: Partnerships with strong organizations that serve entrepreneurs in local communities. Googlers in 28 cities across 13 countries will be hosting events to keep an eye on local entrepreneurs. Google-led programs to bring our teams and our tools directly to entrepreneurs.

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Amazon’s Fire TV is adding local news in many more cities

The Verge

At that time, the app offered local news coverage in 12 cities, including New York, San Francisco, Dallas, Miami, and more. But today, Amazon says it’s expanding local news to “88 major cities” across the US, “including popular local stations from news distributors such as ABC Owned Television Stations, CBSN, TEGNA, Cox, The E.W.

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Comcast to provide Wi-Fi to low-income students through local community centers

The Verge

Comcast is launching a program to provide free Wi-Fi in community centers as part of an effort to improve internet access for students in low-income areas, the company said Thursday. Other community centers in Atlanta, Denver, Detroit, Miami, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, DC will also be included. Photo: Comcast.

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Great reads from around the web on August 23rd

Amy Sample Ward

Facebook vs. Twitter vs. … Part 1: T… – Lithosphere Community – "Michael was voted a 2010 Influential Leader by CRM Magazine for his work on predictive social analytics and its application to Social CRM. " Library Value Calculator | Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library – I love this!

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The Public Argument About Arts Support as Seen through the Lens of the Detroit Institute of Arts

Museum 2.0

Earlier this month, the Detroit Institute of Arts was "saved" by a voter-approved property tax (called a "millage") in its three surrounding counties. I'm focusing on the community response to the prospect of the millage and the way the public debate reflects broader conversations about the public value of the arts.

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