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Michigan roundtables

Site Visit: Family Business Puts the Pedal to the Metal on Reducing Regulations

Office of Advocacy May 17, 2018

By Nick Ivory, Regional Legislative and Regulatory Manager A fourth-generation, family-owned business proves that car manufacturing in the greater Detroit area is not entirely running on empty. Advocacy staff visited E&E…

Small Business Visits

Site Visit: Architectural Salvage Warehouse Preserves the History of Detroit

Office of Advocacy Apr 20, 2018

By Janis Reyes, Assistant Chief Counsel Detroit is a city that is in a rebuilding process since its economic downturn, and one non-profit there is doing its part to reclaim its city’s historical past. Advocacy visited the headquarters of…

Small Business Visits

Site Visit: RBV Contracting Digs Detroit

Office of Advocacy Apr 13, 2018

By Janis Reyes, Assistant Chief Counsel Advocacy visited the headquarters of RBV Contracting, a construction company that is rebuilding Detroit, Michigan one building at a time. Advocacy is hosting Regional Regulatory Reform Roundtables…

Michigan & Wisconsin Small Business Owners Describe their Regulatory Burdens to Advocacy

Office of Advocacy Mar 29, 2018

Small businesses are fed up and asking for relief. The Office of Advocacy heard this and more at its roundtable meetings held in Detroit, Mich., on March 13, and in Milwaukee, Wis., on March 15. As part of Advocacy’s continuing effort to…

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Detroit Small Business Owners Want the Feds to be Less of a Speed Bump

Office of Advocacy Mar 28, 2018

By Brian Headd, Research Economist Detroit was built by new small businesses. Entrepreneurs like Motown founder, Berry Gordy and assembly line pioneer, Henry Ford, built their own empires there. As the world sang Detroit’s…

Site Visit: Michigan Company Shapes Constructive Criticism for NAFTA Revision

Office of Advocacy Mar 20, 2018

By Zvi Rosen, Assistant Chief Counsel On March 13, the Office of Advocacy had the opportunity to tour the facility operated by Vicount Industries in Farmington Hills, Mich. Vicount is in the business of designing and developing metal…