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©Entire contents copyright 2013 by Crain Communications Inc. All rights reserved Page 3 SECURITY: A MARATHON, NOT A SPRINT Bills seek tighter tax audit rules Couple of gold ones inspire brewers to make cold ones for state Detroit firms run over by water dept. runoff fees Teams for the Target Taking aim at Fireworks, Detroit With Gilbert at table, casinos Electronic Music Festival and the partial reviews may battle over branding Thanksgiving parade review security plans ARA HOWRANI Joe Johnson, director of global security for Compuware, is part of the corporate security BY CHRIS GAUTZ before each event. Inside teams behind the public-private security effort called Project Lighthouse. CAPITOL CORRESPONDENT A package of bills being consid- Biz leaders offer hail and ered in the Legislature would set farewell to UM president, stronger, more specific parame- ters for state tax audits. Page 21 Public, private groups House Bills 4288-92 deal with several issues but take the most direct aim at the practice of indirect Crain’s Lists auditing, where the Department of Biotech companies, Page 15; unite to keep crowds safe Treasury determines liability by a partial review of records. Trea- intellectual property firms, sury opposes the bills as they have BY SHERRI WELCH keep everyday life in the city’s core safer. been introduced, because it says Page 17 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS INSIDE Before, and during, events in Detroit such they would degrade the depart- as the Target Fireworks, Movement Electronic ment’s ability to conduct efficient Even before tragedy struck last week in Security: There’s Music Festival and America’s Thanksgiving Pa- and effective audits. Boston, Detroit’s private sector was team- an app for that. This Just In rade, nonprofit and corporate security staff One bill in the package, HB 4290, ing up with local, county, state and federal Page 26. members are working with the Detroit Police was approved by the House Tax agencies to improve public safety in down- Department, U.S. Department of Homeland Secu- Policy Committee last week with Fuyao Automotive adds town Detroit. rity and other agencies to pre-empt crimes or respond the blessing of the department after A sophisticated neighborhood watch approach space in Orion Township quickly to incidents. the effective date was changed to dubbed “Project Lighthouse” has taken on new im- “If we had something like what’s going on in six months after becoming law. It Fuyao Automotive North portance as Detroit continues to struggle with finan- Boston happen, we’d be working with DPD and the requires Treasury to make avail- America Inc. will lease an ad- cial issues — and as big cities around the nation re- groups in the central business district and sharing able to the public all of its audit ditional 42,000 square feet of evaluate the best ways to keep large public spaces information” in the same way, said Joe Johnson, di- manuals, internal policy state- space at its warehouse and secure. distribution facility at 315 W. rector of global security for Compuware Corp. ments, bulletins, memos and other The private sector in Detroit is working with lo- Last week in Boston, bombs set to go off near the Silverbell Road in Orion cal law enforcement and the feds on efforts to button Township. See Audit, Page 29 up large-scale outdoor events, plus measures to See Security, Page 26 Levi Smith, principal of Southfield-based Principal As- sociates LLC, represented Fuyao Automotive, the Chi- na-based manufacturer of automotive glass. Oakland drops chamber support over CON position The additional space gives Fuyao a total of 160,000 certainly can disagree. But I’m go- square feet at the facility, Still, Prosperity Campaign near $2 million goal ing to have to stand by my own re- which is owned by Ashley sponsibilities.” Capital LLC, according to a BY CHAD HALCOM dence Township hospital. “We’re contributing about Ben Erulkar, senior vice presi- news release. CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS County Executive L. Brooks Pat- $80,000 … this year (to the cham- dent of economic development at Ashley Capital, which has terson said he shared his concerns ber), and I’ve made it clear I’m go- the chamber, said the organiza- a Canton Township office Oakland County is withdrawing several weeks ago in a meeting ing to finish out and honor my tion’s Prosperity Campaign has and is based in New York its support on July 1 for the Detroit with chamber President and CEO commitment for this fiscal year raised $1.91 million toward the $2 City, moved Linn Star Transfer Regional Chamber’s Detroit Region- Sandy Baruah, who in February and then not renew it next year,” million goal this fiscal year, with Inc., the tenant that had been al Prosperity Campaign to court said one of the chamber’s top pri- Patterson said. some of the larger commitments in the space, to the other economic development — largely orities is opposing efforts to by- “For the chamber to take up pol- coming from Blue Cross Blue Shield building in the Orion Busi- because the chamber opposes leg- pass the state certificate of need re- icy positions contrary to my coun- of Michigan, DTE Energy Co., the Gen- ness Park. islation that would allow McLaren view process in building such ty’s interests — I can understand eral Motors Foundation, J.P. 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MICHIGAN BRIEFS Business enthusiasm for new MICH-CELLANEOUS Canada bridge spans the state Bye and dry: Flint to leave Detroit water system Ⅲ Rick DeVos’ Start Garden venture capital effort in Grand Rapids Last year, Crain’s Michigan Busi- The Detroit water system lost its largest customer into Lake Huron, pumping stations and a county invested more than $2.3 million in ness found that West Michigan last week when Flint officials decided to participate water treatment plant. over 100 projects during its first businesses were just as eager to see in a pipeline project to tap into Lake Huron. The Crain’s Michigan Business reported last year that year, the Associated Press report- a new bridge to Canada built as state of Michigan approved Flint’s plans, subject to Flint represented about 5 percent of sales to the De- ed. Start Garden invests $5,000 in their counterparts in Southeast review of a final offer from the Detroit Water and Sew- troit water system. two ideas, projects and startup Michigan. Now that the Obama ad- erage Department, MLive reported. “Our water rates are really high,” said Flint’s businesses each week. The fund is ministration has signed on the New Detroit will supply Flint for the next three years emergency manager, Ed Kurtz. Detroit can increase backed by $15 million from DeVos’ International Trade Crossing, those during construction of the Karegnondi Water Authority rates over the next three years while the pipeline is family. An idea that becomes businesses expect an economic project. Detroit water officials say they could lose built, he said. “We’re going to do everything we can something more gets additional boost from exports, the Grand $22 million if Flint leaves its system and that other to keep them down.” funding — up to $500,000. Rapids Business Journal reported. customers could see higher rates. Oakland Water Resources Commissioner Jim Ⅲ The third year of LaughFest in Rick Baker, Grand Rapids Area Genesee County Drain Commissioner Jeff Wright Nash and County Executive L. Brooks Patterson is- Grand Rapids drew 53,566 atten- Chamber of Commerce president said the project will take up to three years to con- sued a statement calling the planned pipeline a dees and raised $210,000 for Gilda’s and CEO, said one in seven jobs in struct the 64 miles of pipeline, an intake a mile out “huge waste of taxpayer dollars.” Club. Organizers of the March 7-17 his area is tied to the export indus- event said 2013 was on par with try with Canada. “There’s a great previous years, MLive reported. potential for increase for jobs in case, about the container. Andrew For homes along Lake Michigan, Holland and West Olive area,” Re- Approximately 33,509 tickets were west Michigan as you open access McLean of Kalamazoo and Scott altor Carol Genzink told MLive. sold to events in Grand Rapids, to your largest customer,” he said. Richards of Traverse City have be it ever so … uh … humble Ⅲ Bro G Land Co. has applied for a Holland and Lowell. The bridge would have signifi- Ⅲ Michigan added 611 megawatts started Michigan Mobile Canning, At the place where a large body of Michigan Department of Environmen- cant impact on growing statewide tal Quality permit to build a 1,200- of wind energy capacity in 2012 for the state’s first mobile canning land meets a large body of water, infrastructure for West Michigan, foot private driveway across a a cumulative total of 988 line, the Kalamazoo Gazette re- you usually find large amounts of allowing businesses to move prod- strip of government-owned Lake megawatts, MLive reported. That ported. money. So here are a few snippets ucts out, said Andy Johnston, vice Michigan dune habitat in ranks the state 16th overall for to- When a brewery is ready to from the Lake Michigan real estate president of government and cor- pour, a 16-foot box truck arrives. A Muskegon County’s White River tal capacity and among the top 10 porate affairs for the chamber. scene. mobile canning system fills the Township, The Muskegon Chroni- states for wind power added and “We’re probably looking at six to Ⅲ Willard and Karen Klein have cans under the brewer’s supervi- cle reported. It would lead to a growth rate, according to an annu- seven years before we have trucks put their three-bedroom house and 2,800-square-foot home. sion and then leaves. The founders al report from the American Wind on the bridge,” he said. “It’s impor- guest house facing Lake Michigan Ⅲ Alec Gores, a California bil- have invested more than $160,000. Energy Association. tant we get moving on it.” on the market for $2.1 million, lionaire who grew up in Flint with The line can fill 2 million to 2.5 mil- MLive reported. They expect the his brother, Detroit Pistons owner lion cans a year, or 7,500 to 8,500 buyer probably will tear it down. Tom Gores, is building a $1.95 mil- Find business news from Startup will show its do-can barrels. Two other lakefront homes that lion home near Holland, MLive re- around the state at crainsdetroit attitude to benefit breweries The first client will be Right sold for an average of $2 million ported. The building permit filed .com/crainsmichiganbusiness. Brain Brewery in Traverse City, and met that fate. “The inventory (of shows plans for a 10,000 square-foot Sign up for Crain's Michigan What would Michigan Briefs be five to 10 more clients lined up for Lake Michigan property) is so home with six bedrooms, an eleva- Business e-newsletter at crains without a story about beer? 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April 22, 2013 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 3 Surprise runoff fees roil Detroit biz Focus: Innovations

going to be hit with heavy bills, last month by business owners DWSD did not bill some firms and that is a fact of life,” Johnson who have started seeing drainage said, stressing that residential fees of $600 per acre of impervious DWSD customers are not affected surface space per month on their for years; time to pay, it says by the oversight. DWSD bills. “These corrections will help “These are people that never re- BY KIRK PINHO The unexpected fees are causing make sure that residents using the ceived any sort of invoice ever for CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS anger in the business community system are not subsidizing busi- stormwater runoff,” Gold said. and at least one threat of possible ness customers,” he said. He said the city of Ann Arbor’s When it rains, it pours. legal action. The charges affect only Detroit fee is substantially smaller at $342 Some Detroit businesses are get- A DWSD internal review found businesses because the DWSD is per impervious acre per quarter. Tiny cube helps UM spinoff’s ting retroactively soaked with De- the department had not been not responsible for stormwater “It’s almost like (business own- troit Water and Sewerage Department billing about 1,200 commercial drainage services in suburban ers) were set up to get this ridicu- radiation stormwater drainage fees that mis- businesses in the city for stormwa- communities. lous charge,” Gold said. “Nobody takenly had not been charged for ter drainage, said Bill Johnson, a Ken Gold, an environmental law is looking for a (legal) fight, but we detector get in several years and will result, in spokesman for the DWSD. specialist and partner at Honigman are also looking for fair treat- some cases, in one-time bills of tens “That means, of course, that Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP in De- touch with its of thousands of dollars. some commercial customers are troit, said he was first contacted See Runoff, Page 27 sensitive side, Page 11

Gilbert casino move Company index These companies have significant mention in this week’s Crain’s Detroit Business: may set battle for Ashley Capital ...... 27 Big Rock Chophouse ...... 3 Compuware ...... 1 Creative Breakthroughs ...... 18 hometown branding Detroit Lions ...... 25 Detroit Regional Chamber ...... 1 Detroit Riverfront Conservancy ...... 26 MotorCity upgrades, stays Downtown Detroit Partnership ...... 26 Fuyao Automotive North America ...... 1 alert; Greektown to invest Greektown Casino-Hotel ...... 3 Griffin Claw Brewing ...... 3 BY SHERRI WELCH H3D ...... 11 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn . . . . . 3 Competition is expected to heat up between De- Innovation Factory ...... 11 troit’s two hometown-style casinos with Dan Joyce Julius & Associates ...... 25 Kuka Systems North America ...... 4 NATHAN SKID/CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Gilbert’s recent purchase of the majority share of Martin Waymire Advocacy Communications 6 Bonnie and Norm LePage had planned to build condos next to their Big Rock Chophouse in Greektown Casino-Hotel. Birmingham. Now the space will house Griffin Claw Brewing Co., where brewmaster Dan Rogers In laying out plans earlier this month, Gilbert McLaren Health Care ...... 1 (center) will practice his craft. said he plans to make a significant investment in Michigan State University ...... 12, 14 Greektown. Motor City Casino Hotel ...... 3 MotorCity Casino-Hotel, meanwhile, which plans to Novis Law Firm ...... 29 continue to market itself as the hometown hotel, The Parade Co...... 26 prides itself on being a leader in gaming technolo- Paxahau ...... 26 After awards, brewers gies and is in the midst of adding new games and re- Piezonix ...... 14 vamping its casino floor. Reinforcement Innovations ...... 14 So far, Gilbert and Rock Gaming LLC have been Retia Medical ...... 12 mum on exactly how they plan to position their lat- Rock Gaming ...... 3 prep for a bigger party est casino holding. But Rock Ventures ...... 26 THINKING LOCALLY part of it could involve Sustainable Water Works ...... 11 changing the view. Ultimate Soccer Arenas ...... 27 Rock Gaming: Has used Gilbert and Matt Union Brewery ...... 27 local artwork and décor, Cullen, Rock Gaming University of Michigan ...... 13, 21 Griffin Claw stakes claim in craft beer movement local people who made it president and COO, Utica Enterprises ...... 4 big and local restaurants have been open about BY NATHAN SKID the property (they built The District Lofts at its Ohio casinos. That Wayne State University ...... 12, 14 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS next door to Big Rock/The Reserve with could happen at Greektown. the windowed, more accessible concept partners), but the upside of owning a popu- MotorCity Casino: Has A pair of gold medals at a global beer lar microbrewery was just too tempting to stressed local ownership. they envision for Department index competition prompted Norm and Bonnie pass up. Décor blends Detroit’s Greektown in lieu of a LePage to reconsider the potential of their “Big Rock was a litmus test for this,” automotive history with its “bunker” concept that BANKRUPTCIES ...... 6 microbrewery in the Big Rock Chophouse in Norm LePage said. “Originally, we wanted musical heritage and local keeps people captive in BUSINESS DIARY ...... 22 Birmingham. to simply move the equipment from Big food such as Little the casino. CALENDAR ...... 23 Big Rock’s India Pale Ale beer, called Caesars. Rock co-owns two Rock to another location, and this space CAPITOL BRIEFINGS...... 7 Raggedy Ass I.P.A. and Bonnie’s Raggedy was actually going to be condos.” Ohio casinos, in Cleve- CLASSIFIED ADS ...... 25 Ass Imperial I.P.A., won gold medals at the In all, the couple said they and their busi- land and Cincinnati, and is developing a third World Cup of Beer in 2010. But it wasn’t un- ness partners have invested more than $5 Horseshoe casino in downtown Baltimore with Cae- JOB FRONT ...... 24 til Norm LePage saw how seriously Chica- million into the project. Griffin Claw is sars Entertainment Corp. KEITH CRAIN...... 8 go-based Miller Coors LLC took its gold medal owned by Bonnie LePage and Mary Nichol- Those casinos are all outward-facing and connect- OPINION ...... 8 in the standard pilsner category that he re- son; Nicholson’s husband, Ray Nicholson, ed with other attractions, and are atypical as casi- OTHER VOICES ...... 9 alized just how big of a deal it was. nos go with their many windows, Gilbert told the is a co-owner of Big Rock/ The Reserve ban- PEOPLE ...... 24 Now, the couple is putting the final quet center and the condo project. Michigan Gaming Control Board earlier this month. RUMBLINGS ...... 30 touches on an expansive, and expensive, Norm LePage said he is expecting Griffin “Greektown already has that feel but could be en- brewhouse and micro-distillery located at Claw to generate up to $3.5 million in rev- hanced with more investment,” he said. WEEK ON THE WEB ...... 30 575 S. Eton St. adjacent to Big Rock called enue in its first year. MotorCity President and CEO Gregg Solomon Griffin Claw Brewing Co. It is scheduled to Griffin Claw will brew several styles of said he’s heard the “fortress” references directed to- open by the end of June. beer, from heavier beers like India Pale Ale ward the MotorCity casino, which is solely owned The couple said they were originally planning to build another set of condos on See Brewers, Page 27 See Casinos, Page 28

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Page 4 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS April 22, 2013 Under-fire state agency director vows to go after fraud at $3,500 threshold

Steve Arwood, director of It has since been re- We’ve looked at how we approach Michigan’s Department of scinded and that policy fraud and fiscal integrity and we Licensing and Regulatory Af- has been replaced as of have figured out a way to rebal- fairs and the state Unem- April 12 with a very ance our activities to create a dedi- ployment Insurance Agency, strict policy where we cated unit which will only work on was grilled by lawmakers will be physically hav- fraud and the representation of the recently after a report in ing representation at agency on fraud cases. the Detroit Free Press any case exceeding Going forward, we are going to showed that his agency $3,500. look at our fiscal integrity unit. In was dealing only with 2011, I created the fiscal integrity fraud claims above $15,000. Do you feel your agency unit. I believe that unit needs to be According to the report, was violating the law that elevated and have increased lead- agency officials were told was passed last year? Q&A ership. I believe a system of this not to show up at adminis- I think the agency size needs to be looked at to have a trative hearings for fraud Steve Arwood, made a very poor deci- level of management that has some cases unless the amount of Licensing and sion. We’re going to fraudulently claimed bene- Regulatory Affairs/ move forward and take special skills in law enforcement fits was at least $15,000. Unemployment all measures at our dis- and in dealing with these fiscal fi- That upset lawmakers Insurance Agency posal. nancial matters. because they passed a law last year that made such fraud a Do you know how many people were Should businesses have confidence potential felony for anything charged with fraud and were not pe- in your agency that it is going after above $3,500. The lawmakers were nalized because the agency didn’t go fraud cases, which can help to reduce not happy that the agency decided after them because it was below the the insurance rates businesses and not to follow suit with enforce- threshold of $15,000? workers have to pay? ment. We are looking at that. We still I commit to it. We started this Arwood spoke with Crain’s pursue these improper overpay- fiscal integrity effort. We’re going Lansing correspondent Chris Gautz ments. We can appeal a decision to add to it. I have an increased de- about the controversy and ensuing made by an administrative law gree of confidence now that we’re agency policy changes. judge. For some cases, the statute going to be successful. I personal- of limitations is six years. ly, and I know the administration, Why did your agency decide to only takes misuse of these dollars seri- go after fraud cases that were more What other measures have you tak- ously. than $15,000? en? Chris Gautz: 1-517-403-4403, It was a temporary situation re- We have gone back internally [email protected]. Twitter: lated to a reduction in workforce. and looked at personnel resources. @chrisgautz Kuka buys Utica Enterprises Sterling Heights-based Kuka Sys- tems North America LLC announced last week the acquisition of weld- ing equipment and assembly supplier Utica Enterprises Inc. Terms were not disclosed. Kuka, the North America sub- sidiary of Germany-based Kuka AG, now holds a near 40 percent share of robotics systems in North Amer- ica, up from nearly 25 percent, the company said in a document. The acquisition gives Kuka access to new customers like General Motors Co. and Asian automakers, the company said. Utica’s roughly 300 employees will remain as part of Kuka’s operations, which includes 1,400 employees. The company will be headed by Larry Drake, Kuka North Ameri- can president and CEO. Some Utica management team were offered positions as advisers. Utica owner and President Stefan Wanczyk is still with Kuka, but it is unclear what his role is or how long he will stay. Wanczyk is also CEO of Hour Media LLC in Royal Oak. Kuka now operates 12 facilities in Macomb, Oakland, Saginaw and Genesee counties. In North Ameri- ca, Kuka’s footprint expands to 1.1 million square feet. Kuka Robotics’ global revenue topped $970 million in 2012. Kuka declined to list North America revenue or growth expected from the acquisition. — Dustin Walsh DBpageAD_DBpageAD.qxd 3/7/2013 9:17 AM Page 1 20130422-NEWS--0006-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 4/19/2013 4:10 PM Page 1

Page 6 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS April 22, 2013 Job market changes, costs drive dip in company-backed insurance

BY DUSTIN WALSH during the recent recession and a crease in people entering govern- CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS changing jobs market played a role ment-sponsored plans like Medic- Employer-sponsored health insurance in the decline. aid due to jobs losses. Michigan’s shifting job sectors “When you see people shift from But she said the industry fallout and rising insurance premiums dropped by 15.2 percent between 1999 and the higher-paying automotive jobs only accelerated the loss of em- have led to a steady decline of em- to retail or the restaurant indus- ployer-sponsored coverage in the ployer-sponsored health insurance 2011, the largest drop by any state in a study tries, those aren’t jobs that typical- state. She said the shifting dynam- in the state for more than a decade, ly offer coverage,” she said. ics of Michigan’s jobs market experts say. by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Michigan’s auto industry em- plays a significant role. Employer-sponsored health in- ployed 143,400 on average in 2012, “The creation of more jobs in re- cline of 11.5 million from 2000. The from 2000 to 2011, with 22 states ex- surance dropped by 15.2 percent compared to 256,600 in 2003, accord- tail industries and the loss of jobs 2011 figure represented 59.5 per- between 1999 and 2011, the largest periencing declines of at least 10 ing to data from the U.S. Bureau of in manufacturing — many retail cent of the U.S. population, a drop drop by any state in a recent study percentage points. Labor Statistics. positions don’t offer insurance — of 10 percentage points from a by the Princeton, N.J.-based Robert Suzy Alberts, president elect of Julie Sonier, deputy director of can lead to those shifts,” she said. Wood Johnson Foundation. decade earlier. the Lansing-based Michigan Associ- the State Health Access Data As- “There’s just fewer (businesses) of- In 2011, the number of Ameri- The report says 47 states had sta- ation of Health Plans and group ben- sistance Center at the University of fering coverage today.” cans with employer-sponsored in- tistically significant declines in efits adviser for Comerica Insurance Minnesota and author of the study, The number of Michigan em- surance stood at 159 million, a de- employer-sponsored coverage Services in Detroit, said job losses said Michigan saw a 10 percent in- ployers offering coverage dropped from nearly 60 percent in 1999 to below 40 percent in 2011, according to the study. The largest factor to the drop is costs, Sonier said. The average cost of family coverage for private sector employers in YOU CAN MOVE YOUR Michigan increased to $13,803 in 2011 from $6,543 in 1999, according to the study. “On average, health insurance BUSINESS FORWARD premiums increased at a rate significantly faster than the rate of infla- tion,” Sonier said. That makes it difficult for employers to offer it and more difficult for employees to sign up when it’s available to them.” David Waymire, partner at Lansing-based Martin Waymire Advo- cacy Communications Inc., said high costs have turned many employers to question offering coverage. “More and more business owners are saying, ‘I can pay benefits or put more money into my pocket or reinvest in the company,’ ” he said. “I expect to see a further decline in years to come as the Af- fordable Care Act makes it easier to dump insurance.” Martin Waymire faced a 3.5 percent increase in health care premiums this year, he said. The firm has asked employees to increase contri- butions to cover the costs in the past and is evaluating how to handle the current rate hike, he said. Alberts said many companies are asking employees to cover the full premiums for ancillary benefits, such as vision, dental and life insurance, as a means to handle rising costs. “I see a lot of small businesses really having customers having a hard time with the costs of providing benefits to their employees — or to the level they had in the past,” she said. “We’ve all had to get more creative with things utilizing high- WE PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO HELPING LOCAL BUSINESSES GROW. Whether you are looking er deductibles, make ancillary ben- to expand or upgrade your business, we can help you get there. We offer a wide variety of competitive efits voluntary, and other ways to offset the higher premiums.” loans and lines of credit to fit your needs, and our flexible terms give you great payment options. Alberts and Sonier said the trend Plus, we’ll get you a loan decision fast. To see what our personal service can do for your business, is expected to continue as imple- mentation of the Patient Protection call 1-800-946-2264 today. We are growing and want to help you grow, too! and Affordable Care Act continues. Dustin Walsh: (313) 446-6042, [email protected]. Twitter: @dustinpwalsh

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April 22, 2013 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 7 Snyder urges lawmakers to back more early ed funding

In the midst of his provide well-trained work- cent who were in the program third year in office, Gov. ers for businesses and im- graduating from high school on Rick Snyder is still Capitol prove the education stu- time compared to 37 percent of waiting for an issue that Briefings dents in Michigan receive. similar backgrounds who were not both parties are ready This summit is a follow-up in the program. to fully support, and to his economic summit That was because, the study perhaps just as impor- last month in Detroit. found, that a larger percentage of tant, that the Legisla- One of the topics to be students, 49 percent to 37 percent, ture is willing to fund discussed today at the Kel- had to repeat a grade if they were adequately. logg Center in East Lans- not in the early childhood program. “I don’t have a whole ing is the case to be made “What this does is reduce a lot of lot of issues where for early childhood educa- grade retention,” Snyder said. everybody just says, tion and why it matters to “There is a reason to do this, be- Chris Gautz ‘Let’s do it,’ ” he said the business community. cause we literally have kids repeat- with a laugh. “It’s one Snyder said other states have ing not just twice, but three times.” thing I learned as governor. I been engaged in such efforts for Snyder said a main argument thought there might be some of decades and it’s past time for Michi- for making this investment is that those issues, but I haven’t found gan to really back these programs. it costs far less to create an envi- one.” “We’re 10 to 20 years behind ronment where students don’t One area where he wishes that some other places in the country, have to repeat a grade. were so is early childhood educa- and it’s important; let’s get caught The program receives $109 mil- tion. up,” he said. lion in funding and serves more Snyder is a major advocate, and In his executive budget released than 32,000 children annually. early in his first year in office he earlier this year, Snyder cited a There are about 29,000 4-year-olds created the Michigan Office of 2012 study by the Ypsilanti-based on a waiting list because there is Great Start, because he felt the HighScope Educational Research Foun- not enough funding. state’s early childhood programs dation, which examined Michigan’s Over the next two fiscal years, and funding streams were too frag- Great Start Readiness Program. It Snyder aims to clear up the back- mented throughout state govern- found that 58 percent of students in log of children waiting to get into ment. The goal is to have disadvan- the program ended up graduating the program. taged 4-year-olds ready to succeed from high school on time, com- “Hopefully, we’d be able to say by the time they enter school. pared to 43 percent of students of there is no waiting list for kids Now he is proposing increasing similar socioeconomic background that are eligible,” Snyder said. spending on Great Start preschool who were not in the program. Chris Gautz: (517) 403-4403, programs by 60 percent in the bud- The difference was even starker [email protected]. Twitter: get he proposed earlier this year with students of color, with 60 per- @chrisgautz that is working its way through the legislative process. The program is a state-funded effort to ensure poor or disadvantaged children are ready to begin attending school when the time comes. It began as a pilot program in 1985. “We’re really taking care of kids that wouldn’t have the resources otherwise to get in a program,” he said. The investment would increase payments to preschool providers and create openings for 16,000 more children. He is also proposing another $65 million for these programs in 2015, bringing the total two-year increased investment in early childhood education to PROUD TO BE IN $130 million. Such an investment is not an easy sell, and Republicans in the House and Senate have already been tinkering with his proposal by either lowering the amount of investment or changing who could qualify for the program. Detractors often point to studies they say show that any gains made from early childhood education disappear within a few years once kids are in school with students DETROITWhen you’re serious about intellectual property law … who didn’t go through those programs. Use Brinks, now in Detroit. Brinks is a recognized national leader in In an interview with Crain’s, Snyder said he disagrees and says intellectual property law. 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Page 8 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS April 22, 2013 OPINION Oakland chamber exit hurts region, itself round the country, regions pull together to promote themselves as good places to do business, whether A they’re the Research Triangle in North Carolina, the Allegheny Conference in greater Pittsburgh, the Greater Houston Partnership or the Metro Atlanta Chamber. The story Southeast Michigan can tout is getting better and better, but the key players need to be on the same page. That’s why Oakland County’s decision to drop out of the Detroit Regional Chamber’s fundraising toward an aggressive regional marketing program is so disappointing. (See story, Page 1.) County Executive L. Brooks Patterson said he believes the chamber’s opposition to efforts to eliminate the state’s certificate-of-need system for approving major capital investments in health care is against the county’s interests. Patterson supports McLaren Health Care’s bid to build a new hospital in In- dependence Township. But even now, Oakland and Macomb hospitals have an occupancy rate of only 53 percent, so McLaren’s bid has been rejected as a way to curb health costs. McLaren argues that population growth in north Oakland supports its bid. However, its proposed hospital is more likely to hurt other county hospitals than fill more beds overall. Patterson has been a leader in economic development initiatives, pioneering efforts that have drawn members across the region, particularly Automation Alley and Medical Main Street. We need a regional approach across the board. TALK ON THE WEB In this battle, Patterson could risk miffing some of the key business leaders in his county who have become key corporate From www.crainsdetroit.com ing money from the poor and old to investors in the chamber’s regional plan. Re: Talmer CEO reaffirms support, Reader responses to stories and He also risks looking petty, focused on one narrow goal at blogs that appeared on Crain’s give it to the rich business owners, sponsorship of Detroit marathon not to mention all the “profits” the expense of the big picture. This action hurts the region website. Comments may be Thanks, Talmer! Your commit- edited for length and clarity. Snyder referred to in relation to and, ultimately, Oakland County. ment for three more years is an- right-to-work. other part of keeping Detroit moving the fall guy. Vacation freezes? flairdetroit forward. That’s not the fault of health care William J Support clearer tax audit rules reform. What a crock. Not voting for any of those guys Daren Samuels again; taxes went up. April is the month of taxes, which makes it an appropriate Re: DMC announces 300 layoffs to trim grandslam time to express our support for a package of bills that would expenses in wake of sequestration Pediatric nurses at Huron Val- ley Sinai were called into a meet- Re: Editorial: We hired an EM, add more fairness and clarity to state tax audits. The DMC made a $117 million ing and were informed that the pe- As Capitol Correspondent Chris Gautz reports on Page 1, profit last year, but the 2 percent not his ex-employer diatric unit was officially closed House Bills 4288-92 would set more guidelines for the Michigan reduction in Medicare is causing Somebody please tell me that I due to the sequestration and all of Department of Treasury in how it determines taxpayer liabili- Vanguard/DMC to freeze the pen- read this article wrong. Kevyn Orr sion to “discretionary funding,” the nurses on that unit were laid ty. The main goal is to restrict the use of partial-record audits seemed so promising. If this is how vacation time freezes, layoffs of 300 off. How does that not affect patient the state is going to proceed, then as a basis for hitting taxpayers with big bills, but the legisla- employees and a host of new poli- care? According to this article, it we are really no better than what we tion also would require the state to provide complete informa- cies to fire employees. This is some isn’t supposed to. are trying to fix. Orr, please immedi- tion about how it makes its findings, among other provisions. corporate greed. Vanguard isn’t CaptainObvious78 ately reconsider your poor deci- Treasury opposes most of what the bills would do, but giv- about patient care, it’s about mon- sion before its negative effects be- ey. It’s a shame. en that taxpayers are expected to be able to justify their tax-fil- Re: Taxpayer anger gives some gin to calcify beyond the point of 248722 no return. ing actions, we believe the state should be equally account- lawmakers reform remorse Remus able. Making sure it is should be a bipartisan issue that we They’re trying to put the screws The chickens have come home to hope members of both parties will support. to health care reform, making it roost, and the GOP will pay for tak- See Talk, Page 9 KEITH CRAIN: Now let’s work on the Detroit economy Let’s all assume that Mr. Orr aren’t going to see any need a whole bunch of But first, we have to worry about ating a place where companies will will do miracles, and after a couple progress in our city. We Chrysler Jefferson Av- the residents of the city who are al- want to establish plants. of years we’ll see financial stabili- will still have far too enue plants. Thousands ready here and need employment. We need, first, to get our house ty in Detroit. I have no doubt that many people underem- of jobs like the automo- Decades ago, the auto industry in order. And with the appoint- Dan Gilbert will continue to work ployed and unemployed. bile industry offered in lured workers from rural America ment of an EM for our city and an- hard at his many projects that will It would appear that years gone by. to Detroit for highly paid, unskilled other for our public schools, things do a great job improving the real we are setting up the Whether it’s suppli- jobs. Decades later, they abandoned will get better. estate market downtown. foundation for a recov- ers or assembly plants, those same workers without any If marketed properly, right-to- Michigan’s new right-to-work ery. But without eco- we’ve got a workforce safety net. They are still in Detroit, work should help attract companies law is going to give a certain posi- nomic development, we in Detroit that would be and they want and need work. to Detroit that have been reluctant. tive spin to a lot of foreign firms are going to have a slip- perfectly suited to work It’s not enough to just get our We have to support the Detroit that could be prospects in reloca- pery slope back into eco- in that environment. government’s house in order. We Economic Growth Corp. to make tion or expansion in Southeast nomic troubles. Everyone loves the idea of high- have to embark on a program of at- sure it has the tools necessary to Michigan. We need jobs. Not high-priced, ly trained skilled workers, and no tracting jobs and creating a place do its job. So things are starting to look highly educated jobs. We need en- one can argue that it would be where companies want to estab- It is a very long journey for the pretty good for Detroit, right? Well, try-level jobs. If you wanted to de- great to turn Detroit into a high- lish plants and offices. city. But it would appear that the yes and no. Without jobs, we simply scribe the perfect environment, we tech workforce. Detroit is well on the way to cre- journey has begun with a step. 20130422-NEWS--0009-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 4/19/2013 10:09 AM Page 1

April 22, 2013 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 9 OTHER VOICES: Workforce training must fill skills gap Michigan’s economy is able to fill the good-paying, men and women who need a signif- It takes leaders in both for-profit nomic background or stability, a on a roll. Powered by the skilled jobs that are critical icant investment in workforce and nonprofit organizations to lack of educational degrees, trans- automotive recovery, the to the auto industry and readiness and skills training be- work with employers in industries portation challenges and more. state is once again seeing our state. There are job- fore they can get a job and support such as automotive, manufactur- Training Michigan’s workforce increasing demand for training programs, but themselves and their families. ing, health care and information for new and emerging jobs re- skilled jobs. many have been challenged My experience is that, when of- technology to identify where there quires a coordinated effort of our Our challenge, amid to meet the demand be- fered, thousands of area residents is a need for professionals with public and private sectors. It re- state and federal budget cause of cuts in federal and will inquire about job-training certain skill sets. quires partnering with businesses cuts, is to ramp up educa- state programs. programs, reflecting the incredi- We must help our disadvantaged and individuals, foundations and tion and workforce train- Our continuing state re- ble demand for training and op- and undereducated neighbors find government. We implore the busi- ing opportunities to fill covery will be jeopardized portunities. This is particularly ways to succeed professionally. ness community to support us in the skills gap that has William Jones Jr. if employers can’t find the true of people in low-income ar- Without that, neighborhoods will appealing to our elected leaders. kept many Michigan residents skilled employees they need. And eas, where such job training may not experience the economic turn- Investing in workforce training from getting back to work. attracting new businesses will be be one of the only affordable and around needed to help cities like programs is crucial to our econom- A lack of continued investment even tougher if the skills gap con- realistic options for creating Detroit grow. As a society, we need ic recovery. in skilled job training programs tinues to grow. high-paying careers in growing to help adults overcome perceived William Jones Jr. is CEO of Fo- puts Michigan at risk of not being There are thousands of capable fields. barriers to success — lack of eco- cus: Hope.

TALK CONTINUED ■ From Page 8 Re: Lawsuits seen as unlikely roadblocks to bridge project Matty Moroun’s legal team de- serves an “A” for effort and creativity but will ultimately flunk out. Maybe the government ought to countersue seeking damages caused by all of the delays. Timothy Dinan

Re: Housing market rebounds Let’s hope that the people that are buying these homes actually pay for them. In America, you have the right to walk away from your obligations. Carolyn Mazurkiewicz

HEROES IN HEALTH CARE SOUGHT Crain’s Detroit Business is seeking nominations for Health Care Heroes, a special report on health care professionals that will run in the Aug. 12 issue. The program will honor top-notch medical innovators and patient advocates — the inspiring leaders who bring new meaning to the word dedication through their efforts to save lives or improve access to care. Our winners will be chosen in five categories: Ⅲ Corporate achievement in health care: Honors a company that has created an innovative health benefits plan or that has solved a problem in health care administration. Ⅲ Advancements in health care: Honors a company or individual responsible for a discovery or for developing a new procedure, device or service that can save lives or improve quality of life. Ⅲ Physician: Honors a physician whose performance is considered exemplary. Ⅲ Allied health: Honors an individual from nursing or allied health fields who is deemed exemplary by patients and peers. Ⅲ Trustee: Honors leadership and distinguished service on a health care board. A panel of health care judges will choose the winners. BROOKS KUSHMAN Nominations, which are due May CELEBRATING 13, can be made at 30 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE crainsdetroit.com/nominate. Statewide nominations will be accepted. Questions? Contact Bill Shea at [email protected] or (313) 446- 1626. DBpageAD_DBpageAD.qxd 4/16/2013 1:27 PM Page 1

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Chad Halcom covers litigation, higher education, defense and Oakland and Macomb counties. Call (313) 446-6796 or write chalcom @crain.com. INnovations: patents and trademarks Chad Halcom Design studio A cube that’s just about this big seeks liquid and has 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 electrons helps a UM spinoff assets for year 2 JOSEPH XU/ UM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING The Innovation Factory, a fledgling design studio and prototyping service President Willy Kaye (left) and for area university researchers and scientist Weiyi Wang are two of entrepreneurs, expects to hear word the six employees who make up soon on a possible second-year Ann Arbor-based H3D Inc., which funding grant from the New Economy has received more than Initiative for Southeast Michigan. $20 million in federal grants to develop ultrasensitive, hand-held The program, part of the nonprofit radiation detectors. Sustainable Water Works, is housed at Detroit’s TechTown incubator at Wayne State University. It was co- founded in 2011 by former Ford Motor Co. executives Jay Richardson and NATHAN SKID/CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Timothy O’Brien. In March 2012, the New Economy Initiative awarded $440,000 in first- year funding to Sustainable Water Works. In August, the organization completed its studio, which seats 12 and uses equipment from 3D design software company Dassault Systemes Americas Corp. in Auburn Hills. Sustainable Water Works began as a program to foster commercial development of technology for water filtration, pumps and other engineering applications. The Innovation Factory was born out of customer requests to expand its design and prototype support, said Richardson, a former engineering supervisor and coordinator of the Heritage Project for Ford. O’Brien is a former Ford chief of staff. “It’s a pay-per-service operation, so we don’t take an equity stake in the inventor’s company, and we help them proceed at whatever speed they’re prepared to move,” he said. The Innovation Factory offers the entrepreneur 3D digital design services at TechTown and is completing an agreement with TechShop Inc. to use its design and A DELICATE DETECTOR prototype manufacturing workshop in Allen Park, Richardson said. Power Plant in Oswego, N.Y. Engineering. Customers could use the shop or BY TOM HENDERSON rely on the company’s developing CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Sitting under crystal is a thin slice of met- The university also has network of “modelers” who can bid on al, which acts as an amplifier that can detect registered three intellectu- orders to fashion an inventor’s t’s a quantum leap — in cube whether as few as 100 electrons inside the al property copyrights on product prototype from a blueprint or form. crystal are disturbed by fast-moving gamma the software algorithms digital design. The company also has A one-inch crystal cube, a rays passing through. that power the translation of data into visual images added Wayne State, University of semiconductor made of cadmi- Once those few electrons are disturbed and Michigan-Dearborn and Lawrence their signal is amplified by the thin metal before licensing the IP to Technological University in Southfield um, zinc and tellurium that is plate, H3D’s technology translates that elec- He and spinning out H3D to its forum of businesses that packed with a trillion times a trical disturbance into a visual image. That out as a for-profit company. collaborate with inventors. trillion electrons — that’s 1 fol- image can help operators of nuclear power Zhong He “If you can detect if 100 electrons are moving Lawrence Tech last fall signed a lowed by 24 zeros — has attract- plants pinpoint radiation leaks and evaluate memorandum of understanding to their danger. Or it can help border agents, around in a sea of 10 to the 23rd power of elec- offer a training course for inventors at Ied more than $20 million in federal grants airport security and homeland defense trons, that’s extreme sensitivity,” said He, TechTown, and director Keith Nagara for Ann Arbor-based H3D Inc., including agents detect such potentially deadly things who is the company’s CEO. of the university’s transportation and one of more than $2.3 million announced as dirty bombs hidden in cars or luggage. Before H3D’s formation, He first displayed industrial design programs said H3D is a spinoff from the nuclear engineer- an early version of the gamma-ray detector academic research could become a last October from the U.S. Department of ing program at UM. Although the densely in April 2011 at an engineering conference in source of customers. Defense to develop ultrasensitive, hand- packed crystal cube and thin metal amplifier Knoxville, Tenn. “University researchers work under held radiation detectors. are cool tools, at the heart of H3D’s technolo- The company won $25,000 at the first Accel- a model of doing only research, and gy is the ability to translate data on the rare erate Michigan Innovation event in November their research funding doesn’t call for H3D, a 2011 spinoff from the University of collision of electrons and gamma rays into vi- 2011 for having the best business plan in the commercializing efforts, or they don’t Michigan, is also targeting the commercial sual images. defense and homeland security sector. have incentives or rewards for doing market. In December, the company made its H3D’s technology has been funded by the that,” Nagara said. Two U.S. patents — Nos. 7,411,197 in 2008 and first sale of a radiation detector to the Cook 7,692,155 in 2010 — covering what is described U.S. Department of Defense Threat Reduction “Sometimes all they need to become Nuclear Power Plant in Bridgman, along Lake Agency, the Department of Energy and the Do- entrepreneurs is an inexpensive as “three-dimensional, position-sensitive radi- Michigan south of Benton Harbor. H3D is ation detection,” were issued to a team headed mestic Nuclear Detection Office of the Depart- prototype to begin helping them market ment of Homeland Security. and commercialize that work.” making a second detector for evaluation for a by Zhong He, a professor of nuclear engineer- possible purchase by the Nine Mile Nuclear ing and radiologic sciences in the UM College of See Radiation, Page 12 20130422-NEWS--0012-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 4/19/2013 10:36 AM Page 1

Page 12 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS April 22, 2013 Innovations: Patents and Trademarks Radiation: Ultrasensitive detection you can hold Pumped up by ■ From Page 11 The current version of the gamma ray de- A gamma detector powered by one cube of tions, too. Visual imaging would be useful for $7M, Retia to tector looks like a bulky laptop, about 10-by-14 cadmium, zinc and tellurium is robust enough nuclear medicine, too.” -by 5 inches with a 7-inch touch screen on top. to detect low levels of radiation leaking from a In fact, H3D President Willy Kaye said he is By contrast, gamma ray detectors now be- power plant before it becomes dangerous. in discussions with the Oklahoma State Universi- ing used at power plants use high-purity ger- In October, a Defense Department contract ty Medical Center for a detector to monitor and start 3rd trial of manium and are heavy and stationary — look- for more than $2.3 million was issued to create better control radiation during cancer treat- ing something like a beer barrel — with much hand-held detectors that will be powered by ment. He also said he is discussing the possible lower sensitivity and poor image resolution, four cubes and that, it is hoped, will be more sale of devices to the Berkley Livermore, Sandia blood monitor say He and federal grant abstracts. sensitive than the sodium-iodide-based hand- and Pacific Northwest national labs and has a The germanium-based detectors need shield- held detectors now in use. purchase order with NASA for a detector that BY CHAD HALCOM ing, must be cooled ahead of time to tempera- Among the companies that make sodium- could lead to monitoring gamma rays during CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS tures of minus-200 degrees Celsius and can cost iodide detectors are Berkeley Nucleonics Corp. of the next generation of Rover missions to Mars. upward of $150,000, well above what H3D will San Rafael, Calif., and Mirion Technologies Inc. Professor He envisions eventually having a Retia Medical LLC is about to be- sell its detectors for. One manufacturer is Can- of San Ramon, Calif. device powered by 16 cubes that would be sen- gin a third clinical trial for its berra Industries Inc. of Meriden, Conn. “If the hand-held detector proves useful, that sitive enough to sniff out dirty bombs from a patented technology to monitor H3D’s devices detect the presence and level easily gets us to hundreds of millions of dollars helicopter on patrol overhead, a project that the rate of blood flow from the of radiation, as other detectors do. But unlike in revenue,” He said. already has won grants of $300,000 and $500,000 heart, after obtaining $7 million in others, they can pinpoint whether it comes Greg Auner is an engineering professor at from the Threat Reduction Agency. early-stage funding from the Pritzk- from a drain on the floor in the corner, for ex- Wayne State University and director of the H3D has six employees, including its four er/Vlock Family Office. ample, or a bend in an overhead pipe. school’s Smart Sensors in Integrated Microsystems founders, He; Kaye; Chief Technology Officer The East Lansing-based medical Unlike other detectors, H3D’s can tell users program. Auner has been awarded several Feng Zhang, a research scientist in the nu- device company whether the gamma rays are being generated large federal grants to develop semiconductor- clear engineering department at UM; and sci- commercializing from, say, cobalt-60, strontium-90 or cesium- based sensors, too, including radiation detec- entist Weiyi Wang. Kaye and Zhang recently a monitor system 137, all isotopes that could alert to the pres- tors for NASA made from aluminum nitride. got their Ph.D.s under He. developed by ence of dirty bombs. Auner said being able to produce an image The company has several cramped offices in Michigan State H3D officials declined to give the sale price that pinpoints the exact source of radiation is an old industrial building just north of down- University associ- for the first detector or what the Nine Mile particularly important for finding dirty bombs. town that serves as startup space for a handful ate professor plant in New York might pay. They said the “Dirty bombs give off such little radiation of companies. Because of the amount of feder- Rama Mukka- cost for first adopters would be less because of that it can just seem like normal background al funding that has gone into the company, mala could be the need to get devices into their hands so they radiation,” he said. “You get radiation off con- H3D, unlike most startups, hasn’t needed to ready to market a product to hos- could become references. crete, for example. If you’re not getting much take on equity investment capital, either from Mukkamala “We want a small group of initial users to of a signal, you might just think it’s just back- angels or venture capitalists. pitals by late give us feedback and then increase produc- ground radiation. “We may need an investment to speed up next year, depending on test results tion,” He said. “But if you’ve got a hand-held device that operations,” He said. “But we’re well-funded and regulatory approvals, said CEO Revenue from product sales could reach $10 can produce a visual image that pinpoints a right now.” Marc Zemel. million within four years, He said, “and ramp bright spot, that’s very significant. Tom Henderson: (313) 446-0337, thender- up sharply from there.” “I can see a lot of normal civilian applica- [email protected]. Twitter: @tomhenderson2 See Next Page Turning flashes of brilliance into bottom line results.SM

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From Previous Page flow, but this company’s developing an accurate and minimally in- Retia (pronounced RAY-ti-uh, vasive technology to monitor that.” from a Latin term for a blood-flow With UM patent, it’s better batter up Monitoring the rate of blood flow regulating organ in some sea crea- — most sensor technology in the tures) has at least four patents is- BY DUSTIN WALSH of any of the products commer- operating room setting today mea- sued and more pending from the CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS cialized from Perkins’ technol- sures blood pressure level or oxy- technology that Mukkamala began ogy will be determined by in- genation rates — can help doctors developing a decade ago. The arc of the baseball bat, the position of the vestment, development and gauge not only how close a patient swinger’s hands and the speed of the bat all deter- Zemel said he began due dili- marketing costs. might be to experiencing shock mine whether a hit will ground out to the shortstop gence research on that system in Diamond Kinetics plans to from lack of oxygen, but how much or sail over the right-field wall. late 2010 as an entrepreneur in res- launch its first product with fresh blood or saline or other fluid Noel Perkins, a professor of mechanical engineer- idence for Pritzker/Vlock, an in- Perkins’ invention in late 2013 physicians need to administer. ing at the University of Michigan, vestment portfolio maintained by or early 2014, said William Too much or too little can lead to dedicated the better part of a This sensor, attached Hyatt hotel family heiress Karen Clark, founder and professor of complications, Mukkamala said, decade developing technology to to the knob of a bat, Pritzker and husband Michael mechanical engineering at Uni- and knowing the point when blood make any hitter a better hitter. transmits information Vlock, along with their separate versity of Pittsburgh. The initial flow rates stabilize in the patient UM patented Perkins’ technolo- that helps improve a venture fund LaunchCapital LLC. player’s swing. business model is to sell the can help determine when the pa- gy in 2007 and last year signed an product to sporting goods re- “Apart from developing the tech- tient has the fluid levels they need. option agreement to Pittsburgh- tailers to help customers identify the proper bat nology, which is essential, Rama is This, in turn, can help hospitals based Diamond Kinetics to bring weight, length and feel. one of the few professors I’ve manage their materials costs and that technology to market. “We then can build off of that to build broad-based worked with who has an intuitive avoid the complications that can It works by attaching a sensor to grasp of the business and competi- tools for analysis of their swing for the consumer extend a patient’s hospital stay. the knob of a baseball bat or soft- market,” Clark said. Once Diamond Kinetics gets tive issues in the market as well,” Retia has two employees to coor- Perkins ball bat, which then transmits Zemel said. penetration in the stores, it hopes to launch the con- dinate testing of the monitor tech- metrics to software developed by Perkins. The analy- sumer product to help batters — from beginners to Mukkamala said Retia’s plan is nology and further develop it sis helps improve a batter’s swing. professionals — hone their swing, he said. to perfect software and hardware based on the results. It also is still “It provides really a very fine-grain tool to measure Sales of sporting goods, apparel, footwear, fitness that takes data from conventional awaiting regulatory approvals exactly how the bat is moved and could be used for equipment and licensed merchandise reached $77.3 sensors used on patients in operat- from the federal Food and Drug guided practice to better hitting,” Perkins said. billion in 2011, according to the Sporting Goods Manu- ing rooms and intensive care units Administration and is still develop- Baseball sporting goods titans Hillerich & Bradsby facturers Association. Baseball and softball equip- and then give readouts on the rate ing a name for the blood-flow mon- Co., the company behind the Louisville Slugger of blood flow in units of volume itoring system. brand, and Rawlings Sporting Goods Co. Inc. are fund- ment sales topped $450 million. per time. That data can be invalu- The company incorporated in ing much of Perkins’ research, he said. However, Clark said the sporting goods numbers able not only in improving patient 2011 and obtained licensing from Perkins created the technology to try to become a don’t capture the whole picture. mortality rates, but even in man- MSU to market the technology. No better fly fisherman, he said. He wanted to know “The sporting goods market is quite large, and aging hospital costs, he said. timetable is set for a product what he was doing right and wrong with his cast. baseball is a big portion of that; but there’s still a “If you do a blood-flow guided flu- launch, but Zemel said it was pos- That technology has already been licensed to fly- side that doesn’t come out in the market studies, the id form of therapy, there are stud- sible some of the early hurdles fishing startup Castanalysis and UM startup Ninety- training,” Clark said. “Kids all around the country, ies showing the outcomes for the could be cleared by late 2014. Four50 for basketball. and world, are spending time in cages and training patient improve dramatically,” he Chad Halcom: (313) 446-6796, Perkins said production costs can be as low as $30 camps, and that’s a space we’d serve as well.” said. “The problem is there’s no re- [email protected]. Twitter: for the sensors and software, allowing the product to Dustin Walsh: (313) 446-6042, [email protected]. ally good way yet to measure blood @chadhalcom be affordable for consumers. However, the final price Twitter: @dustinpwalsh

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CRAIN'S LIST: LARGEST BIOTECH COMPANIES Ranked by 2012 revenue

Full-time Company Revenue Revenue local Address ($000,000) ($000,000) Percent employees Rank Phone; website Top local executive 2012 2011 change January 2013 Type of business InfuSystem Holdings Inc. Eric Steen $58.8 $54.6 7.7% 200 Supplier of infusion services to oncologists and other outpatient 1. 31700 Research Park Drive, Madison Heights 48071-4627 CEO treatment settings (800) 962-9656; www.infusystem.com Rockwell Medical Inc. Rob Chioini 49.8 49.0 1.8 106 Hemodialysis products and drugs for the treatment of iron 2. 30142 Wixom Road, Wixom 48393 founder, chairman, deficiency and secondary hyperparathyroidism (248) 960-9009; www.rockwellmed.com president and CEO Accuri Cytometers Inc. Vincent Forlenza 30.0 B NA NA 65 Developer and manufacturer of cell analysis systems for the life 3. 173 Parkland Plaza, Ann Arbor 48103 president and CEO, science research community. (734) 994-8000; www.bdbiosciences.com/accuri Becton, Dickinson and Co. Neocutis Inc. Mark Lemko 25.0 19.0 31.6 NA Human cellular technology focused on skin care, anti-aging, 4. 101 W. Big Beaver Road, Columbia Center II, Suite 845, Troy president women's health and wound healing 48064 (313) 664-7546; www.neocutis.com Asterand C Ian Ratcliffe 24.1 B 24.1 0.0 NA Supplier of high-quality, well-characterized human tissue and 5. Tech One Suite 501, 440 Burroughs, Detroit 48202-3420 CEO human tissue-based research services to drug discovery scientists (313) 263-0960; www.asterand.com Ash Stevens Inc. Stephen Munk 21.5 24.0 -10.1 77 Makes active pharmaceutical ingredients; develops processes, 6. 18655 Krause St., Riverview 48193 president and CEO analytical methods, and manufactures such ingredients post-FDA (734) 282-3370; www.ashstevens.com approval Aastrom Biosciences Inc. Nick Colangelo 21.0 18.0 16.7 77 Regenerative medicine company and developer of expanded, 7. 24 Frank Lloyd Wright Drive, Lobby K, Ann Arbor 48105 president and CEO autologous cellular therapies for the treatment of severe, chronic (800) 556-0311; www.aastrom.com cardiovascular diseases including critical limb ischemia and dilated cardiomyopathy Pointe Scientific Inc. Janusz Szyszko 11.0 10.0 10.0 33 Manufacturer and global distributor of clinical diagnostic reagents 8. 5449 Research Drive, Canton Township 48188 CEO and analyzers (800) 445-9853; www.pointescientific.com Kay Newel president and COO NanoBio Corp. Dave Peralta 8.7 NA NA 19 Nanoemulsion-based vaccines and anti-infective products 9. 2311 Green Road, Ann Arbor 48108 CEO (734) 302-4000; www.nanobio.com Custom Biogenic Systems Inc. John Brothers 8.0 9.0 -11.1 39 Design, develop and manufacture life science equipment 10. 150 Shafer Drive, Romeo 48065 president and CEO (586) 331-2600; www.custombiogenics.com

This list of leading biotech companies is an approximate compilation of the largest companies involved in the research and development or manufacture of products designed to improve the health and well-being of humans. It is not a complete listing but the most comprehensive available. Lumigen Inc., No. 3 on last year's list, which Crain's believes would make the list, declined to provide figures, and a reliable estimate could not be made. Crain's estimates are based on industry analyses and benchmarks, news reports and a wide range of other sources. Unless otherwise noted, information was provided by the companies. Companies with headquarters elsewhere are listed with the address and top executive of their main Detroit-area office. Actual revenue figures may vary. NA = not available. B Crain's estimate. C Cambridge, Mass.-based Stemgent Inc. bought Asterand's tissue-bank business August 2012. LIST RESEARCHED BY BRIANNA REILLY FREE WEBINAR

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CRAIN'S LIST: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FIRMS Ranked by number of intellectual property lawyers

Firm Local intellectual Total number of local Address property lawyers lawyers Number of patents filed Rank Phone; website Top local executive(s) Jan. 2013/2012 Jan. 2013/2012 worldwide 2012 Intellectual property practice areas Brooks Kushman PC James Kushman 65 65 2,056 Patent prosecution, trademarks, trade secrets, intellectual property 1. 1000 Town Center, 22nd floor, Southfield 48075 chairman and CEO 62 62 litigation, licensing, copyrights, legal IT consulting, compliance and (248) 358-4400; www.brookskushman.com Mark Cantor e-discovery, technical design consulting president Harness, Dickey & Pierce PLC Executive committee 61 60 6,269 Patents, trademarks, copyrights, litigation, transactions/due 2. 5445 Corporate Drive, Suite 200, Troy 48098 69 69 diligence, anti-counterfeiting, foreign rights, appellate litigation (248) 641-1600; www.hdp.com Dickinson Wright PLLC William Burgess 33 165 NA Intellectual property, business technology, copyrights, patents, 3. 500 Woodward Ave., Suite 4000, Detroit 48226 CEO 32 163 trademarks, intellectual property and trade secrets litigation (313) 223-3500; www.dickinsonwright.com Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP David Foltyn 30 188 898 B Trademark and copyright, patent and intellectual property litigation 4. 2290 First National Building, 660 Woodward Ave., Detroit chairman and CEO 25 186 practice groups 48226-3506 (313) 465-7000; www.honigman.com Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC Mark Davis 28 67 948 Patents, trademarks, copyrights, licensing, technology acquisitions 5. 450 W. Fourth St., Royal Oak 48067 president and CEO 28 67 or sales; patent infringement, trade secret, trademark and unfair (248) 645-1483; www.howardandhoward.com competition, copyright infringement enforcement and defense Young, Basile, Hanlon & MacFarlane PC Andrew Basile Jr. 27 27 453 Patents, trademarks, copyrights, litigation, transactions, emerging 6. 3001 W. Big Beaver Road, Suite 624, Troy 48084 president 20 20 companies (248) 649-3333; www.youngbasile.com Andrew Basile Sr. managing partner/president Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC Management committee 23 22 900 Trademark, copyright, patent, patent prosecution, trade secrets, 7. 39533 Woodward Ave, Suite 140, Bloomfield Hills 48034 23 22 social media, due diligence, litigation (248) 594-0600; www.raderfishman.com Reising Ethington PC William Francis 19 18 405 Patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, counseling, opinions, 8. 755 W. Big Beaver Road, Suite 1850, Troy 48084 attorney and shareholder 18 18 portfolio management, litigation (248) 689-3500; www.reising.com Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Douglas Sprinkle 18 18 NA Patent, trademark and copyrights 9. Anderson & Citkowski PC president 18 18 2701 Troy Center Drive, Suite 330, Troy 48007-7021 (248) 647-6000; www.patlaw.com Carlson, Gaskey & Olds PC Theodore Olds III 18 18 1,203 Patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets - worldwide 9. 400 W. Maple Road, Suite 350, Birmingham 48009 CEO and president 15 15 (248) 988-8360; www.cgolaw.com Quinn Law Group PLLC Christopher Quinn 17 17 451 Patents and trademarks 11. 39555 Orchard Hill Place, Suite 520, Novi 48375 president 12 12 (248) 380-9300; www.quinnlawgroup.com Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione PC Steven Oberholtzer 16 15 725 Patent prosecution, intellectual asset management, trademark 12. 524 S. Main St., Suite 200, Ann Arbor 48104-2921 managing partner Ann 13 12 litigation, green tech licensing, biotech/pharma, nanotechnology (734) 302-6000; www.usebrinks.com Arbor office Bodman PLC Ralph McDowell 15 132 0 Technology transfer, IP litigation, digital publishing, trademark 13. Sixth floor at Ford Field, 1901 St. Antoine St., Detroit 48226 chairman 9 131 selection, registration and licensing, economic espionage, (313) 259-7777; www.bodmanlaw.com entertainment Cantor Colburn LLP Scott McBain 12 12 6,060 Litigation, patents, trademarks and copyrights, licensing, opinions 14. 201 W. Big Beaver Road, Suite 1101, Troy 48084 partner 12 12 (248) 524-2300; www.cantorcolburn.com Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone PLC Michael McGee 12 169 175 Patents, trademark, copyright and trade secret prosecution, 14. 150 W. Jefferson Ave., Suite 2500, Detroit 48226-4415 CEO 12 182 counseling and litigation (313) 963-6420; www.millercanfield.com Dobrusin Thennisch PC Eric Dobrusin 7 7 NA Patent practice, trademark practice, IP strategy and counseling, 16. 29 W. Lawrence, Suite 210, Pontiac 48342-2813 president and shareholder 8 8 patent opinions, IP due diligence, technology transfer, government (248) 292-2920; www.patentco.com contracts, customs enforcement Dykema Gossett PLLC Peter Kellett 6 160 308 Litigation, prosecution, trademark, copyright and portfolio due 17. 400 Renaissance Center, Detroit 48243 chairman and CEO 8 161 diligence (313) 568-6800; www.dykema.com Butzel Long PC Justin Klimko 6 C NA NA Copyright, IP litigation, licensing and technology, patent law, trade 17. 150 W. Jefferson Ave., Suite 100, Detroit 48226 president and managing 6 108 secret and non-compete, trademark law (313) 225-7000; www.butzel.com shareholder Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss PC Bill Sider 6 100 NA IP rights, trademark and copyright registration, IP licensing, 17. 27777 Franklin Road, Suite 2500, Southfield 48034-8214 CEO and managing partner 5 98 transactions involving technology and e-commerce, IP litigation, (248) 351-3000; www.jaffelaw.com arbitration and appeals, employment and executive contracts, technology transfers Bejin VanOphem & Bieneman PC Management committee 5 3 13 Patent prosecution, IP litigation, trademarks, licensing, due 20. 300 River Place, Suite 1650, Detroit 48207 0 0 diligence (313) 528-4882; bvbip.com Carrier, Blackman & Associates PC Joseph Carrier 5 5 275 Patent - mechanical, chemical, electrical, computer; trademark; 20. 43440 W. 10 Mile Road, Novi 48375 senior partner 5 5 copyright; trade secret; etc. (248) 344-4422; www.carrier-blackman.com Garan Lucow Miller PC Roger Smith 5 58 NA Trademark, trade dress and copyright infringement actions, 20. 1000 Woodbridge Place, Detroit 48207 chairman of executive 3 57 litigation, trademark, trade dress and copyright applications, trade (313) 446-1530; www.garanlucow.com committee secret, confidentiality, non-disclosure or non-compete clauses MacMillan, Sobanski & Todd LLC Richard MacMillan 4 4 269 Patents, trademarks, copyrights, licensing, litigation support, 23. 38705 Seven Mile Road, Suite 405, Livonia 48152 managing partner 4 4 intellectual property management systems, secure database hosting, (734) 542-0900; www.mstfirm.com intellectual property software support services, other Warn Partners PC Philip Warn 4 3 82 Patents, trademarks and copyrights 23. 691 N. Squirrel Road, Suite 140, Auburn Hills 48326 managing partner 4 3 (248) 364-4300; www.warnpartners.com Clark Hill PLC John Hern 4 163 NA Copyrights, intellectual property litigation, patents, technology 23. 500 Woodward Ave., Suite 3500, Detroit 48226 CEO 4 150 transfer, trademarks and service marks (313) 965-8300; www.clarkhill.com Bliss McGlynn PC Daniel Bliss 4 4 59 Patents, global reach, portfolio management, trademarks, 23. 2075 W. Big Beaver Road, Suite 600, Troy 48048 president 4 4 copyrights, litigation (248) 649-6090; www.ipdirection.com Dierker & Associates PC Julia Dierker 4 4 65 Patents, trademarks and copyrights 23. 3331 W. Big Beaver Road, Suite 109, Troy 48084 president 5 5 (248) 649-9900; www.troypatent.com

This list is an approximate compilation of intellectual property firms in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw and Livingston counties. Total number of local lawyers does not include "of counsel." It is not a complete listing but the most comprehensive available. Unless otherwise noted, information was provided by the firms. Firms with headquarters elsewhere are listed with the address and top executive of their main Detroit-area office. NA = not available. B Statewide totals. C As of June 1, 2012. LIST RESEARCHED BY BRIANNA REILLY 20130422-NEWS--0018-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 4/19/2013 10:00 AM Page 1

Page 18 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS April 22, 2013 Giving the shake to IT attackers Former high school star halfback now helps companies draw up network security game plans

BY TOM HENDERSON plans to hire about 70 employees CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS this year, 50 of them in metro De- troit. He has begun talks with Steve Barone didn’t know it in Bedrock Real Estate Services, Dan the fall of 1981, but he was about to Gilbert’s real estate arm, about start turning lemons into lemon- opening a second local office in ade. downtown Detroit. Or, more precisely, about to Barone also plans to open a start turning a season-ending foot- small office in Austin, Texas, and ball injury when he was the star has a small office in Reston, Va. halfback and captain of the Luther- All of that has grown out of a an East team into a career path that need to kill time while hanging would turn him from jock to geek around high school the fall of his and result in his fast-growing com- senior year, waiting for his bud- Staying ahead of the puter and network services com- dies on the football team to get “ pany, Troy-based Creative Break- done with practice. bad guys is a never- throughs Inc. One day after suffering a thigh ending process. CBI does network security and injury, Barone wandered into is a major vendor for Mountain Lutheran East’s computer lab af- ” Steve Barone, Creative Breakthroughs View, Calif.-based Symantec Corp. ter school, got intrigued “and I fell (Nasdaq: SYMC). It has grown rev- in love,” he said. And soon he was enue significantly in recent years, the master of one of the early prim- from $7.3 million in 2008 to $23.5 itive PCs, the Radio Shack TRS-80. KENNY CORBIN million last year, with projections In 1983, a year after graduating When Creative Breakthroughs founder Steve Barone was an injured football player, he wandered into Lutheran East High School’s computer lab and fell in love with computers. of doubling that this year. from high school, Barone bor- CBI employed 47 at the end of rowed $10,000 from his brother, 2012 and has already hired about Joe, and opened a small computer Software, which despite its name network and got our email up and tec manages the company’s re- 15 this year, with Barone saying he store in East Detroit called Just mostly sold hardware and Atari running. Steve has always been a sellers, said Creative Break- computers. Profits paid his bills at go-getter. He’s always on top of his throughs has carved out a really Wayne State University. game. From a guy who basically nice space in network security, and In the back of the store, Barone started out in his garage, what he’s they’re one of our top partners,” he hooked up modems to land lines done is impressive.” said. “What makes them so appeal- and established an early computer Actually, Barone stayed on top ing to us is their great technical network for fans of a pioneering of several games. As he built his IT acumen, which makes them a tour computer adventure game called career and his computer company, de force in network security. Zork to exchange game secrets. Barone stuck with athletics. For “They’re clearly a fast-growing When he was a junior, Barone years, he spent many summer company and hiring new employ- sold his company for $40,000. weekends playing in high level ees. With that extended team, Later he went to work for ITT softball tournaments, and was a they’re going to continue to be Courier, a company based in football coach for many years, in- very valuable for Symantec.” Tempe, Ariz., first selling main- cluding stints as an offensive coor- Jack Rex is director of IT service frames and then helping cus- dinator at Warren Mott High School, governance for Toledo-based tomers migrate to PCs. In 1991, dis- junior varsity coach at Cranbrook Owens-Illinois Inc., the largest glass gruntled with a cut in in Bloomfield Hills and head coach company in the world, with rev- compensation, Barone founded at South Lake High School in St. enue of about $7.5 billion. Creative Breakthroughs. Clair Shores. Rex said he met Barone in 2010 “I thought I’d give it a try. I Creative Breakthroughs gradu- when he hired CBI to do an assess- started calling ally evolved from ment of Owens-Illinois’ network se- some of my ITT a low-margin curity. “We have our own security customers, and business of sell- team, but you only know what you Thorn Apple Val- From a guy who ing hardware to a know. CBI came in and pointed out ley was my sav- “ much higher- some things we didn’t know about ior,” said Barone, basically started out margin business and helped us fix those,” Rex said. referring to his of his garage, what of managing net- “The most important thing they first major cus- work security, did is they made a four-year road tomer. (Thorn Ap- he’s done is which dovetails map for us and prioritized how to ple Valley Inc. filed nicely with get there. They’ve got great people. for bankruptcy in impressive. Barone’s sense of They’re very talented,” he said. 1999 and its ” competitiveness. Kurt Klein is CEO of another of brands were sub- Douglas Shoultz, SourceHOV A frequent Symantec’s major resellers, Santa sequently bought speaker at hacker Clara, Calif.-based Computer Media by Tyson Foods and tech confer- Technologies Inc., which is on track Inc.) ences, Barone for $100 million in revenue this “I was one of his first customers, said he is motivated by the con- year. Klein and Barone are mem- when he was working out of a mail stant challenge of staying one step bers of Symantec’s global partner drop in Shelby Township,” said ahead of those attempting to advisory council, which is made Douglas Shoultz, now the director breach his clients’ networks. up of its major resellers. of management information ser- “Staying ahead of the bad guys “They’re a competitor of mine, vices for Dallas-based SourceHOV is a never-ending process,” he but I view Steve as an ally, and we LLC, who first hired Barone when said. “One thing our clients really mentor each other. We’re both he was managing IT at Southfield- gain from is our big relationships pretty good at staying ahead of the based Thorn Apple Valley. in the security arena. We are often curve,” said Klein. “Steve has in- Then, Creative Breakthroughs told about targeted attacks before vested a lot of money in very spe- was selling and installing hard- that information becomes public, cialized talent. He’s highly regard- ware. and we make sure our clients ed in the business.” “Steve began building machines know and plan for it.” Tom Henderson: (313) 446-0337, to my specification,” Shoultz said, Rick Hofmann, who as senior di- [email protected]. Twitter: and then he built out our Novell rector of U.S. channels for Syman- @tomhenderson2 20130422-NEWS--0019-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 4/19/2013 9:54 AM Page 1

April 22, 2013 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 19 Crain’s wins 15 journalism awards for print, online coverage

Crain’s Detroit Business won 15 fault. calization of a national story, for music industry. of the Society of Professional Jour- awards — including a dozen first- Reporter Chad Halcom, general the March 12 report “Overseas Former Senior Editor Jeff nalists, which has as its mission place honors — at the Society of Pro- news reporting, for the March 5 oversold?” that described the expe- Johnston for Page 1 design. John- fostering excellence in journalism fessional Journalists Detroit Excel- story “Cut! When film credits rience of TriMas Corp. to explain ston also won a second-place and promoting the free flow of in- lence in Journalism awards dried up, so did Raleigh’s pay- how the economics are award for feature page design for formation for all people. Wednesday evening. All were for ments,” which de- shifting toward on- his design for the Sept. 3 story “In- The event honored local jour- work done in 2012. scribed how shoring of operations. dustry in Transition.” nalists in print, online and broad- First-place winners were: the studio pro- Enterprise Editor Skid, Web Producer Norman cast media with more than 200 Reporter Tom Henderson, spot ject backed by Bill Shea, sports report- Witte III, Senior Producer Pierrette awards presented. Lifetime or breaking news reporting, for his Al Taubman ing, for his Jan. 30 sto- Dagg and intern Andrew Templeton achievement awards went to Al June 11 story on Compuware Corp.’s and Ari ry, “In signing Fielder, shared the first-place award for Allen, a 28-year broadcast re- plans to do an initial public offer- Emanuel faltered Ilitch isn’t stretching digital media presentation for the porter for WJBK-TV2, and Ron Dz- ing for Covisint. Henderson also and defaulted on dough,” which de- Oct. 1 online presentation of wonkowski, a retired longtime won a first-place award for online bonds after the scribed why Prince Crain’s annual “40 under 40” fea- Detroit Free Press editor. consumer/watchdog reporting for state changed its Fielder’s nine-year, ture. For more on the awards, see his Sept. 26 report, “A tale of three policy on film cred- $214 million con- SPJ Detroit is the local chapter spjdetroit.org. parks,” which contrasts Detroit’s its. tract wouldn’t Riverfront-Lakewood East and An- Senior reporter break the bank of gel parks with Grosse Pointe Jay Greene for his the Detroit Tigers. Park’s Windmill Pointe Park. Hen- April 30 personality Senior Editor Request for Proposals for Governmental derson placed second for his blog. profile of McLaren Gary Piatek for Deputy Managing Editor Health Care CEO Phil headline writing. Affairs Consulting Services for the Police and Daniel Duggan, print Incarnati. Multimedia Editor Nathan Fire Retirement System of the City of Detroit consumer/watchdog reporting, for Reporter Sherri Welch, feature Skid, feature reporting, for his The Trustees of the Police and Fire Retirement System of the City of Detroit are seeking proposals for Governmental Affairs Consulting services. Interested individuals or firms are invited to submit a his March 26 story, “Lawmakers reporting, for her May 7 story, “A Sept. 3 story, “Industry in Transi- proposal. The request for proposal will bee available on April 22, 2013. Responses are due on quick with a fix,” which described lawless land,” that reported on the tion,” about how the local music May 6, 2013 by 3:00 P.M. EST. how the real estate industry, led by security and safety challenges industry is adapting to a changing The RFP will be posted on the Police and Fire Retirement System of the City of Detroit’s web state Republican Party Chairman store owners face in Detroit. The business model. Skid also won site at www.pfrsdetroit.org. The RFP will be on the PFRS home page. Robert Schostak, pushed through report followed the murder of third place for feature photogra- All correspondence and inquiries concerning this RFP should be directed solely to David Cetlinski, a bill retroactively protecting in- store owner Faraj Dally. phy for the first-page photo of the Assistant Executive Director, at [email protected]. Responses are due on M a y 6 , 2 0 13 by 3 :00 P.M. EST. vestors’ assets in the event of de- Reporter Dustin Walsh, best lo- Sept. 3 special supplement on the

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April 22, 2013 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 21 Biz leaders applaud departing UM president for local impact

BY TOM HENDERSON the board of the Zell Lurie Institute of economic development agency. acronym of MINTS, for the Michi- credit entrepreneurship program CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS the Ross School of Business. In 2008, she spearheaded the gan Investment in New Technology that offers a general grounding in Coleman made a number of purchase for $108 million of the for- Startups, which called for the business development. Venture capitalists, scientific re- high-profile moves in support of lo- mer Pfizer Inc. facility — a 28-build- school’s endowment to invest $25 Said Chris Rizik, fund manager searchers and those involved with cal entrepreneurship and compa- ing, 2.1 million-square-foot complex million over 10 years in startups and president of the Ann Arbor- technology startups credit Mary ny creation. One that ruffled some now known as the North Campus Re- spun off from the school. based Renaissance Venture Capital Sue Coleman, who announced the feathers on campus was her sup- search Complex, which in February Over the past three years, a Fund: “UM is much more integrat- timing of her report of what turned into the Univer- surpassed the 2,000 mark in on-site number of integrated programs in ed into entrepreneurship now, and tirement last sity Research Corridor, a joint effort employees. entrepreneurship have been in part as a result of that, the entre- week, with hav- of UM, Michigan State University and In 2011, the 16,000-square-foot launched on campus, including the preneurship community in Ann ing a major im- Wayne State University. Venture Accelerator opened at the Center for Entrepreneurship at the Col- Arbor has grown dramatically in pact on local en- Other efforts: NCRC to house UM spinoffs and lege of Engineering; a joint master’s in the last 10 years.” trepreneurship In 2005, Coleman and Rick put them near business advisers entrepreneurship between the Col- Coleman was one of Crain’s since becoming Snyder, then a venture capitalist with the school’s office of technolo- lege of Engineering and the busi- Newsmakers of the Year in 2008. president of the and now Michigan governor, gy transfer. ness school; TechArb, an incubator in Tom Henderson: (313) 446-0337, University of Mich- helped launch Ann Arbor Spark, Later in 2011, Coleman an- downtown Ann Arbor that houses [email protected]. Twitter: igan in 2002. which has grown into a successful nounced a program with the student-run startups; and a nine- @tomhenderson2 Coleman, 69, Coleman told UM’s board of regents that she will retire at the end of the 2013-14 school year, when her contract expires. She was the first woman to serve as the school’s president and has had the fourth- longest tenure of the 13 presidents DENTAL IS ALL WE DO— in school history. A search for a successor is expected to begin this summer. Before coming to UM, Coleman had been president of the University of Iowa. AND WE DO IT BETTER! “She’s been the most influential president I’ve seen. She’s brought Michigan way, way forward in terms of creating economic value out of its cutting-edge research,” said David Brophy, director of the Center for Venture Capital and Private Equity at UM’s Ross School of Busi- ness. “And she’s done it with the best human qualities of any president any of us have known.” Said Eva Feldman, M.D., director of the A. Alfred Taubman Medical Re- search Institute at UM, “President Coleman has been an inspirational leader and an especially strong supporter of medical research at the University of Michigan. “As a physician and a researcher, I am especially grateful to the cru- When switching to Delta Dental, you may cial role she played in educating the public about the value and impor- experience something you haven’t had with tance of stem-cell research.” other carriers—silence. Feldman is the lead investigator on a study, approved last week by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, to begin phase-two trials to test With 9 out of 10 Michigan dentists participating, how well injections of stem cells Delta Dental offers your employees in-network slow the progress of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as savings by improving the chance that their ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease. Cole- preferred dentists participate in one or more man defended Feldman’s research and other stem-cell research at the of our programs. That, in turn, results in less school against critics, even before state voters approved such re- employee noise and helps us deliver greater plan search in 2008. savings to you. Silence really is golden! “The remarkable thing about Dr. Coleman is that most leaders coming into an internationally To learn more about how Delta Dental can do renowned institution would have played it safe. They wouldn’t have dental better for you, please contact your agent taken a chance on screwing anything up, they would have played it or visit deltadentalmi.com/dentaldonebetter. nice and safe and gotten through their tenure,” said Sam Valenti III, CEO of Bloomfield Hills-based Val- enti Capital LLC, referring to Cole- man’s high-profile support of spinning university research into for-profit companies and off-campus jobs. Coleman’s stance was not, he said, met with universal support by university administrators and others. “It took guts, and I admire her. She changed UM’s footprint in Ann Arbor, and she made the school even more powerful,” said Valenti, a co-founder of the Michigan Venture Capital Association and a member of 20130422-NEWS--0022-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 4/19/2013 9:54 AM Page 1

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Kalish & Associates, P.C., 28592 blow to the team’s effort to rebuild Orchard Lake Road, Ste.360, Farmington Hills, MI 48334 time games go to playoff teams from On the bright side, Detroit will The Debtor has received an opening bid from a Proposed Purchaser for the Included brand equity lost during 11 consec- Assets in the amount of $60,000.00, the ("Proposed Purchaser’s Bid") and a utive seasons of missed playoffs, the previous year and that our 2012 finish 2013 with four of its final six subsequent bid of $75,000.00 (the "Subsequent Bid"). Any competing bid must be at and strips players of additional op- season undoubtedly played a factor games at Ford Field. least $10,000.00 higher than the Subsequent Bid. Prospective bidders may obtain portunities to shine individually in into fewer prime-time appearances The regular season opens at 1 further details and a copy of the detailed bid procedures from the Debtor’s Attorney, in 2013,” said Bill Keenist, the Jay S. 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Page 26 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS April 22, 2013 Security: Private sector helps government in keeping events safe ■ From Page 1 finish line of the Boston Marathon sance Center security since it killed three and injured more than opened the riverwalk in 2007, said 170. Not only does (Project CFO William Smith. Compuware In Detroit, the incident served “ It takes the lead on planning seas a reminder for the importance Lighthouse) improve security at curity for its River Days festival but of private sector support for safety, works hand-in-hand with those backs app for namely, for providing security re- that point in time ... but it also agencies, following DPD direction sources and money. on whether the riverwalk should be Through street patrols, monitor- sends a message this isn’t a one- open or closed during major events. Lighthouse ing their own security cameras and Last year, portions of the river- Compuware Corp. has dedicat- communication with public safety off because of the fireworks. This front were closed for security rea- ed resources to develop an app officers, private security officers sons, he said. “There was just not that is part of the Project Light- have helped prevent or respond to is on an ongoing basis. ” enough manpower to man the house safety program. The app crime. Regular planning meetings, crowds that were coming down to Cindy Pasky, Downtown Detroit Partnership will be available to people with focused solely on safety, are also the riverfront.” GPS-enabled cellphones. held in the run-up to major events. emailed statement. Field, Ford Field, Boll Family YMCA, That coordination, along with 24- The free app will point people One benefit? The limitation in “It would be premature to ad- Michigan Opera Theatre and Greektown hour surveillance, cameras placed to the nearest Project Light- safety resources that affects gov- every 500 feet along the riverwalk dress the future of any upcoming Casino-Hotel, among others. house organization/location in ernment agencies “does not exist and linking the camera feeds direct- special events hosted by the city.” Before all major events down- the event they need to report an on the private side,” said Paul town, the public and private securi- ly to Selfridge Air National Guard Base issue or seek safe haven, said Childs, COO of the Downtown Detroit Project Lighthouse was launched ty teams host pre-event meetings to in Harrison Township, have helped. Downtown Detroit Partnership Partnership, which leads Project in August 2011, and its public and share information, such as the “From those monitors, anything Chairwoman Cindy Pasky. An Lighthouse. private members have been honing schedule for the event, types of activ- along the riverwalk would be cap- example would be waiting for a it ever since — helping to monitor tured,” Smith said. and police events downtown and an- ity included, street closures and ex- tow truck to arrive. Paxahau Inc., which does busi- Coordinating efforts alyzing crime data to address trends pected number of people downtown, Pasky said she expects the said Cindy Pasky, chairwoman of ness as Paxahau Event Production app to be done by the height of Late last week, the mayor’s office such as car thefts. It’s an approach the DDP board and president and Management, puts on the Move- the summer season. said it could not yet comment on similar to that launched four years CEO of Strategic Staffing Solutions. ment festival and organizes the De- In the event that cell service whether Wayne, Oakland and Ma- ago in Midtown by Wayne State Uni- They also coordinate their polic- troit International Jazz Festival on is shut down to an area, as it comb counties will loan officers to versity, Detroit Medical Center, Henry ing activities to work in tandem to contracted basis. It plans to engage was in Boston to prevent deto- help police the Detroit fireworks, Ford Health System and the DPD. prevent incidents and to respond the Project Lighthouse effort be- nation of additional bombs, which are put on by The Parade Co. Project Lighthouse can mobilize quickly if there are any. Because fore the events this year. there are Lighthouse banners “The city of Detroit continues to 300-500 public and private officers as the groups are in contact, making Movement draws about 100,000 on light poles and symbols in experience financial stress. As a needed by tapping into the private the determination about whom to people to Hart Plaza each year, and the windows of areas compa- result, Detroit’s recently appoint- security forces of more than 30 cor- report any issues to and what re- the jazz festival attracts an esti- nies, she said. ed emergency manager has pub- porations and nonprofits in the area sponse to take “doesn’t take hours, mated 750,000 to the same area — “We’re going to ramp up mar- licly stated that all city operations, stretching from downtown to the it takes seconds,” Pasky said. and stretches along the Woodward keting for Lighthouse,” Pasky including city-supported events, riverfront and Midtown. Besides The coordination is ramped up Corridor from Jefferson Avenue to said. “We need to make sure we are under review,” Bob Warfield, Compuware, those include Ilitch Hold- for special events, but the groups Cadillac Square. get the (Project Lighthouse) chief communications officer for ings Inc., Cobo Center, Westin Book meet regularly to share informa- Prior to Lighthouse coming on message out to everybody.” the mayor’s office, said in an Cadillac, Detroit Athletic Club, Comerica tion on any significant events and line, it was up to individual event — Sherri Welch visitors they expect to host and organizers to follow city protocol crime trends. by being in constant communica- the private sector in Detroit is en- “Not only does (Project Light- tion with various city public safety gaged, said Robert Brown, emer- house) improve security at that departments, creating event secu- gency response point in time ... but it also sends a rity plans and evacuation plans, operations offi- message this isn’t a one-off be- said Paxahau Director of Opera- cer for the De- cause of the fireworks,” Pasky tions Sam Fotias. troit Office of said. “This is on an ongoing basis.” Paxahau also had to arrange to Homeland Securi- Last week, the day after the have medical care/transport on ty and Emergency Boston Marathon bombings, The Pa- site and contracted 24-hour private Management. rade Co. convened a security meet- security for the event. “The critical ing for this year’s Target Fireworks, “As an organizer, Lighthouse is infrastructures which are set for June 24. Represen- a great resource,” he said. “Hav- in a major met- tatives from the DPD, Wayne County ing everyone under one roof ropolitan city Sheriff’s Office, Homeland Security, streamlines things and makes Brown such as Detroit, U.S. Coast Guard and also private se- things more efficient.” the majority of those ... are pri- curity groups from several down- The issue of security at outdoor vately held,” he said. “Those pri- town companies attended. gatherings in the downtown areas vate entities are brought into the There was, of course, conversa- will take on additional importance picture because they need to be tion about the given the place-making efforts such able to work with the city ... to pro- Boston tragedy, as festivals, restaurants and enter- vide protection.” Parade Co. Pres- tainment attractions that Dan The class covers everything from ident and CEO Gilbert’s Rock Ventures LLC, DDP suspicious behaviors to watch for Tony Michaels and others are working on to bring as criminals survey an area before said. But soon, more people into the city. they act, to the psychological pro- the group of pub- “After a Boston kind of a thing, files for bombers, the energetic ma- lic and private when you convene big groups, you terials used in explosive devices, safety officers continually learn and get smarter,” what to watch for during an event got down to the said Matt Cullen, president and and how to react in the event of an business of how CEO of Rock Ventures. incident, Brown said. Michaels they plan to keep The classes are helping, he said. Detroiters safe during the fire- People who have attended them works. They talked about the levels Crisis management have been able to bring their new of security they would need, timing Classes through the Detroit Office knowledge to bear, recognizing a for street closures and where they of Homeland Security and Emergency suspicious package and even ex- should place barricades to help se- Management originally designed plosive devices in the downtown cure the perimeter for the event, for emergency workers are al- area last year, before they caused Michaels said. soavailable for volunteer organiza- an incident, he said. “It’s really about being diligent, tions, corporate security staff and “I do not want to see Detroit on being very collaborative with the hospital personnel. The classes CNN or MSNBC,” Brown said he told police, with security,” he said. cover both preventative and first- students who attended the class responder information. last week. Securing the waterfront The Parade Co.’s Michaels said he “We just can not afford to have sent four of his employees to a quar- another blemish on the city of De- The Detroit Riverfront Conservancy terly class the office was having last troit. ... If you see somebody that’s has been collaborating on public Wednesday, as part of preparation doing something that you feel is out safety with local, county, state and for the fireworks, Thanksgiving pa- of place, out of the norm, report it.” federal public safety agencies, plus rade and related events. Sherri Welch: (313) 446-1694, the U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Coast At first, classes were aimed at [email protected]. Twitter: @sher- Guard, and General Motors’ Renais- first-responders, but increasingly riwelch 20130422-NEWS--0027-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 4/19/2013 4:08 PM Page 1

April 22, 2013 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 27 Soccer facility buys GM land for $8M expansion The ﬁrm worth

BY RYAN FELTON along Centerpoint Parkway, north The total investment for the pro- listening to SPECIAL TO CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS and west of the complex. ject will be around $8 million, said The project is expected to be Matthew Gibb, deputy county ex- Pontiac-based Ultimate Soccer completed in September, and the ecutive for Oakland County. Arenas, an indoor soccer and is the ﬁrm that existing facility will remain open Oakland County worked with lacrosse facility, will expand this in the interim, said Ultimate RACER Trust to negotiate the pur- SM year after it purchased land for- Soccer co-owner George Derder- chase price for the land, which listens to you. merly owned by General Motors, its ian. owner said Thursday. Gibbs and Derderian declined to Derderian and his business part- disclose. Ultimate Soccer Arenas, which ner, Tom Korpela, are doubling In addition to soccer and opened in 2007 at 867 E. South their land holding to 32 acres. The lacrosse events, Ultimate Soccer SM Blvd., will be adding a 60,000- property has been managed by the also serves as home base for an Talk to Foley. We’re listening. square-foot indoor soccer field, Revitalizing Auto Communities two new artificial turf fields with Environmental Response Trust, American Ultimate Disc League team, bleacher seating for up to 2,500, which was created to manage and the Detroit Mechanix. and 600 new parking spaces, for a The project will add about 25 redevelop land owned by GM be- When our Detroit clients needed a national law ﬁrm total of almost 1,250, in a deal an- fore its 2009 bankruptcy. full-time equivalent jobs to Ulti- nounced Wednesday by Oakland Derderian believes the facility, mate Soccer’s payroll and provide that provides trusted local advisors with top-tier legal County Executive L. Brooks Pat- at 335,000 to 340,000 square feet, 125 construction jobs for the pro- skills, Foley delivered. That’s why our attorneys and terson and Pontiac’s emergency will be the largest indoor nonpro- ject, Derderian said. The facility manager, Louis Schimmel. fessional sports facility after the currently has about 55 full-time practices are consistently recognized for excellence The parcels of acquired land run project is completed. equivalent jobs. by our clients and industry experts.*

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ment.” “It’s going to run people away,” DWSD bill, only $40 to $50 is for Some, but not all, of the bills for he said. “It’s a rain tax — that’s re- water usage; the rest is for sewage drainage fees owed have been ally what it is.” fees, including stormwater drain- mailed, Johnson said. Gold said the department, which age. While the exact amount the was removed from federal over- “The water bill is more expen- DWSD is owed for the unbilled sight through a March 27 federal sive than property taxes, which is drainage charges is unknown, it court order, has the legal authori- ridiculous,” she said. “could ultimately be in the mil- ty to collect the stormwater fees. Susan Harvey, senior vice presi- lions,” Johnson said. The Detroit City Code, federal dent of the Canton Township office Johnson said any adjustments Water Pollution Control Act (the of New York-based Ashley Capital will be made on a case-by-case ba- Clean Water Act), and the Michi- LLC, an industrial and office real sis by DWSD customer relations gan Revenue Bond Act all provide estate acquisition firm, said she representatives. the legal authority for collecting believes the stormwater runoff One city business owner, speak- the charges, Johnson said. charges “are excessive and they ing on the condition of anonymity, That doesn’t make the pill any influenced our decision not to buy said the stormwater drainage por- easier to swallow for another city any more industrial property in tion of the monthly bill he recently business owner. the city of Detroit.” received was for $4,500, which will Julie Semma, who did not want Kirk Pinho: (313) 446-0412, kpin- amount to $54,000 annually on his her east-side business identified, [email protected]. 8-acre property. said that of her $1,800 monthly Twitter: @kirkpinhoCDB 20130422-NEWS--0028-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 4/19/2013 5:57 PM Page 1

Page 28 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS April 22, 2013 Casinos: Gilbert-owned Greektown may set up branding battle ■ From Page 3 by Little Caesar Enterprises Inc. co- lion that give Gilbert majority con- Kulczycki said. “It may be very lo- more prominent positioning in the him to “tell Marian (Ilitch) it’s too founder Marian Ilitch. trol of Greektown. cal, but we need to dig into the con- local marketplace,” he said in the warm in this section of the casi- But he believes the casino’s “We consider ourselves Mid- tracts and see where stuff is com- statement emailed to Crain’s. no.” placement off the beaten path has west city builders, and we think ing from.” “This really is exactly what “Clearly, there is a face and a helped it position itself as an es- the casino fits right in with our With the fine dining restaurant Greektown needs as we look to the person to that ownership they cape from the daily grind. In fact, overall mission,” Gilbert said. Brizola that it opened in December future.” identify with ... (and) a definite its advertising tagline is “a million With the assumption of debt, and 900-space garage and Market MotorCity has long played to its sense of local ownership that Mo- miles away, right down the street.” Rock is paying $500 million to $600 District collection of five casual locally owned status by Ilitch and torCity experiences,” MotorCity doesn’t want its pa- million for 67.4 percent equity in- dining outlets opened in February, its hometown casino position. Its The fact that all of the revenue trons to have to look at “some old, terest and 76.8 percent voting in- Greektown has made significant décor blends Detroit’s automotive produced at MotorCity stays in De- broken building,” Solomon said. terest in Greektown. Those deals investments over the past two history with its musical heritage, troit and Michigan isn’t lost on pa- “That’s obviously a challenge closed April 12 and April 15. years, President and CEO Michael Little Caesars offerings and other trons, he said. “Ultimately, I think, Dan (Gilbert) will be facing if he Rock’s Ohio casinos and Balti- Puggi said in an emailed state- aptly named eateries including the that will be true with Greektown, wants to open Greektown up com- more concept, like MotorCity, pay ment. Grand River Deli and Lodge Diner and too, and that is a positive develop- pletely.” homage to their home cities rather For the fourth quarter ending its AAA four-diamond rated Irides- ment,” he said. Greektown has a straight, walk- than Las Vegas. Dec. 31, Greektown reported a net cence fine dining restaurant. MotorCity and MGM “are going able pedestrian landscape that “We’re constantly reminding loss of $9.5 million on net revenue It has positioned itself as an es- to see Greektown be more as- Rock can take advantage of, the guests they are in Cincinnati ... of $76.9 million. That compared to cape from the daily grind and a sertive than it has in the past,” Solomon said. (or) in Cleveland ... they don’t walk a loss of $5.9 million during the leader in gaming technologies, said Frank Fantini, CEO of Dover, “But they will always be chal- in and get transported to Vegas,” same quarter of 2011, on net rev- Solomon said. Its locally owned Del.-based Fantini Research and lenged by their proximity to the said Rock Gaming Communica- enue of $83.9 million. status has given it the ability to be publisher of Fantini’s Gaming Re- stadiums on game days ... that tions Director Jennifer Kulczycki. The most recent results includ- nimble and not have to transition port. doesn’t parlay into gaming rev- Rock and Little Caesar have in- ed a $1.7 million charge related to to new technologies in lockstep Under its ownership by the Sault enue ... that’s been all of our obser- corporated local artwork and dé- the expiration of the casino’s $455 with other properties, he said. Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, vation since Day 1,” he said. cor and played up local people who million refinancing deal in mid- The casino is in the midst of a which was underfinanced, and That proximity also leads to made it big along with local eater- March. complete redesign of the casino subsequent ownership by out-of- parking issues, Solomon said. ies and chefs at the Ohio casinos. In the April 12 filing with the floor, with new pathways and a state hedge fund investors follow- In March, MotorCity had 34 per- They plan to do the same in Balti- U.S. Securities & Exchange Commis- large number of new games featuring its bankruptcy, Greektown cent of the market and Greektown more. That could be translated to sion, Puggi attributed financial re- ing new technologies, set to roll hasn’t had strong ownership his- 26 percent, while MGM Grand De- Detroit. sults to “continuing weakness in out in May. Solomon declined to torically, Fantini said. troit, the city’s luxury option and “It would be like having Better the Detroit gaming market, among say what the casino is investing in But Gilbert has financial re- the most Las Vegas-like facility, Made and Faygo here,” Kulczycki other factors,” noting that man- the upgrades. sources and the additional benefit had 40 percent. said. agement was able to mitigate the MotorCity plans to stay the of being a casino operator in other “We’re really not casino in- While Rock’s other casinos were impact of the market decline to course rather than making a markets, he said. vestors, per se,” Gilbert told the new developments, Greektown is some degree through a 7.5 percent “knee-jerk reaction” to anything “I think that’s a big advantage,” gaming control board April 9 be- already an established property, reduction in operating costs. “The Greektown or MGM might do, Fantini said. fore it approved gaming licenses she said. result of Dan Gilbert’s ownership Solomon said. Sherri Welch: (313) 446-1694, for him and Cullen, and three “Is that the route Rock will go will likely mean expedited im- Patrons refer to MotorCity as [email protected]. Twitter: deals valued at more than $140 mil- with Greektown? We don’t know,” provement at the casino and a “our casino,” he said. They ask @sherriwelch Chamber: Position against new hospital too much for Oakland ■ From Page 1 Chase and Wayne County. investors and court economic de- “I don’t really want to put a velopment in the region, has se- number on what we’re seeking I like Sandy, and I think he’s doing a good cured commitments from 97 (per donor) and how many donors “ donors, including 52 of the 77 mem- are (still reviewing requests,)” job overall, even if 40 percent of his bers of the chamber’s board of di- Erulkar said. “But if even a frac- rectors, Erulkar said. tion of those make commitments it membership comes from my county and he’s The $6 million it hopes to raise would help us meet or even get over the three years of the cam- ahead of the goal.” embracing a policy position that’s against paign will support two economic He added: “We are really excited development programs, he said. about being this close to our cam- the interests of my county. One focuses on general business paign goal. It’s symbolic of the pos- Patterson ” Baruah attraction efforts, including over- itive movement here in Detroit, L. Brooks Patterson seas trade and investment mis- and the perception about the po- application by the Michigan Depart- pendence Township, including considers the relationship amica- sions like the delegation that ac- tential revitalization into the great ment of Community Health. A state McLaren Oakland in Pontiac. ble. So does Patterson. companied Lt. Gov. Brian Calley region it can be.” administrative law judge could is- McLaren sought special consid- “I like Sandy, and I think he’s in the Netherlands last week, and The Prosperity Campaign and sue a decision on McLaren’s chal- eration in a bill introduced by Sen. doing a good job overall, even if 40 the other is its MichAuto initiative the chamber’s fiscal year end June lenge within the next few weeks. Mike Kowall that would have would percent of his membership comes to attract talent and investment 30, and the three-year campaign A report McLaren submitted have established an eight-mile ra- from my county and he’s embrac- and advocate for and promote the has funding commitments from this week for consideration by the dius to relocate beds like McLaren’s ing a policy position that’s against local automotive industry. The Macomb, Genesee and Shiawassee Oakland County Board of Commis- unused beds in Pontiac, instead of the interests of my county,” Patter- campaign will help fund the up- counties, in addition to Wayne, sioners projects that the hospital the two-mile radius allowed. But son said. coming MichAuto Summit at Cobo Erulkar said. campus could support more than that bill died in the lame-duck leg- “I’m not throwing rocks at his car Center, scheduled for Sept. 25 “There have been a couple of 1,300 jobs and a payroll of more islative session in December. or anything, but we’re going to have Macomb County Executive gripes with the chamber before, but than $68 million when complete, In testimony before the House to disagree. I think over time, if I Mark Hackel said he was aware of I’m a big boy and I know what to ex- generating an annual economic Commerce Committee in Febru- thought the chamber was becoming Patterson’s McLaren dispute but is pect on most issues,” Patterson impact of more than $600 million. ary, Baruah said opposing efforts more neutral on issues affecting my staying out of it, and he remains a said. “I’ve always known that the But the Macomb and Oakland to bypass CON regulations was county, I would reconsider with- chamber supporter. Detroit Regional Chamber is a little county region already has 1,097 ex- among the chamber’s top legisla- drawing. But not right now.” “I can only really respond to more Detroit than it is regional, but cess beds, and the surrounding tive priorities this year. Patterson also confirmed he is whether to be part of the chamber publicly coming out against the area has hospitals that operate at Nancy Schlichting, CEO of not attending the chamber’s 2013 based on whether it is a value to hospital was too big to let go. an average 53 percent occupancy McLaren competitor Henry Ford Mackinac Policy Conference May Macomb County. We have seen all “With the amount of return we rate, according to the Michigan Cer- Health System, currently chairs the 29-31 because of his ongoing recov- hands on deck and have appreciat- can expect on that (McLaren) in- tificate of Need Commission. chamber’s board, but the organiza- ery from an Aug. 10 auto collision ed the help, with efforts like culti- vestment, I can damn near turn Other studies indicate health tion’s backing for CON regulations in Auburn Hills that still has him vating our defense corridor and around an entire local economy care costs increase in regions with is long-standing. using a wheelchair. sharing in economic development with that money. And my own re- excess beds, but McLaren con- In an interview, Baruah said “(Horse-drawn) buggies aren’t efforts with the MEDC (Michigan gional chamber doesn’t even want tends that northern Oakland chamber support dates back to the very good for someone trying to Economic Development Corp.) and me to have that money.” County needs the new hospital be- 1970s and hasn’t changed, even get around (on the island) in my Automation Alley,” he said. At issue is the proposed 200-bed, cause of population growth with though other chamber members condition,” he said. “But if there’s “I completely understand why $303 million hospital development 25,000 annual patient discharges in have sought exceptions. a way to take part by using a tool Brooks is doing what he’s doing, in Independence Township for the market area. “It’s a long-term credibility is- like Skype, I’ll definitely do it.” but that’s for him to work out.” Flint-based McLaren, which is The Economic Alliance for Michi- sue for the chamber,” he said. The Prosperity Campaign, Chad Halcom: (313) 446-6796, awaiting a decision on administra- gan says there are six hospitals Baruah said although he and which seeks to market Southeast [email protected]. Twitter: tive appeal after it was denied an within a 22-minute drive of Inde- Patterson differ on this issue, he Michigan to prospective business @chadhalcom 20130422-NEWS--0029-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 4/19/2013 5:08 PM Page 1

April 22, 2013 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 29 Audit: Bills target state’s partial-review method www.crainsdetroit.com ■ EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Keith E. Crain From Page 1 GROUP PUBLISHER Mary Kramer, (313) 446-0399 or [email protected] documents. A similar auditor general report ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Marla Wise, (313) 446- The rest of the bills are expected WHAT AUDIT BILLS WOULD DO of Treasury in 2004 found that the 6032 or [email protected] to move through the committee in department did not ensure audit EXECUTIVE EDITOR Cindy Goodaker, (313) 446- House Bills 4288-92 amend a handful of state laws to greatly limit the use 0460 or [email protected] the coming weeks. documents “contained complete MANAGING EDITOR Jennette Smith, (313) 446- of indirect auditing in assessing tax liability, income and expenses or in 1622 or [email protected] As it stands, businesses and indi- determining unclaimed property liability. documentation of audit proce- MANAGER, DIGITAL CONTENT STRATEGY Nancy viduals can be assessed large sums dures and findings.” Hanus, (313) 446-1621 or [email protected] Among the bills’ provisions: in back taxes based on a sampling of “This is not something that has- DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR Daniel Duggan, (313) Indirect audits can be used to determine liability only if the entity being 446-0414 or [email protected] records, even when complete and examined lacks adequate records or agrees in writing to have liability n’t been pointed out to the depart- SENIOR EDITOR/DESIGN Bob Allen, (313) 446- accurate records exist to be re- ment before, and it’s frustrating 0344 or [email protected] based on sampling records. SENIOR EDITOR Gary Piatek, (313) 446-0357 or viewed. The bills generally ban the Indirect audit methods can be used to determine the accuracy of we’re seeing the same type of find- [email protected] use of partial records to assess lia- WEB EDITOR Kristin Bull, (313) 446-1608 or taxpayer records. ings again,” Kinley said. [email protected] bility when the taxpayer has suffi- The state must investigate all reasonable evidence presented by the Stanton said the auditor gener- WEST MICHIGAN EDITOR Matt Gryczan, (616) 916- cient records to do a broader review. taxpayer rebutting tax liability. al’s report also showed Treasury 8158 or [email protected] Edward Kisscorni, a Grand DATA EDITOR Brianna Reilly, (313) 446-0418, The Michigan Department of Treasury must provide an audited entity or was effective in selecting and con- [email protected] Rapids-based CPA who assisted in its agent a complete copy of the audit work papers, findings and all ducting audits to address the risk WEB PRODUCER Norman Witte III, (313) 446- drafting the legislation, called 6059, [email protected] correspondence and documentation used to make audit determinations. of taxpayer non-compliance. And, EDITORIAL SUPPORT (313) 446-0419; YahNica Treasury’s current tactics abu- Also: he said, the department has imple- Crawford, (313) 446-0329 sive. NEWSROOM (313) 446-0329, FAX (313) 446- Treasury would be required to provide an audited entity or its agent a mented a quality assurance pro- 1687 TIP LINE (313) 446-6766 Too often, he said, he has heard complete copy of the audit work papers, findings and all correspondence gram to address the issues in the of businesses ready to supply the REPORTERS and documentation that was used to make audit determinations. report. Jay Greene, senior reporter: Covers health care, department with all the tax docu- Treasury must make available to the public all of its audit manuals, insurance, energy utilities and the environment. ments and filings for an audit peri- (313) 446-0325 or [email protected] internal policy statements, bulletins, memos and other documents. Not Chad Halcom: Covers litigation, higher education, od, only to have the auditor select included in that are technical advice letters. Part of the pile non-automotive manufacturing, defense two months of data and extrapo- contracting and Oakland and Macomb counties. A major component of the cases late that over a four-year period to (313) 446-6796 or [email protected] from the auditors that describe of an opinion as to whether the fi- before the Supreme Court has to Tom Henderson: Covers banking, finance, determine tax liability. technology and biotechnology. (313) 446-0337 or how figures were arrived at. nancial condition of an entity is do with how Treasury submits the Rep. Jeff Farrington, R-Utica, a [email protected] “They won’t give you the de- fairly presented in the documents, final notice of assessment. Kirk Pinho: Covers real estate and the city of bill sponsor and chairman of the Detroit. (313) 446-0412 or [email protected] scription,” he said. “It’s really a but a tax audit is to determine In both cases, the businesses House Tax Policy Committee, said Bill Shea, enterprise editor: Covers media, problem.” whether the correct amount of tax had indicated on Treasury Depart- advertising and marketing, the business of sports, members of both parties have been and transportation. (313) 446-1626 or Terry Stanton, the department’s was paid. ment forms that their CPA was hearing “often and loudly” from [email protected] director of communications, said their power of attorney and any Nathan Skid, multimedia editor. Also covers the the business community about Treasury does provide the audited documents relating to the audit food industry and entertainment. (313) 446-1654, complaints with Treasury. Battles hard to win [email protected] taxpayer with work papers from should be sent to the CPA. Dustin Walsh: Covers the business of law, auto “When the IRS is a an audit. Business has been winning Instead, Treasury only sent suppliers and steel. (313) 446-6042 or more efficient treasury [email protected] “The work some battles in court, but it’s a department than the them to the address of the business Sherri Welch: Covers nonprofits, services, retail papers pro- long, protracted process. and they got “tossed on the pile of and hospitality. (313) 446-1694 or state of Michigan, I be- When the IRS is [email protected] vide exten- It can take years for a business lieve there “ bills with the bills for the milk and LANSING BUREAU a more efficient sive detail to have a hearing before the Michi- the bread,” Novis said. Chris Gautz: Covers business issues at the Capitol is some- and utilities. (517) 403-4403 or [email protected]. on the gan Tax Tribunal to dispute a tax thing When the documents were dis- treasury sources of bill and then longer if it continues ADVERTISING wrong,” covered, the CPAs filed for a hear- any tax defi- to be appealed in the courts. SALES INQUIRIES: (313) 446-6052; FAX (313) Farring- ing with the tax tribunal, though department ciency, in- One example is O’Brien’s Village both were done after the 35-day 393-0997 ton said. SALES MANAGER: Tammy Rokowski cluding the Market of Ada, which was audited The goal window of time to do so. The argu- SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE: Matthew J. than the state of items sam- in 2008, Novis said. of the leg- ment was that they filed within 35 Langan pled and the Even though the market had all ADVERTISING SALES Christine Galasso, Jeff islation, Michigan ... days of coming in possession of the projections the necessary documents, the au- Lasser, Dale Smolinski, Sarah Stachowicz Farring- final notice once their clients made from a ditor selected two months of pur- CLASSIFIED SALES (313)-446-0351 ton said, is there is found them and gave the assess- EVENTS DIRECTOR Nicole LaPointe sample,” chase invoices, not sales transac- to make Treasury ment to them. DIRECTOR, INTEGRATED MARKETING Eric Cedo Stanton more of a customer ser- something wrong. tions, to determine what should The state argued before the tri- SALES PROMOTION MANAGER Karin Pitrone said. vice arm of the govern- ” have been paid in sales tax for a 41- bunal that the hearing should not ASSISTANT EVENTS MANAGER Kacey Anderson But the de- SENIOR PRODUCER FOR DIGITAL/ONLINE ment and not just a Jeff Farrington, R-Utica month period. go forward because the businesses partment op- “It’s an inadequate sample,” PRODUCTS Pierrette Dagg revenue generator. had missed the deadline. But the MARKETING ARTIST Sylvia Kolaski poses the In addition to indi- Kisscorni said. “Their projection tribunal responded that state law SALES SUPPORT Suzanne Janik, YahNica Crawford bills because of a concern that it rect audits, the complaints include technique is not statistically clearly says that Treasury should PRODUCTION MANAGER Wendy Kobylarz would require Treasury to divulge difficulty in getting information sound.” have sent the notice also to the PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Larry Williams information that would assist peo- from Treasury about how an audit The final bill from Treasury was CPAs, saying the department’s ac- CUSTOMER SERVICE ple or entities in avoiding or evad- was conducted, how it arrives at for $25,317 in back taxes, a penalty tion, “ignores entirely the require- MAIN NUMBER: Call (877) 824-9374 or write ing state tax statutes. [email protected] its assessment of liability and its of $6,329 and $7,109.08 in interest. ments” of the law. Novis said there are lengthy SUBSCRIPTIONS $59 one year, $98 two years. apparent refusal to provide notices “It’s simply not fair to taxpay- Kinley said the Michigan Cham- Out of state, $79 one year, $138 for two years. narratives the auditors give to the Outside U.S.A., add $48 per year to out-of-state or other information to business- ers, and the courts are agreeing,” ber hears often from its members rate for surface mail. Call (313) 446-0450 or department about their process es’ designated agents, such as Kisscorni said. about Treasury acting in this fash- (877) 824-9374. that are not handed over. O’Brien and a similar case in ion. SINGLE COPIES: (877) 824-9374 CPAs or tax attorneys. REPRINTS: (800) 290-5460, ext. 125; Tricia Kinley, senior director of Midland, which Novis is handling, “The state is simply disregard- James Novis, managing mem- tax and regulatory reform for the (717) 505-9701, ext. 125; or lindsay.wilson ber of the Okemos-based Novis Law won their hearings before the state ing the statute,” she said. @theygsgroup.com Michigan Chamber of Commerce, also TO FIND A DATE A STORY WAS PUBLISHED: Tax Tribunal. Treasury argued before the Firm PLLC, said that when he asks said there is no clear picture of (313) 446-0406 or e-mail [email protected] In its final opinion, the Tax Tri- Court of Appeals that the final as- for audit materials for his clients, what guidelines Treasury is follow- CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS IS PUBLISHED BY bunal determined “the process and sessment is not a letter or a notice, the department cites a specific ing when it conducts an audit and CRAIN COMMUNICATIONS INC. procedures followed by (Treasury) therefore not subject to the law re- CHAIRMAN Keith E. Crain state law, MCL 205.28 (1)(f), which there is certainly no uniformity to cannot be relied upon,” adding the quiring notice also be sent to the PRESIDENT Rance Crain is meant to keep employees at how the procedure is being applied. TREASURER Mary Kay Crain department’s calculations and designated representative of a Treasury from disclosing tax in- “We know these practices are not Executive Vice President/Operations methodologies result in “imperfect business. William A. Morrow formation about a taxpayer to any- isolated instances,” she said. “We Vice President/Production & Manufacturing estimates.” The Court of Appeals noted in Dave Kamis one else, or information that know it’s a broad and common Treasury appealed the tri- its decision that in previous cases, Chief Information Officer would allow someone to under- everyday approach with how the Paul Dalpiaz bunal’s ruling, and the Court of Treasury used to refer to these stand the audit selection criteria department is conducting audits.” Chief Human Resources Officer documents as “notice of final as- Margee Kaczmarek Treasury uses. Stanton said the department Appeals again sided with the businesses. Treasury is appealing to sessments.” G.D. Crain Jr. Founder (1885-1973) But Novis, an attorney for more uses “the applicable professional Mrs. G.D. Crain Jr. Chairman (1911-1996) than 30 years, said he has seen the standards and field work stan- the Supreme Court, where the cas- “However (Treasury) wishes to EDITORIAL & BUSINESS OFFICES: es are pending. describe them, they nevertheless 1155 Gratiot Ave., Detroit MI 48207-2732; department use this as an umbrel- dards that are contained in both (313) 446-6000 la reason not to disclose any infor- American Institute of Certified “To us, what is frustrating is function as legal notifications to Cable address: TWX 248-221-5122 AUTNEW DET that the department is appealing taxpayers that taxes are due,” the CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS ISSN # 0882-1992 mation, even sometimes when he Public Accountants and Generally is published weekly, except for a special issue the has filed Freedom of Information Acceptable Governmental Audit- any part of this,” Kinley said. court of appeals order read. third week of August, and no issue the third week An auditor general’s report re- The court ruled against Trea- of December by Crain Communications Inc. at Act requests. ing Standards.” But, he said, the 1155 Gratiot Ave., Detroit MI 48207-2732. “It’s turned into a verb for us in department does not use the released last month showed that sury and concluded if a taxpayer Periodicals postage paid at Detroit, MI and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send this business,” he said. “It’s called porting standards from those two Treasury’s tax compliance bureau files the proper notice with Trea- address changes to CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS, ‘being 281 f’d.’ ” because they apply to auditors “did not have assurance that audit sury designating that notice be Circulation Department, P.O. Box 07925, Detroit, MI 48207-9732. GST # 136760444. Printed in During an audit or afterward who are expressing an opinion on results were accurate, supported sent to its official representative, it U.S.A. once attorneys get involved as a the financial condition of a busi- by appropriate documentation, must do so. Entire contents copyright 2013 by Crain Communications Inc. All rights reserved. dispute progresses, he said, Trea- ness. and consistent in the application Chris Gautz: (517) 403-4403, Reproduction or use of editorial content in any sury often will cite that law and That is because, he said, those of tax laws before the results were [email protected]. Twitter: manner without permission is strictly prohibited. not hand over the memoranda standards relate to the expressing provided to the taxpayer.” @chrisgautz 20130422-NEWS--0030-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 4/19/2013 5:09 PM Page 1

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when he banged a gong to ployees to prepare for mil- to be Detroit’s next mayor, open the NYSE Euronext Ams- Grand jury to lions of dollars in Medicare said a poll released by Lans- Is Orr ready terdam stock exchange. sequestration cuts. ing-based Main Street Strate- The one chance he had to Ⅲ Sterling Heights-based gies LLC. Four other de- play the piano, he passed probe outbreak Key Safety Systems Inc. an- clared candidates failed to on, he said. At a reception nounced a definitive agree- break into double digits. that included a member of of meningitis ment to sell sensor sub- Ⅲ The Detroit City Council for Belle Isle the country’s royal family, sidiary Hamlin Inc. to approved a $3 million legal he spotted a piano, but not- Chicago-based Littelfuse Inc. contract with the Cleve- he Michigan Court of ed all that was being played for $145 million. land-based Jones Day law Appeals granted Attor- was classical music. Ⅲ Farmington Hills real firm. Emergency manager ney General Bill “It didn’t feel like Elton T estate investment firm RHP Kevyn Orr resigned last grand plan? Schuette’s request to empan- John or The Beatles would be Properties Inc. purchased 71 month from Jones Day, el a multi-county grand jury welcome, so I stepped manufactured home com- which will be involved in to investigate the 16 deaths aybe it’s a sign of and by whom, remains un- back,” Calley said. munities in Salt Lake City, talks with city creditors. his optimistic na- certain. and 259 cases of illnesses re- New York and Florida for Ⅲ Four Detroit City Council M ture, but Rodney Lockwood mentioned off- lated to tainted steroid injec- $865 million, making the members said they will run Lockwood Jr. thinks it is only island benefits when he Quicken adds name to tions that have caused company the nation’s for re-election in the Nov. 5 “mildly optimistic” to envi- first disclosed the plan for anti-bullying event deaths around the country. largest privately held own- general election: Saunteel sion traveling to Washing- an island commonwealth, at er and operator of manufac- Jenkins, James Tate, Andre ton, D.C., with Detroit the Detroit Athletic Club Detroit-based Quicken ON THE MOVE tured home communities. Spivey and Brenda Jones. emergency man- in January, but didn’t Loans has signed on as the Ⅲ Visteon Corp. CEO Tim Ⅲ The U.S. Food and Drug ager Kevyn Orr to have any details. primary sponsor of the May Ⅲ Michael Hartmann, 62, Leuliette ruled out selling Administration approved a sell federal offi- He published a 3 “Stand4Change Against steps down as CEO of De- control of the Van Buren phase-two stem-cell trial of cials on the idea book in January Bullying Day” staged by troit-based Township-based company’s 15 patients with amyotroph- of turning Belle called Belle Isle: De- Bloomfield Hills-based non- Miller, Can- climate-control business ic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Isle into an inde- troit’s Game Chang- profit Defeat The Label. field, Pad- that has been sought by also known as Lou Gehrig’s pendent low-tax er — it is set 29 The anti-bullying event, dock and South Korea’s Mando Corp., disease. The trial will be commonwealth of years in the future, now in its second year, is Stone PLC Bloomberg reported. conducted at Emory University the United States. when Belle Isle has aimed at promoting action effective to- Ⅲ The Detroit Pistons fired Hospital in Atlanta and the Lockwood offered become the Singa- against bullying worldwide, day. He is head coach Lawrence Frank University of Michigan, pend- that vision Friday pore of the West according to Jeff Sakwa, pres- to be re- after two losing seasons, in- ing approval by UM’s Institu- during a lunchtime — and told Crain’s before ident of Defeat The Label. placed by cluding 29-53 in 2012-13. tional Review Board. In addition to Quicken, gathering with 80-some Friday’s lunch that his plan Hartmann Michael Ⅲ Charles Munger, Los friends and business associ- will be easier to accomplish other local support is com- McGee, 58, Angeles-based vice chair- ates at the Huron River Hunt- with an emergency managing from CBS Radio Detroit, principal and public fi- OTHER NEWS man of Berkshire Hathaway National Educational Associa- ing and Fishing Club in Farm- er in place, which makes nance lawyer. Hartmann Ⅲ Talmer Bank won’t can- Inc., is giving a $110 million tion, Anti-Defamation League, ington. To much public and City Council opposition ir- will resume with Miller cel the Detroit Free Press gift of stock to the University American Association of Ad- media chatter, he unveiled relevant. Canfield as a commercial Talmer Bank Marathon, de- of Michigan — the largest ministrators, American Federa- in January his idea to buy “I haven’t reached out to litigator and in-house gen- spite the bombings at last donation in its history — tion of Teachers, Suburban the island for $1 billion and (Orr), yet. He’s had a full eral counsel. week’s Boston Marathon, ac- for a graduate student resi- Collection Showcase, the De- transform it into a sort of plate. But I will. What we’ll Ⅲ Dan Kinkead, 39, design cording to David Provost, the dence hall. troit Pistons and the Detroit tax-friendly Xanadu for show today will be a calling principal at Detroit-based bank’s president and CEO. Ⅲ Business grew for Red Wings. 50,000 affluent residents card to use to call on Orr. Hamilton Anderson Associ- Ⅲ Home sales prices in Michigan’s tourism indus- The free event, which from around the world. The new plan is exciting, ates, was named director of metro Detroit continued try for a third consecutive will be emceed by WYCD During the luncheon, he and we’ll see what his reac- Detroit Future City; and Heidi their rebound in the first year in 2012. 99.5 FM’s Dr. Don, is sched- said the key to getting ap- tion is,” he said. Alcock, 38, CEO of Detroit- quarter of 2013 even as the Ⅲ The annual Michigan En- uled for 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. proval of city officials will based Michigan Community number of sales remained trepreneurship Score Card at Detroit’s Campus Martius be a private-public partner- Resources, was named se- largely flat, data from from the Small Business Asso- No play time for Piano Man Park and will include a per- ship called Jefferson Redevel- nior program manager, ef- Farmington Hills-based Re- ciation of Michigan shows the formance by music artist Ty opment, which would create Brian Calley fective May 6. alcomp Ltd. II shows. state is improving its stand- Stone. Eight local food a low-tax enterprise zone Ⅲ Barbara Goose, 43, exec- Ⅲ Dave Blaszkiewicz, pres- ing as a great place to start a While Lt. Gov. Brian Calley trucks will provide lunch that would include Detroit utive director of the Detroit ident and CEO of the Down- business but more work was in the Netherlands last for attendees. City Airport and the adjacent and Boston offices of digital town Detroit Partnership, laid needs to be done to ensure week on an investment mis- Organizers said 1.3 mil- land bounded by Harper marketing agency Digitas, out a vision for downtown those companies can sur- sion with business and gov- Avenue, Alter Road, Jeffer- lion students participated has been promoted to presi- that includes a population vive for the long term. ernmental leaders, he was son Avenue and Mt. Elliott across all 50 states and 40 dent overseeing the two lo- of 7,000 and workforce of Street. kept busy and had to re- countries at last year’s cations. 100,000 by 2016. The proposed zone would frain from showing off his event “to promote an inclu- Ⅲ Wayne County Sheriff OBITUARIES include an airport expan- noted musical talents. sive, judgment-free soci- OMPANY NEWS Benny Napoleon held a 39 per- Ⅲ R.D. (Dan) Musser Jr., sion, a deep-water port, new Calley is well known for ety” without labels and C cent to 35 percent lead over chairman emeritus of Mack- rail lines and mixed com- his ability to tickle the stereotypes. Ⅲ Detroit Medical Center former Detroit Medical Center inac Island’s Grand Hotel, mercial and industrial de- ivories, but the only musi- Details are at announced layoffs of 300 em- CEO Mike Duggan in the race died April 13. He was 80. velopment. cal opportunity he had stand4change.org and de- How it would be paid for, came in percussion form, featthelabel.com. Snyder unveils auto insurance plan

Gov. Rick Snyder rolled out his plan last would be to create a fraud authority and week to reform Michigan’s automotive no- institute a $25-per-premium assessment to BEST FROM THE BLOGS fault insurance system, which includes the cover a $1.2 billion Medicaid shortfall due elimination of the unlimited lifetime med- to the sunset of the Health Insurance READ THESE POSTS AND MORE AT WWW.CRAINSDETROIT.COM/BLOGS ical benefit for those suffering from cata- Claims Assessment. A companion piece strophic injuries and instead institutes a would create a pilot program to offer low- Napoleon’s ‘One Square Mile’ plan More healthy food for Detroit $1 million cap. er-income drivers an opportunity to pur- The plan would also put in place a fee chase medical coverage OK, he may have The Ann Arbor- schedule for medical providers, who Snyder The legislation that will reflect Snyder’s dodged“ my question, but based“ Fair Food Network said charge more for services to treat auto- plan is expected to be introduced soon and there was a bit of news is expanding the healthy related injuries compared to other injuries. will begin in the House, said Rep. Pete out of Detroit mayoral food incentive program The plan would guarantee savings, Lund, R-Shelby Township, chairman of the candidate and Wayne it launched nearly five County Sheriff Benny years ago at Eastern though only for the first year, of $125 per House Insurance Committee. Napoleon Thursday Market to three Detroit vehicle. Erica Coulston, co-founder and president night. grocery stores. The plan would also eventually close out of the Southfield-based Walk The Line to SCI the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association, Recovery Inc., a physical therapy-based ” ” which collects and pays out the benefits for spinal cord injury recovery program, said those in severe crashes, and would create a she was disappointed in the proposal, as it Reporter Kirk Pinho’s “Big City, Big Deals” blog about Reporter Sherri Begin Welch’s blog new system that would no longer be run by seems to target providers and contains no real estate and the city of Detroit can be found about Southeast Michigan nonprofits can be found insurance companies, as the MCCA is now. accountability for insurance companies. at www.crainsdetroit.com/section/blogKirkPinho at www.crainsdetroit.com/welch Other components of Snyder’s plan — Chris Gautz DBpageAD_DBpageAD.qxd 4/15/2013 10:38 AM Page 1 DBpageAD_DBpageAD.qxd 4/16/2013 3:45 PM Page 1

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