From: Ogar, Jon (GOV)
Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 3:37 PM
To: Boyd, Elizabeth (GOV)
Cc: Whipple, Deb (GOV)
Subject: TIME SENSITIVE FOR REVIEW What the Governor's Talking About this Week

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Attachments: TPs 9-3-09.doc

Liz:

 

For your review, attached and below, is What the Governor’s Talking About this Week.

 

Governor Speaks at Regional Clean Energy Economy Forum in Saginaw

The governor spoke Wednesday in Saginaw at one of the White House’s regional clean energy economy forums.  Other speakers at the event included Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, White House Office of Auto Recovery Director Ed Montgomery and David Sandalow, U.S. assistant secretary of energy for policy and international affairs.  Earlier in the day the governor visited Compact Power in Troy which on August 5 received a $151.4 million Department of Energy grant for the production of lithium-ion polymer battery cells for the GM Volt.

 

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Michigan Neighborhood Food Movers Deliver Fresh Produce to Detroit Residents

Last week the governor spoke at a Detroit press conference about the Michigan Neighborhood Food Movers, a pilot project. The food movers are entrepreneurs who drive through specified Detroit neighborhoods selling fresh fruit and vegetables out of trucks.  Low-interest loans from the state are provided to entrepreneurs to start up or expand these mobile truck businesses.  The project is an innovative way to deliver fresh produce to people in urban areas where there are few grocery stores and many residents don’t have automobiles.

 

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Governor’s Great Lakes Wind Council Identifies Areas for Wind Turbine Placement

The Michigan Great Lakes Wind Council, created by Executive Order 2009-1, makes recommendations related to offshore wind development in the state. On Tuesday the council issued its report to the governor saying there are 537 square miles of Great Lakes bottomland that are most favorable for wind turbine placement.  Currently wind turbines cannot be set in water more than 20 feet deep, but new technological developments might allow placement in deeper waters.  

 

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Jon Ogar

Senior Writer/Editor

Communications Division

Office of Governor Jennifer M. Granholm

Office 517-335-6819

Cell 517-515-2743

Fax 517-335-6790