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Page 3 Turnaround UM center may get millions on the rise as Awrey Funds would expand depression treatment Bakeries BY JAY GREENE “Michigan suffers from 900 to looks to CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS STATE PUSH 1,000 deaths by suicides each year, most attributable to depres- mark 100 The University of Michigan Depression Center may Health care: sion,” said Greden, a psychia- Two lawmakers Wallace become one of the nation’s first federally designat- trist. “One in five people have a ed depression centers of excellence, making it eligi- say Michigan needs its own form of depression. Most are ble for $5 million in annual funding beginning in Drop in home sales reform plan, treated in non-psychiatric set- COURTESY UM DEPRESSION CENTER expected as credit ends 2011. Page 4 tings, so centers of excellence The UM Depression Center, the first While federal health care leg- must have strategies to work comprehensive center in the U.S., gets islation authorized $1.2 billion in with primary-care groups and other providers.” 50,000 patient visits annually. Four counties kick in funds funding for 30 depression cen- The federal bill proposes $100 million annually ters nationally over the next 10 for 20 depression centers the first five years, and WHAT’SNEW years, Congress must still ap- for new jobs portal another $150 million for up to 30 centers the next New federal health care legislation prove an appropriations bill to five years. authorized $1.2 billion for 30 depression fund the program. Greden said Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., pro- centers nationally over 10 years. Policy “We feel it deserves to be fund- posed the depression funding and worked to keep ed because clinical depression is the amendment in the final bill. Greden the second most-costly disorder of Manuel Tancer, M.D., chairman of psychiatry at THE REACH OF HEALTH CARE REFORM all medical diseases we face in the U.S.,” said John Wayne State University School of Medicine, said UM’s A look at six areas impacted by health Greden, M.D., executive director of the UM Depres- designation as a federal center of excellence could reform legislation, including Medicaid, sion Center and founding chairman of the National Medicare, chronic disease treatments Network of Depression Centers. See UM center, Page 21 and health centers. Pages 10-12. Airport, The pros and cons of a state W.Y. Campbell & Co. founders constitutional convention, Page 8 leave after buyback talks end manager talk This Just In new contract U.S. treasurer to speak BY TOM HENDERSON at Marygrove graduation AND RYAN BEENE CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS No suggestion Marygrove College has an- nounced that U.S. Treasurer William Campbell has left the Rosie Rios will deliver the firm that bears his name — De- of any barriers keynote address at its com- troit-based W.Y. Campbell & Co. — as has his co-founder, William mencement ceremonies on BY BILL SHEA McKinley. May 15. CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Rios became treasurer of Two other investment bankers the United States last year. also have left to form their own The manager who led Detroit Rios also serves on Presi- firm after discussions to buy the Metropolitan Airport to its “best dent Barack Obama’s White company back from Comerica Inc. large airport” ranking by J.D. Pow- House Council on Women ended in late March. er and Associates is near the end of and Girls. W.Y. Campbell was founded in his contract, and it’s unclear what David Fike, Marygrove 1988 and was the first investment barriers may stand in the way of a president, said the college banking firm in the city. Until new one. was honored Rios agreed to then, companies looking to do NATHAN SKID/CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS The airport’s governing board deliver the address. “As a mergers or acquisitions had to use William Campbell co-founded W.Y. Campbell & Co. in 1988. It was the first has extended investment banking firm in Detroit. key federal official with firms in New York or Chicago. Lester Robin- broad experience in econom- Comerica bought the company son’s contract a ic development issues, I in 1995 for an undisclosed sum. the next few staff by the end of the year. month while ne- know her message will be Cliff Roesler, a former managing weeks. ON VIDEO Roesler joined W.Y. Campbell gotiations on a director at W.Y. Campbell, and Roesler, in 1996 from Coopers & Lybrand. one our graduates, their In his words: new deal contin- friends and family will re- Kevin Marsh, a former director, managing di- Marsh, a director at the new ue. rector of the Campbell talks firm, joined W.Y. Campbell in member,” said Fike. left the firm March 29 to start their about his first Robinson, — Brett Callwood own company, Angle Advisors-Invest- new firm, deal at 2007 after doing M&A work for who became air- ment Banking L.L.C., and hope to said he ex- crainsdetroit.com J.P. Morgan Chase in Chicago and port manager in See This Just In, Page 2 open an office in Birmingham in pects at least /williamcampbell New York, and for Southfield- 2000 and CEO in Robinson some of the 13 based Questor Management Co. charge of day-to- investment bankers still at W.Y. L.L.C. day operations when the Wayne Campbell to join Angle. “We don’t discuss personnel County Airport Authority was created He said Comerica has been in matters or comment on any ru- by the Legislature in 2002, has had discussions with the 13 to keep mors or speculation,” said his contract renewed, with them working on current pro- Wayne Mielke, Comerica’s vice changes, four times. jects and that he hopes to land president for corporate commu- His current contract, which some or all of them after they nications. “That being said, W.Y. pays him $215,000 annually, ex- wind down their current deals. Campbell & Co. clients continue pires April 30. The authority, at its He said he hopes to have 12 to 15 to be served in the most effective NEWSPAPER investment bankers on his new See Campbell, Page 20 See Airport, Page 20 20100412-NEWS--0002-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 4/9/2010 5:53 PM Page 1

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its share of ticket sales receipts weekend, for Pittsburgh-based the statement, “many states are THIS JUST IN The way it was: 1985 from five concert performances. PNC Financial Services Group, which finding it more difficult to con- The lawsuit also alleges Hill- closed on its acquisition of NatCi- tinue to fund their share of the ■ From Page 1 Throughout our 25th-anniversary side has sought for Live Nation ty in December 2008. cost.” Peters has introduced leg- year, Crain’s will use this space to produce additional shows at The name change affects 119 islation that would reduce the UM medical school gets grant to look at interesting items from Freedom Hills in order to re- branches and 150 ATMs in cost share. past issues. ceive payment. Southeast Michigan. — Nancy Kaffer for oncology research — Chad Halcom — Tom Henderson Ann Arbor-based Southwest In terms of Detroit leads U.S. in sales Oncology Group and the University “ Livonia insurance firm Rep. Peters, Commerce official of Michigan Medical School have production, of bank-owned homes received a $63 million grant that put into reorganization to meet with small-biz owners The Detroit area topped the na- is the largest in school history, technology, Ingham County Circuit Court U.S. Rep. Gary Peters, D-Bloom- tion in January with 48 percent said Dr. James Woolliscroft, dean Judge William Collette on Thurs- field Hills, and U.S. Deputy Sec- of residential transactions being of the medical school. directors, writers, with the day issued an order that placed retary of Commerce Dennis High- bank-owned sales, according to a The UM grant from the Nation- Livonia-based American Commu- tower will meet with local report issued by Santa Ana, al Cancer Institute is part of a possible exception of sound nity Mutual Insurance Co. into re- small-business owners and state larger $120 million NCI grant Calif.-based research firm First reinforcement, there is noth- habilitation. officials today in Farmington American CoreLogic. that will be distributed over six Hills to talk about the future of a Rehabilitation is corporate re- Riverside, Calif., was the years to Southwest’s other mem- small-business support pro- ing we don’t have (in organization under Chapter 81 leader in the total number of dis- ber institutions. gram, according to a statement. of the Michigan Insurance Code. — Jay Greene Funding for the U.S. Depart- tressed sales, though Detroit Detroit). Collette named Commissioner ment of Commerce’s Manufactur- ranked six in that category. ” Ken Ross of the Michigan Office of Nationally, distressed real es- Plaintiff moves lawsuit over ing Extension Partnership, John Hammond, Financial and Insurance Regulation which provides technical and tate sales — such as short sales concerts to federal court Detroit Producers Association as the health insurance compa- business assistance to small and bank-owned sales — repre- ny’s rehabilitator. sented 29 percent of all real estate Live Nation Entertainment Inc. From a March 11, 1985, article manufacturers, is shared by the The order allows OFIR to eval- federal government, state gov- transactions, the highest since moved its lawsuit against Ster- about metro Detroit’s healthy film uate American Community’s fi- ernments and local businesses. April 2009. ling Heights-based Hillside Pro- and video production industry, mostly centered on commercials nancial condition and imple- In recent years, according to — Daniel Duggan ductions Inc. from state to federal and training films. Michigan’s ment steps to protect court last week, seeking com- film tax credit package that policy-holders and creditors. CORRECTIONS pensation from concert revenue took effect in 2007 has helped — Jay Greene last season at Freedom Hill Am- bring feature films into the mix. Ⅲ A headline on Page 24 of the April 5 edition had an incorrect loca- phitheatre. tion for the Tullymore golf course community being developed by a The Beverly Hills, Calif.-based day after dismissal of a similar PNC completes rebranding group of Shelby Township investors. The project is in Stanwood, concert promoter brought a law- case at Macomb County Circuit The 235 National City Bank northeast of Grand Rapids. suit alleging fraud, conversion, Court. branches in Michigan and its 325 Ⅲ An item in the Rumblings column on Page 30 of the April 5 edition breach of contract and unjust Live Nation alleges Hillside, ATMs take on a new identity to- listed an incorrect name for one of the two artists exhibiting through enrichment before U.S. District which manages the county- day.They were all to be rebranded May 14 at the Paramount Gallery in the Ferndale branch of Paramount Judge Denise Page Hood — the owned theater, owes $321,959 for with the letters PNC over the Bank. The artist’s correct name is Fran Seikaly.

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Inside Post-credit home sales fall feared Online retailer Look In The Attic finds a solution to poor president of bro- Economy hurts, but year likely to beat weak ’09 kerage services Web site visuals, Page 4. at Real Estate BY DANIEL DUGGAN The number of sales increased 6 eral program, a home must be un- One. CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS percent, to 13,000 in the first quar- der a sales contract by April 30, Bankruptcy may not be best “We are antic- ter of 2010, in Livingston, Macomb, though the sale can close by the Many in the residential real es- ipating the year Oakland, Wayne and Washtenaw end of June. option for Detroit in looking tate industry hope the growing to be a roller counties compared with 12,216 in First-time homebuyers get a tax momentum in sales will survive coaster: furious to solve its budget crisis, 2009, according to data from South- credit for 10 percent of the pur- after the federal homebuyer tax activity the first chase price up to $8,000. Existing credit programs end April 30. field-based Real Estate One. six months and Page 17. homeowners can get a credit up to However, the current climate of Increases are attributed, in part, Elsea a pretty good high unemployment and difficult to the government stimulus — $6,500. slowdown the second half,” he lending guidelines poses a threat leaving questions as to whether Expect a drop for the second half said. “(The second half) will be to the regional market, prompting the level of sales will drop signifi- of the year as a result of losing the slower, since the core economy forecasts of a second-quarter dip in cantly when it is lifted. tax credit, but still a year that’s sales. Under the guidelines of the fed- better than 2009, said Dan Elsea, See Home sales, Page 20 Company index These organizations appear in this week’s Crain’s Detroit Business: Alternative Revenue Development ...... 18 Amherst Partners ...... 21 Four counties Angle Advisors-Investment Banking ...... 1 Awrey Bakeries ...... 3 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan ...... 4 Business Leaders for Michigan ...... 17 help fund new Byrum & Fisk Advocacy Communications ...... 8 Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation 11 Charles Reinhart ...... 20 Chelsea Milling ...... 21 Citizens Research Council of Michigan ...... 9 jobs portal Citizens Research Council of Michigan ...... 17 Clark Hill ...... 17 Coldwell Banker Weir Manuel ...... 20 Comerica Bank ...... 1 Global firms sought Detroit City Council ...... 17 Detroit Metropolitan Airport ...... 1 to offer remote work Eastern Market ...... 18 Eastern Michigan University ...... 18 BY SHERRI WELCH Epic-MRA ...... 9 Hantz Farms ...... 18 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Henry Ford Health System ...... 10 Kelly Services ...... 19 Four Southeast Michigan counties NATHAN SKID/CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS are contributing $370,000 in stimulus When CEO Bob Wallace began at Awrey Bakeries, he consolidated warehouses, streamlined distribution and cut Look In The Attic ...... 4 money to launch a new Web portal to back product offerings to keep revenue steady. MichBio ...... 12 try to put thousands of unemployed Michigan Association of Health Plans ...... 10 Southeast Michigan designers, engi- Michigan Chamber of Commerce ...... 9 neers and project managers back to Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources & Environment 8 work. Michigan Education Association ...... 9 The company that developed the Web- Michigan Land Use Institute ...... 18 Turnaround on rise as Michigan Manufacturers Association ...... 9 based project-management system, WorkingHabitat Group Michigan Primary Care Association ...... 12 L.L.C., is based in Ma- Michigan Psychiatric Association...... 21 Oakland University ...... 19 comb Township and Oakwood Heritage Hospital ...... 21 is the brainchild of Awrey marks its 100th Oakwood Hospitals ...... 18 Tim Calkins, founder Real Estate One ...... 3 and president of the BY NATHAN SKID owned company with a North American head- Right Management ...... 19 former Advanced De- CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS quarters in Quebec. Bridor produces frozen bak- R.L. Polk ...... 19 sign Resources Interna- ery products, croissants and baguettes. Seneca Partners ...... 20 tional. The venerable Awrey Bakery brand has weath- When Wallace started at Awrey, he set to work Society of Automotive Engineers International . . . . 19 Calkins shifted an ered family tragedy, financial crisis, and owner- finding ways to reduce costs while keeping rev- Southgate Community School District ...... 18 online project-man- ship and management changes. enue steady. He consolidated the company’s Stroh Brewery ...... 21 Calkins agement system he Now, with a streamlined warehouses, streamlined Troy School District ...... 18 developed for ADR’s auto-supplier roster of products and heavy- distribution and pruned University of Michigan ...... 10 clients to his new company to help em- duty cost-cutting behind it, product offerings. University of Michigan-Dearborn ...... 18 ploy engineers and designers. ADR Livonia-based Awrey Bakeries “When you take over a University of Michigan Depression Center ...... 1 closed in 2009 when its automotive busi- L.L.C. is positioned to mark 100-year-old company, there Warner Norcross & Judd ...... 8 ness dried up. Wayne County Airport Authority ...... 1 its 100th year in business is a lot to be done,” Wallace By the beginning of April, more than Wayne State University School of Medicine ...... 1 with a recipe for a turn- said. “The first year is where 3,000 professionals had registered on WorkingHabitat Group ...... 3 around. you get the most changes the new WorkingHabitat Group jobs W.Y. Campbell ...... 1 In 2005, Awrey was sold to made, and we were able to portal and posted their résumés, Northbrook Ill,-based Hilco establish a new base for the Calkins said. Equity Management L.L.C. and company.” Use of the site is free to any unem- New York-based Monomoy Awrey now has 300 em- ployed professional who registers. COURTESY OF AWREY BAKERY Capital Partners for $25 mil- ployees at its Livonia site But those registered from the four The first Awrey location was on Tireman near Department index lion, forming the company West Grand Boulevard. producing about 4 million counties providing funding — Macomb, BANKRUPTCIES ...... 19 ABI Holdings Inc. cases of goods, or 40 million Oakland, St. Clair and Livingston — Hilco now owns 60 percent of the company and pounds of baked goods, each year, generating $78 CALENDAR ...... 16 will rise to the top of searches, he said. Monomoy owns 40 percent. million in revenue. CAREERWORKS ...... 15 The state on March 22 sent letters or The company also brought in Bob Wallace, Awrey is well-known for its Long John Coffee CLASSIFIED ADS ...... 16 e-mails to alert unemployed profession- Awrey’s CEO for the past 14 months, who is a Cake and windmill cookies, but its best-sellers als in the four counties. KEITH CRAIN...... 6 proven industry veteran. are fruit bars and brownies. To help debut the portal, at www. LETTERS...... 6 Wallace previously served as chairman of the In June 2009, ABI Holdings acquired No- workinghabitat.com, those counties are Canadian National Flour Millers Association as well MARY KRAMER ...... 7 See Jobs portal, Page 19 as president of Bridor North America, a French- See Awrey, Page 21 OPINION ...... 6 OTHER VOICES ...... 6 Interested in health care news? Get a tweet of CDB PEOPLE ...... 15 THIS WEEK @ Get the latest health care news in your inbox Be among the 4,100 people getting news RUMBLINGS ...... 22 the first and third Monday each month. Sign when it happens. Follow Crain's on Twitter! STAGE TWO STRATEGIES ...... 4 WWW.CRAINSDETROIT.COM up at craindetroit.com/section/health twitter.com/crainsdetroit WEEK ON THE WEB ...... 22 20100412-NEWS--0004-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 4/9/2010 3:54 PM Page 1

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StageTwo Strategies A weekly look at problem-solving by second-stage companies. StageTwoStrategies is a weekly $1 million-$50 million and about 10- For more second-stage coverage, go feature that analyzes a recent 100 employees. Such firms provided to crainsdetroit.com/secondstage. business decision by a second-stage 35.7 percent of Michigan jobs in To sign up for the twice-monthly e- company. These companies are led 2007, more than any other company newsletter, go to crainsdetroit.com by growth-focused entrepreneurs with category. Crain’s is focusing on /getemail. The Second Stage print market-ready products or services. these poised-for-growth companies section will appear in Crain’s on the They generally have revenue of because of their enormous impact. third Monday of each month.

LOOK IN THE ATTIC & CO. Location: Ypsilanti questions customers had could all weren’t able to answer the right Description: Look In The Attic is an have been answered easily and questions?” online retailer of vintage and an- quickly with the proper pho- Expert opinion: Paul Bensman, tique reproduction hardware for tographs.” president of Southfield-based re- doors, lamps and other household Solution: Cole- tail consulting firm Details in Re- items. man built a 8- tail Inc., said consumers are dri- President: John Coleman by-10-foot pho- ven by information in today’s Founded: 1997 tography studio market. Employees: 10 at the compa- “They want all of the informa- Revenue: $1.1 million in 2009, ny’s Ypsilanti tion possible at their fingertips,” projected $1.3 million in 2010. location and he said. “It’s a world of informa- Problem to be solved: Look In hired a staff tion, and we’re not just in the The Attic receives daily calls via photographer to sales business anymore.” its toll-free assistance line about shoot all of the Attic made the right move in the products it sells. Coleman retailer’s prod- photographing the products in For instance, a customer want- ucts. house, but Bensman suggested ing to buy a fluted passage crystal “We felt we had to rebuild what the company use video and 3D door knob set with a tubular latch customers wanted to see,” he said. imaging to further its service. may want to know whether the at- “I feel it’s more important that a “It’s all about informing your tachment bolt is removable or photo of a product answers the customer,” he said. “If your cus- part of the assembly. For this, customer’s questions rather than tomer can see how it’s installed he’d call the assistance line. displaying it in the best light (like and almost feel the product, John Coleman, president, said the manufacturer does).” they’ll be more apt to buy it.” one out of 10 customers call with Look In The Attic has seen a Retailers in niche markets, like 1,000 BONUS Points, questions about the products. 15 percent increase in sales on the Look In The Attic, are beginning But online shoppers make deci- products it has photographed in to grow, he said. Further online Every Night. sions quickly, and this left Cole- house. There’s also been a de- investment will facilitate growth man wondering if others with the crease in customer questions, and create larger market share. That’s earning at Bonus Speed. same questions simply moved on Coleman said. “Everyone under the age of 35 to a competitor. Risks: The initial studio invest- uses Google as their Yellow Pages,” Look In The Attic began track- ment was $25,000. Coleman wor- he said. “When the customer is ing customer questions and ried that he would build it and comfortable with the information quickly realized that the problem hire a staff photographer, but cus- and product, sales are made,” he was related to stock photographs tomers would still have the same said. “Web sites are the heart of provided by manufacturers. questions. small niche retailers, and market- “Stock photographs don’t show “We were investing a lot of time ing their products effectively on- everything the customer needs to and money and people into this line is key.” know,” Coleman said. “All of the project,” he said. “What if we — Dustin Walsh If your second-stage company has recently made a tough business decision, contact Michelle Darwish, entre- preneurship editor at Crain’s Detroit Business, at [email protected]. Register at Staybridge.com/1000bonus and book at 1-877-512-8796.

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Page 6 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS April 12, 2010 OPINION OTHER VOICES What’s holding up a CON is good for Michigan We’re concerned about the ing centers. More have been ap- views expressed by a consultant in proved by CON since tighter 2008 a March 8 Crain’s Detroit Business CT standards, mostly with doctor article, “Doctors confront state ownership (but some sponsored by Metro manager deal? hurdles to operate medical cen- hospitals), but not the prior un- ters,” that mischaracterize Michi- needed costly number. an Detroit’s international airport go from “worst to gan’s Certificate of Need program, The data on ambulatory surgery and CT imaging centers has first”? referring to “CON as a burden.” In fact, CON is a state program demonstrated that CON is flexible C That’s the question Crain’s posed in 2002 when De- in approving new centers, when that balances cost, quality and ac- troit Metropolitan Airport’s midfield terminal opened. cess issues and ensures that only Larry Horwitz Spencer Johnson there is demonstrated need in the Travelers hated the old Metro experience. The terminals were needed health care services and fa- General Motors found lower per- local area to be served. old, dirty, outdated and unfriendly to travelers. For millions of cilities are developed in Michigan. capita 2006 imaging costs in au- These and other experiences have shown that CON helps keep business travelers, it was their first impression of the region. In addition, it should be clari- tomaker states that had CON pro- fied that Michigan’s CON rules ap- grams versus those that did not. costs lower and ensures that high- Just eight years later, the esteemed J.D. Power and Associ- ply not only to physicians, but Michigan’s CON program rec- quality health care services are ates customer-satisfaction survey rated Detroit Metro highest they are the same for any person ognizes that, as the needs of the widely available to all residents, in overall customer satisfaction. or organization that wishes to es- population shift, so must the whatever their geographic region So why is the airport authority so slow to renew the contract tablish a new health care facility. quantity and types of available or socioeconomic status. The Economic Alliance for Michi- health care facilities and services, The EAM and the MHA join nu- of Lester Robinson, the CEO who led the team who made Metro gan and the Michigan Hospital and including ambulatory surgery merous other consumer, provider No. 1? Robinson has had five contracts since the authority’s cre- Health Association know that and CT imaging centers, whether and purchaser groups in support- ation in 2002. CON rules are in place to benefit owned by physicians, hospitals or ing CON because it has con- We are not privy to the current negotiations; the authority Michigan patients. others. tributed to Michigan’s ability to For 30 years, the program has For example, there are now 102 has made no statement on Robinson’s future. Curiously, when lead the nation in providing safe, helped keep cost increases moder- ambulatory surgery centers in high-quality health care at lower the J.D. Power award was announced, there was little authori- ate and assured access to high- Michigan approved by CON. That costs to families and businesses. includes 13 such centers approved ty-led fanfare. quality care throughout the state Larry Horwitz is president of the while restraining the proliferation subsequent to tighter 2006 surgery Government watchdogs and business groups with an inter- Economic Alliance for Michigan, a of unnecessary facilities and ser- standards, mostly with doctor statewide business-labor coalition. est in the airport’s welfare should be asking: How independent vices. An MHA 2009 report on hos- ownership. That is less than the is this seven-member, state-created authority? Who’s calling pital efficiency found that hospital prior rate of annual approvals, but Spencer Johnson is president of the the shots on the airport’s future? Is it the board or Wayne Coun- costs are lower in Michigan than reflecting the finding that current Michigan Health & Hospital Asso- centers were over-stretched. ciation, the state trade association ty Executive Robert Ficano, who appointed four of the authori- in neighboring states, some of which do not have CON. Also, a There has been a similar experi- representing Michigan’s communi- ty’s current members? joint study by Chrysler, Ford and ence with freestanding CT imag- ty hospitals. Robinson originally was an appointee of the late Ed McNa- mara, whose tenure as a county executive was marred by cor- ruption investigations into contracting practices at Metro. Dogged by years of those investigations and accusations of cronyism at the county-run airport, McNamara agreed in the LETTERS last days of his final term to then-Gov. John Engler’s plan to cre- ate an independent authority to manage airport affairs. The governor, executive and Wayne County commission would ap- point its members. Disputes hurt DPS students The authority staved off Republican-led efforts to launch a Editor: promise was on the horizon for Crain’s Detroit Business state takeover of the airport. I took part in the Detroit Public our children. This new union con- Schools/Detroit Federation of welcomes letters to the editor. tract really had some legs to it. Robinson survived the transition to the independent author- All letters will be considered for Teachers Joint Labor/Manage- The same day David Hecker publication, provided they are ity and, by many measures, has removed the taint of those con- ment Committee for Professional wrote a letter to the Detroit Free signed and do not defame tract scandals. Development on April 1. The com- Press saying the union reluctantly individuals or organizations. mittee participated in a dialogue supports Teach for American team But recent authority appointees, though having strong ties Letters may be edited for length to Wayne County Democratic politics, offer business creden- about working with children and and clarity. teaching with DFT members. preparing teachers with profes- Huge! Foundations would fund tials that are a little light compared to their predecessors, in- sional development for the fall. Write: Editor, Crain’s Detroit TFA candidates 100 percent. No Business, 1155 Gratiot Ave., cluding business figures like Wayne Doran, Jim Nicholson, The discussion was open, and DPS union jobs would be lost. Children Detroit, MI 48207-2997. whose term expires this fall, and David Treadwell. came well prepared with an innov- would have two adults monitoring E-mail: [email protected] If the new majority on the authority plans to make a leader- ative program designed around their achievement all day, every teaching and learning. The district day. Expert teachers would men- ship change at the airport, it should be clear about its reasons was open to critiques, and it gram right as we sat there at the why. Public confidence demands it. changed components of the pro- table. I left the New Center feeling See Letters, Page 7 KEITH CRAIN: It’s time to start the very painful journey There are a lot of people who It’s a real catch-22. eliminated, then the reality, and it’s going to be very be increasing at a rapid pace. It’s a aren’t going to like it. Detroit needs to get on message isn’t going to painful all across the country contradiction that is going to con- It’s time for the mayor and the its feet so it can grow its get through to anyone. when cities and states large and fuse many of Detroit’s people. You city of Detroit to start to tighten tax base. It can’t do any- That’s when the cries small have to start making mas- simply can’t have more services their belts. Tight enough so it thing these days to im- will begin. And they sive cuts in their payroll and their forever; the money has run out in hurts. And it will hurt. prove its tax base. will be loud and long. services or simply go bankrupt, There are far too many people Mayor Dave Bing has There is no simple so- which would be an even tougher Detroit. who think that all things from the been doing a good job lution to fixing the solution. From now on, as Mayor Bing government are free and that there trying to explain to the problems that Detroit It’s been a very long time since starts to implement his rightsizing is a never-ending access to unlim- people of Detroit that got into over the last any major city has had a budget of government, it’s going to be dif- ited amounts of money. It’s simply they are going to have to half century. There is surplus. Today cities are strug- ficult for a lot of people. not true. lower their expecta- not much point in blam- gling to try and stay afloat. Many But the mayor has made no se- Even with the most benevolent tions. Cutting jobs ing the companies and are on the brink of sinking. cret that it has to be done, and he government in Washington, there among city workers is the people and the gov- The reality is that we are going simply isn’t enough money to afford necessary, but until the residents ernments that have long since dis- to see fewer and fewer services has been candid and frank. all the programs that Detroit’s resi- start to see their services and pre- appeared. from our cities, while the size of But sooner or later, the time dents would like to have in place. vious entitlements reduced or Now is the time to face the new the federal government seems to must come. Now is the time. 20100412-NEWS--0007-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 4/9/2010 4:38 PM Page 1

April 12, 2010 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 7 MARY KRAMER: Detroit needs to learn the power of ‘and’

Detroit sure could use a “win,” Hantz, creator of one, could he not put all taking polarities and extremes and but obstacles blocking wins came Hantz Farms, was one the land he already putting them together can be pow- through loud and clear last week of five panelists at the purchased or planned Detroit needs erful. at a forum on urban agriculture UM forum that also in- to purchase in a land Detroit is an either/or town. sponsored by the University of cluded Eastern Market trust and still operate investments to Philanthropist Bob Thompson Michigan Dearborn with Crain’s. Corp. President Dan his farm? What com- learned that when he offered to Too many Detroiters — or peo- Carmody, Detroit city mittee of residents did survive, let alone contribute $200 million for badly ple who position themselves as planning executive Al you convene to advise thrive. We have needed schools. Since they were speaking for Detroiters — view Fields, the Michigan you on your plans, charter schools, they weren’t wel- for-profit enterprise as evil incar- Land Use Institute’s asked another. room for both for- come. nate. Patty Cantrell and Carl- Hantz kept his cool But Detroit needs investment to That’s a problem for a city ton Flakes, a social under a steady assault, profits and survive, let alone thrive. We have starved for investment. worker who has helped using statistics that are room for both for-profits and non- Anti-business voices are emerg- ex-offenders find work on commu- staggering: Detroit has 30,000 nonprofits. profits. Maybe it’s time we learned ing in the nascent fight to block nity gardens. acres available in Detroit — va- to be less of an either/or town and the sale of the Detroit Medical Cen- I can’t remember a forum that cant or blighted. That represents learn the power of “and.” ter to the for-profit Vanguard generated as many questions as 200,000 parcels. “We have 30,000 tion push to create a “national ur- Mary Kramer is publisher of Health Systems. this one did. The stack of question acres,” he said, “but we act like we ban food system research park” to Crain's Detroit Business. Catch her Similar voices came through cards — which I hope we can treat have five.” test all types of farming models, in- take on business news at 6:10 a.m. from some attendees who actually in future stories on agriculture — With numbers like that, Car- cluding Hantz’s, in Detroit. Mondays on the Paul W. Smith show booed plans by financial services was 4 inches high. mody suggested, there’s plenty of Two years ago, I heard a consul- on WJR AM 760 and in her blog at executive John Hantz to invest $30 Some folks seemed to be deeply room of everybody — for-profit or tant, Margaret Seidler, speak at a million in a for-profit commercial suspicious of Hantz’s plans for nonprofit. He suggested that the publishers conference on the pow- www.crainsdetroit.com/kramer. farming enterprise in Detroit. commercial farming. Why, asked Michigan congressional delega- er of “and.” She counseled that E-mail her at [email protected].

TALK ON THE WEB Re: Michigan’s economy will improve in a condition of employment is wrong. And for some, possibly dead 2011, UM economists predict: wrong. What we need is for Lansing to Supplier geek quit trying to pick the businesses of the future and leave that to free If we let government tell us we enterprise. Give every business the can take guns onto a business same deal that the movie industry property over the owner’s objec- gets and then get out of the way. tions, how long before the govern- LAST YEAR, 100,000 PEOPLE JG ment will want to tell homeowners that gun owners can bring guns onto This will happen if Michigan gives a their property? SWITCHED TO PRIORITY HEALTH. tax credit to small businesses that Fred Akers are still in Michigan. We need to bring back manufacturing jobs to Re: As cities battle to balance our state, and we need more tax credits and not more tax increases. budgets, more may turn to tax hikes: Donald Rose In the private sector, we tighten our belts and deal with it. In the public sector, they raise taxes on Re: Michigan State Fair unlikely to people already hurting. If local gov- ernment were forced to act like a pri- return this year: vate business, it would be out of busi- I say turn it into a farm with a race- ness. track, slot machines and nice middle- Roseville class housing, all connected with a used light-rail system purchased on the cheap from Mexico City. Re: Granholm faults Mike Cox for Timothy Dinan fighting health overhaul: What is Mike Cox’s legal basis Re: Bills seek to legalize guns in for the lawsuit? If it is that the gov- ernment can’t force us to buy in- employee vehicles: surance, when can I cancel my no- Prohibiting one from exercising fault car insurance? their Second Amendment rights as TS Galloway Yesterday’s same-old, same-old health plans just aren’t measuring up. Look to Priority Health for a variety of innovative products and funding options, so you can manage your costs and LETTERS CONTINUED provide benefits your employees will value. Call your agent or Priority Health at 800 471-2504 or ■ From Page 8 is a layoff list. TFA also struggles visit priorityhealth.com to learn more. tor young TFA candidates. True with allowing its candidates the collaboration between the experi- opportunity to team with veteran enced and novice would afford DFT members. Their philosophy many opportunities for everyone does not incorporate teaming. in the classrooms. Adult disputes supersede the All this on April Fools’ Day? needs of DPS children once again. There was some promise and there Promise then disappointment. The was some fooling. The promise: struggle continues to make quality The district continues to plan for education the number-one priority summer and fall and is open to cri- in DPS classrooms. (See Nancy tiques from teachers. The fooling: Kaffer’s blog, “Detroit doesn’t need Teach for America will service Teach for America. Clearly,” June children in DPS. It seems the 18, 2009.) union is pulling back from its sup- Ann K. Crowley Detroit Children First port of team teaching while there Detroit 20100412-NEWS--0008-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 4/9/2010 11:48 AM Page 1

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Amy Lane writes about business issues at the Capitol, telecommunications and utilities. Call (517) 371-5355 or write alane @crain.com

Amy Lane New director gets down to business LANSING — Soon after she was appointed in January to head the new Pros and cons Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Director Rebecca Humphries made the rounds to meet with business associations. The former Michigan Department of Natural Resources director was well known to the environmental and natural of state con-con resources community, but somewhat less so to businesses that would be looking to her to oversee such issues as permitting and regulation. Need, cost, effect on business are all questioned Humphries, 53, said she wanted business groups to BY AMY LANE hear her views, but CAPITOL CORRESPONDENT VIEWPOINTS more important, she wanted to ANSING — The first proposal listed on A constitutional convention question automatically goes before Michigan voters every 16 years — “hear from them … Michigan’s November ballot may not including this year. Here are arguments on both sides of the question: what were issues, L yet be on a lot of voters’ radar screens. Is the price right? be done to fix the mess we’re in,” said former how could we work But it will be. Ⅲ Grand Rapids Mayor John Logie. together?” Opposing sides are gearing up to argue Nay: Cost has been estimated at $45 million. In a February poll, voter support for a The outreach got On hold or on track? the merits of convening delegates to revise con-con dropped from 49 percent to 23 good marks. Michigan’s constitution — a “constitution- percent when the dollar figure was cited. Ⅲ Nay: Until its completion, a con-con would place in limbo issues such as tax policy and “She just al convention” question Ⅲ Yea: Only $10 million in state funds would be Humphries seemed very in that automatically goes be- government structure, which could delay needed to operate a con-con, says Clarkston business expansion or investment decisions. tune with the balance that’s needed in a fore voters every 16 years. attorney and financial adviser Henry Woloson, lot of ways, between business and Robert LaBrant, senior vice president and What’s at stake for busi- who also suggests pursuing foundation and general counsel at the Michigan Chamber of environment,” said Sarah Hubbard, ness? Opponents say a con- private funding, and says voters could decide Commerce, said a convention would “put senior vice president of government vention’s ability to delve proposed constitutional changes in a 2012 Michigan on a 24-month hold.” relations, Detroit Regional Chamber. into such issues as tax poli- primary election, saving money. Some say reforms enacted by a con-con could offset costs. Ⅲ Yea: The state needs a con-con to help It’s a balance that both sides will cy and government struc- alleviate its structural budget deficit, such as watch in the DNR/Michigan Department ture spells uncertainty that Best tool for the job? through extending Michigan’s sales tax to of Environmental Quality consolidation. could put business expan- services. It could also review layers of local The Michigan Environmental Council sion or investment deci- Ⅲ Nay: It’s overkill. The Legislature can effect governments such as townships, villages and is among supporters of Humphries’ Byrum sions on hold. needed changes in state government. intermediate school districts — all of which appointment and sees her as someone “We will not grow, there Ⅲ Yea: The Legislature has had its chance. affect the business climate, according to state “These people are not going to do what must Sen. Tom George, R-Kalamazoo. who has “the understanding of the will not be investments importance of the state’s natural brought into this state, we resources, both to the economic future will literally be treading of the state and to the health of the stability that’s now lacking. For example, to law firm Warner Norcross & Judd L.L.P. in citizens,” said Hugh McDiarmid Jr., water,” said former Democ- a con-con could address options to help the Grand Rapids. “Do you think the state is council communications director. He ratic lawmaker Dianne state’s finances and alleviate its structural moving in the right direction? I don’t think said she’s seen as a “pragmatic Byrum, partner with Byrum budget deficit, such as through extending people do.” decision maker” who “listens to all the & Fisk Advocacy Communica- Michigan’s sales tax to services — a step And he said the Legislature has not disparate voices.” tions in East Lansing. designed to help modernize an outdated proven itself capable of making needed But those supporting the tax structure but a thorny issue for law- change. One test may come with issues the Logie council is raising over the state air convention — or con-con, as makers. “These people are not going to do what quality program. The council has asked it’s known — say Michigan needs an over- “The rhetorical question is, how do you must be done to fix the mess we’re in.” the U.S. Environmental Protection haul of government structure to reflect the like things now?” said former Grand Agency to investigate deficiencies it state’s economic changes and to provide Rapids Mayor John Logie, now of counsel See Con-con, Page 9 says stem from program underfunding — a move that could prompt discussion MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES of fee increases. Delegates last convened for a Michigan constitutional convention in 1961-62. Randy Gross, director of environmental and regulatory policy at the Michigan Manufacturers Association, said the MMA will be watching to see if Humphries can find efficiencies within the program first. The MMA worked with the previous DEQ to craft a formula that would have resulted in a fee increase, but the Legislature “didn’t have the political will to move a fee package,” Gross said. “If we can get some efficiencies, we would be willing to look at it again.” Humphries said she plans to examine a number of environmental permitting processes and see how they can be stripped down and rebuilt to eliminate duplication of effort and steps that cost time, resources and money. Some “low-risk” permitting and regulation may be eliminated, and Humphries said she hopes to make processes “as efficient as we possibly can.” 20100412-NEWS--0009-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 4/8/2010 3:39 PM Page 1

April 12, 2010 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 9 Policy Con-con: Need, cost, effect questioned ■ From Page 8 If voters approve Proposal 1, a Townships Association, the Michigan fund spending and $11 billion for special primary and general elec- State Medical Society, the Michigan the state School Aid Fund. tion would be held to select con- Association of Realtors and the “If we can spend that much vention delegates, who would con- Michigan Catholic ($45 million) over vene in Lansing in October 2011 Conference. two years and get a unless the Legislature moves up The Michigan Edu- The cost — constitution that fix- the date. The delegates would draft cation Association, of- “ es our systemic a revised constitution or proposed ten on opposing that’s the great problems, then I call changes to the current document sides of issues from that a good invest- that would eventually go to voters the state chamber, is equalizer. ment,” Logie said. for approval or rejection. now, as it was in the ” He hopes to raise The process could address a host last con-con vote in Bernie Porn, Epic-MRA Corp. $1 million to help of issues, such as allowing a gradu- 1994, on the same win passage of the ated income tax or local sales tax- page. con-con proposal, es, revising Michigan’s term limits Logie called that “an unholy al- but said he expects raising money for elected officials, adopting a liance” that “ought to be a warning will be difficult and that opponents part-time or unicameral Legisla- signal to everyone.” will spend much more to try to de- ture, and altering judicial selec- But MEA’s director of communi- feat the measure. tion. cations, Doug Pratt, said the MEA Clarkston attorney and finan- It could also review layers of lo- doesn’t see the need “to throw out cial adviser Henry Woloson, a sup- Cedar Point is the perfect place for a company outing. cal governments such as town- our constitution, which is still a porter of the con-con, said he had It’s fun, affordable, and we do all the work for you! ships, villages and intermediate good document.” He said changes last year been given an $8 million school districts — all of which “af- can instead be made through to $10 million cost estimate by a fect the business climate in a cou- amendments. member of the Michigan secretary of No matter how big your group is, we’ll plan an awesome ple of ways,” said state Sen. Tom Pratt said the fact that the MEA state’s office. day for everyone. Plus, Cedar Point offers groups a George, R-Kalamazoo, a con-con and the chamber share views on However, that person deferred a proponent. the issue should “add to people’s response to Crain’s to a Michigan wide variety of tasty meal options. And you only pay for “One is, oper- understanding of how critical an Department of State spokesman group members that show up. ating all those issue this is — and how bad of an who said the department does not layers of govern- idea a con-con is at this time.” have estimates on the cost of con- ment takes re- Beyond the merits of the con- ducting an entire con-con. We also offer a Good Any Day Program, where sources, and vention, there’s the question of Department of State communi- those resources cost. Opponents cite cost estimates cations specialist Ken Silfven said employees can purchase a discounted ticket to use any might be used reaching $45 million — a figure a statewide special election gener- day all season long. Set this up online for free! for other that changed minds in February ally costs about $10 million, and things,” he said. polling on voters’ support of a con- based on that the cost of a 2011 pri- “The second vention. mary and general election to elect Pick something everyone will love George thing is, those The poll of 600 Michigan voters, convention delegates could total and come to Cedar Point. layers of government may be, in by Lansing-based Epic-MRA Corp., $20 million. But that does not re- certain settings, an impediment to initially found 49 percent would flect other costs associated with a business growth.” vote or were leaning toward voting convention nor does it account for A constitutional convention, he in favor of holding a constitutional any additional election that might said “affords the opportunity to re- convention. But when told of esti- be involved, he said. structure Michigan government … mates that it could cost taxpayers Woloson, owner and president make it more affordable and effi- $45 million, support dropped to of Security Financial Management cient, and make Michigan open for 23 percent and the number of those Inc., said only two elections would business.” who would or were leaning toward be needed, and any proposed But business interests say just voting against the idea climbed to changes to the constitution could the opposite would occur. 71 percent. be presented to voters at an Au- Mike Johnston, vice president of Bernie Porn, president of Epic- gust 2012 primary election, saving government affairs at the Michigan MRA, said that even if the cost fig- money. Manufacturers Association, said a ure were lower, like $35 million, He suggests budgeting $10 mil- con-con “destabilizes the Michigan he’s not sure that would have lion of state funds for the opera- Sandusky, OH business climate because busi- made a difference. tion of a con-con, requiring dele- nesses need cer- He said people need to be con- gates to live within the budget, and Go to cedarpoint.com/groups for details and pricing info tainty and pre- vinced of the reasons it would also pursuing funding from foun- or call 1-800-448-2428. dictability to make sense to spend the money. dations and private sources. He make invest- “The cost — that’s the great equal- also believes a substantial amount ments.” izer,” he said. “It just turns people of convention business can be con- “While Michi- around.” ducted via webcasts and use of the gan needs to Porn said that, in general, ballot Internet. make changes proposals that fail to show polling Woloson is founder of a group in its spending support in the 60 percent range called Energize Michigan, which habits, tax poli- face difficulty. The job that con- through its Web site seeks to serve cy and regulato- con proponents face, he said, is as an outlet for disseminating in- Johnston ry environment “difficult at best.” formation on the con-con and its to become more competitive, those George said he thinks cost esti- potential benefits. changes can be made statutorily or mates are exaggerated and that it’s Another con-con supporter is even constitutionally on a targeted also possible that private founda- Gov. Jennifer Granholm, whose basis.” tions concerned about “good gov- press secretary, Liz Boyd, said “be- Robert LaBrant, senior vice ernment” could bear some of the lieves it is time for a better, more president and general counsel at cost. He said some work could be efficient constitutional framework the Michigan Chamber of Commerce, done electronically and save mon- that reflects the 21st century world said a convention would “put ey, such as committee meetings in which we must compete.” Michigan on a 24-month hold.” and work occurring in Web-based Jeff Guilfoyle, president of the “Decisions regarding Michi- format, although LaBrant ques- nonpartisan Citizens Research Coun- gan’s governmental structure and tioned potential conflicts with the cil of Michigan, said the proposal tax policy will all be on the line, at Michigan Open Meetings Act. will be interesting to watch. Citi- a constitutional convention,” he “I don’t buy it that it’s prohibi- zens Research is publishing a se- said. If a business is considering tively expensive,” George said. ries of papers on the issue. location or expansion decisions, “And if you went to a part-time “The constitutional question is LaBrant said, “why would you Legislature, the savings could a big question for the state. It’s want to make that decision when probably pay for it in one year. So I asking voters if they want to you don’t know what the outcome think the cost is more not to do it.” rewrite the most important docu- would be?” Logie said that even if the cost is ment in terms of the organization The chamber is spearheading an $45 million, that’s small in the face of government in the state of opposition ballot coalition that of the state’s budget, which is pro- Michigan,” Guilfoyle said. LaBrant said includes the manu- posed at $47.1 billion for fiscal 2011 Amy Lane: (517) 371-5355, facturers association, the Michigan and includes $7.9 billion in general [email protected] 20100412-NEWS--0010-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 4/8/2010 4:12 PM Page 1

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Margaret Kucinski, R.N., to director of clinical services, Medical Beyond insurance reform Network One, Rochester. Kucinski has been with the company since he 2,074-page Patient Protec- to pre-existing conditions and many health organizations in vide subsidies for individuals to 1986. tion and Affordable Care Act removing lifetime benefit caps Southeast Michigan. purchase health insurance and Gary Morrison has been T and its accompanying 153- on insurance policies. Potential beneficiaries in- fund other projects in the bill. appointed COO of the Barbara Ann page Health Care and Education Sections 3-8 deal with deliv- clude hospitals, physicians, A 50 percent tax credit Karmanos Cancer Reconciliation Act of 2010 con- ery system changes and pilot nursing homes, home health worth $1 billion over two years Institute, from tains much more than insur- projects that seek to improve agencies, researchers and em- encourages bioscience and interim COO. ance reform. quality, increase patient access ployers that provide insurance. companies with under 250 em- Barry Only the first two sections and contain costs. The last section of the bill ployees to develop therapies for Franklin has been address expanding private in- These sections offer billions imposes taxes on health care in- chronic diseases — just one pro- appointed to the surance and Medicaid to of dollars in research, quality dustry groups, including insur- vision that could add jobs and board of the 32 million uninsured Ameri- improvement and cost-contain- ers, medical device makers and strengthen the region’s bio- American Heart Association, cans. The bill also includes reg- ment projects, along with con- pharmaceutical companies. science and tech industry. Morrison Southfield. He is ulatory reforms such as elimi- struction funding to expand pri- The fees are intended to be A closer look begins here director of cardiac rehabilitation and nating refusal of coverage due mary care that could benefit used to expand Medicaid, pro- and continues through Page 12. exercise laboratories at William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak. Harry Chugani, M.D., has been elected president Could value-based Medicare overhaul of the International Child Neurology Association. He is insurance mean hinges on payment a professor of neurology and Passing health chief of pediatric care reform was a neurology for the long-term savings? step toward reduc- Wayne State University School ing costs and in- One clear winner in the health care law is Chugani of Medicine and creasing quality, A. Mark Fendrick, M.D., a University of Michi- Children’s Hospital of Michigan. says Robert Riney, gan health services researcher and internist COO of Henry Ford Four new members have been who has been promoting the concept of “val- elected to the Trinity Health board of Health System. ue-based insurance design” for more than 10 directors, Novi: Paul Robertson, Through years. chairman and CEO of Robertson Medicare-funded pi- While value-based insurance received only Brothers Co., Bloomfield Hills; James lot projects, millions Riney Bentley, a strategist with the 28 words in the bill, it could yield enormous savings and employee health improvements of dollars will be- American Hospital Association; Jose come available start- WHAT’SNEW Santillan, head of investments for for fully insured and ing in 2012 to encour- Harris Bank/Bank of Montreal WHAT’S NEW self-funded employ- Medicare is Private Client Group, Chicago; and ers, he said. age physicians, speeding the Robert Ladenburger, president and Encouraging Value-based in- nurses, hospitals and switch from fee- for-service CEO of Exempla Healthcare, Denver. employers to offer free surance plans elimi- others to form Ac- or discounted reimbursement nate or reduce co- countable Care Orga- Linda Alexander has been medications or (paying appointed treatments shown to payments for ANDREW POTTER nizations — net- providers for administrative reduce long-term costs effective treatments works that would individual director of post and improve quality. or medications. The We are really convinced treat Medicare pa- services and acute services plans remove finan- “ tients for “episodes tests) to and physician cial barriers to encourage proven high-value by the data that you can of care” under a re- bundled payment (paying relations at the preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic med- imbursement system Rehabilitation flat fees for ical services. bend the (cost) trend. known as bundled Institute of “(These) are incremental investments that ” coordinated payment: flat fees for episodes of Michigan, from A. Mark Fendrick, M.D., University of Michigan pay off down the road for individuals and em- a specific medical care), a move senior health care ployers,” Fendrick said. “The initial costs to consultant, Plante problem such as an expected to employers will increase, but we are really con- charge someone less for primary care services save Medicare Alexander and Moran automobile accident vinced by the data that you can bend the (cost) or diagnostic tests than for specialty care. billions of Resources or a heart attack. trend. “The government approving this concept dollars and Associates L.L.C., Southfield. Hospitals and “The return on investment is positive. In will give a comfort level for these companies improve care. Beaumont Hospitals has named physicians need to the beginning, it is not as rosy, but the longer to offer it to their employees,” he said. seven new hospital trustees: Barrett term ROI looks better because you are avoid- Rick Murdock, executive director of the join together to form Brink, senior managing director, ing ER visits and hospitalizations.” Michigan Association of Health Plans the backbone of an ACO, said Marc PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P.; , said the in- Fendrick said several Michigan-based com- surance industry supports value-based insur- Bard, M.D., chief innovation officer of James Brock Jr., owner, Middletons health care with Navigant Consulting, a Mouldings L.L.C.; Jon Cotton, director panies, including Whirlpool, Meijer and UM ance design as a quality improvement and Chicago-based company that works of finance and vice president, Health have adopted value-based insurance. Nation- cost-containment tool. Plan of Michigan Inc.; Douglas Ebert, ally, companies including Sprint and Safeway “You want to target different co-pays and with delivery systems in Michigan. independent consultant in finance, have included it in their benefit plans, he said. deductibles and use those to limit or increase Riney said ACOs and bundled pay- investments, information technology “There are other employers and major in- utilization to improve quality of care,” Mur- ments will help physicians and hospi- and management assessment; surers waiting to launch it or ... seriously con- dock said. “To ensure maintenance drugs are tals work together. Edward Hunia, investment consultant sidering it,” said Fendrick, co-director of used, you eliminate those co-payments.” “It fosters team medicine, and that is to family trusts and foundations; UM’s Center for Value-Based Insurance De- During the next year, the secretary of the a great thing,” Riney said. Linda Wasserman, partner, Honigman sign. “This already has been incorporated in U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Beginning in 2013, Medicare is expect- Miller Schwartz and Cohn L.L.P.; some plans with the biggest success in the Kathleen Sebelius, is expected write guide- ed to roll out bundled payment for ACOs S. Evan Weiner, executive vice self-insured market for larger organizations lines that would give a “greater comfort level” selected for one pilot project. president, COO and partner, Edw. C. willing to take financial risk. They are seeing for insurers to offer value-based insurance Riney said Henry Ford would want to Levy Co. Beaumont has 60 trustees health gains and financial success.” coverage, Fendrick said. participate. who make recommendations to the Fendrick said the hesitancy of companies is More information at www.vbidcenter.org. board of directors. over whether it is appropriate for employers to — Jay Greene See Payment, Page 11 20100412-NEWS--0011-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 4/8/2010 4:11 PM Page 1

April 12, 2010 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 11 Health Care Extra Beyond insurance reform $600 million to fund research on best treatment methods

Health services researchers in Southeast Michigan will compete WHAT’S NEW for more than $600 million in fed- Millions of dollars will become eral funds starting as early as 2011 available to researchers beginning to study the effectiveness of med- in 2011 to study cost- ical technology, treatments and di- effectiveness of current medical agnostic procedures. technology and drugs. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will appoint an in- tax on health insurance compa- dependent agency — the Patient nies. The tax money will be collect- Centered Outcomes Research In- ed by the U.S. Treasury Department stitute — that will create an agen- and funneled through the federal da to fund the comparative effec- Agency for Healthcare Research and tiveness research. Quality and the National Institutes of The institute is designed to help Health. patients, providers, purchasers Beginning in 2012, private insur- and policymakers ers will pay compare existing $2 for each indi- treatments and to There are large vidual covered suggest ways to “ under an indi- save money gaps in our vidual or group and improve health insurance quality. knowledge policy. The fee “This could could be in- be very signifi- of what creased annual- cant for Michi- ly based on costs. gan, because works and “This is a full there are a lot employment act of independent what for those of us academic already engaged health ser- doesn’t. in clinical and vices researchers ” health services and the University Marianne Udow-Phillips, research in Research Corridor Center for Healthcare Research Southeast with the University and Transformation Michigan,” said of Michigan, Michigan State Universi- A. Mark Fendrick, M.D., a health ty and Wayne State University,” said services researcher at UM. Marianne Udow-Phillips, director Udow-Phillips said the studies of the Center for Healthcare Research will focus on how care is delivered. and Transformation in Ann Arbor. “There are large gaps in our Funding for the studies will knowledge of what works and come from sources including what doesn’t work,” Udow-Phillips $1.1 billion set aside in last year’s said. economic stimulus bill and a new — Jay Greene

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“We have the culture and the ex- perience,” he said. WHO CAN DO IT? Henry Ford is an integrated de- According to the Centers for livery system that includes eight Medicare and Medicaid Services, EXCELLENCE hospitals, a 1,000-physician medical requirements for qualifying as an group, 26 outpatient medical cen- Accountable Care Organization by design ters and other health care services. under health care reform include: But Riney said Henry Ford Willingness to be accountable for quality, cost and overall care of needs to wait and see about regula- assigned Medicare fee-for-service tions on ACOs and the financial beneficiaries and signing a model for bundled payments. minimum three-year participation Riney said the current fee-for- agreement. service system encourages overus- Having a formal legal structure for receiving and distributing ing services and tests. CORPORATE I RETAIL I HEALTHCARE “Tying claims to outcomes in a payments for shared savings. This includes a provider network able to single bundled payment is more ef- care for a minimum of 5,000 fective and encourages efficient Medicare patients. CALL US TODAY AND EXPLORE YOUR DESIGN OPTIONS care,” said Rick Murdock, execu- Demonstrating an ability to 248 855 7040 l tive director of the Michigan Associ- practice evidence-based medicine DavisInteriorDesign.com ation of Health Plans. and report on quality and cost — Jay Greene measures. 20100412-NEWS--0012-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 4/8/2010 4:10 PM Page 1

Page 12 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS April 12, 2010 Health Care Extra Beyond insurance reform Medicaid expansion will test declining provider network 77---ElevenElevenEleven®® Franchise Opportunities One of the largest expansions plans and nursing homes by 8 per- http://franchise.7-eleven.com in health insurance coverage WHAT’SNEW cent and eliminated Medicaid cov- since Medicare was adopted in erage for people ages 19 and 20. Attend a FREE franchise seminar Medicaid will add up to 500,000 1965 will occur in four years, “We are already showing short- Wednesday, April 28, 2010 people to its rolls starting in 2014. when the federal government or- ages of providers across the board.” ders state governments to expand A large part is related to low reim- Call: 630-366-3328 or Medicaid to cover people with in- gible people are enrolled. bursements, Murdock said. E-mail: [email protected] comes under 133 percent of the Murdock said nonprofit and for- The federal law calls for Medic- federal poverty level (currently profit Medicaid HMOs stand to aid rates to increase to equal or ex- Find out why thousands of families have decided to $29,327 for a family of four). gain a large percentage of the new- ceed that of Medicare by 2013. go into business with 77---Eleven®Eleven® Experts esti- ly enrolled recipients. The majori- States would receive 100 percent mate that means ty of the state’s Medicaid benefi- funding to meet this requirement. Michigan will ciaries are enrolled in Medicaid While most providers say add 350,000 to health plans. Medicare pays about 80 percent of 500,000 people to “The state needs to ramp up the average costs, Medicaid only pays the 1.8 million information systems to determine 50 percent of costs. Commercial re- on Medicaid. eligibility, referrals and claims imbursement generally is 120 per- “We need to payment and status,” Murdock cent of costs, which cushions low beef up the said. “(Health plans) are working government payments. provider net- on this now (with a health infor- Under the legislation, the feder- work,” said Rick mation network). The federal leg- al government will pay all costs of Murdock Murdock, execu- islation creates more direction covering newly eligible enrollees tive director of the Michigan Associ- and urgency.” through 2016. In the future, pay- Self-Employed? ation of Health Plans. Medicaid But Murdock said payment rates ments would average about 90 per- could cover an estimated 2.3 mil- to providers are woefully low. The cent, which means Michigan must lion people, or about 23 percent of state last year cut Medicaid pay- come up with additional funds. Affordable Insurance the state’s population, when all eli- ments to doctors, hospitals, health — Jay Greene Life Tax credits target chronic disease treatments Health Creating jobs and expanding searchers and support staff. Retirement chronic disease research projects WHAT’SNEW “This is so richly funded it will are just two benefits inserted into a Millions of dollars in tax credits help many small life science com- Long-Term Care small section of the health care re- to midsize companies for panies in Southeast Michigan,” form law that developing treatments for chronic said Gregory Moore, the health (800) 987-0290 will give bio- diseases such as diabetes, care practice group leader with science and asthma or congestive heart failure. Clark Hill P.L.C. in Birmingham. biotechnology Moore said the U.S. Treasury De- companies in ees. The $1 billion provision limits partment will issue regulations Southeast Michi- each company to a $10 million an- Zayti Agency gan a 50 percent nual cap. over the next few months. IIS000320 tax credit for “This will be used by a majority “This credit recognizes that chronic disease of companies (in Southeast Michi- small pharmaceutical and biotech Call your local Insphere office for a FREE quote today! projects begun gan),” said Stephen Rapundalo, companies don’t have the incen- tives that larger companies have,” Rapundalo in 2009 and 2010. president of Ann Arbor-based The tax credit MichBio. Rapundalo said. “This will encour- can be claimed only for research Rapundalo said the tax credits age more research and get more and development costs for compa- will encourage more R&D and will products on the market.” nies with fewer than 250 employ- lead to companies hiring more re- — Jay Greene Community health centers expected to reap millions Our cultural places Because of its high levels of un- grant strategy, Sibilsky said. employment, lack of insurance WHAT’SNEW “Chris will spearhead this effort offer outdoor spaces. and proportion of people with to get the message to the federal Southeast Michigan safety net chronic diseases, metro Detroit is providers are expected to receive government,” Sibilsky said. “We expected to garner more than its millions of dollars beginning in 2011 are planning a unified and coordi- share of $14 bil- nated effort.” Complimentary concierge planning. to expand federally qualified health lion in federal centers and community clinics. The law also authorizes a Entertainment, events, meetings and more. health care re- $230 million grant program to devel- form funds, said lion new patients. op residency programs at health Kim Sibilsky, Another $1.5 billion will be for centers and creates a mechanism to executive direc- capital projects for new or existing pay for teaching programs. the tor of the Michi- centers in a competitive grant bid- While providers are needed to gan Primary Care ding process. staff the health centers, Rick Mur- cultural Association. Health reform also includes dock, executive director of the concierge Nearly $3 bil- $1.5 billion for the National Health Michigan Association of Health Plans, lion will be Service Corps, which will place up said Michigan should do more to a program of the cultural alliance Sibilsky of southeastern michigan, available each to 15,000 primary care providers in fund training and loan repayment a 501(c)(3) organization year from 2011 to 2016 to expand underserved communities. for primary care providers. and staff federally qualified health “Southeast Michigan has a strong “The state needs to look at ways centers and community clinics. case historically (that) we have been to increase the supply of nurse Of the $14 billion provided to the underfunded,” Sibilsky said. practitioners and physician assis- www.theculturalconcierge.org Community Health Centers and Na- Chris Allen, executive director tants and make sure the existing 248.766.5599 [email protected] tional Health Service Corps Trust of the Detroit Wayne County Health scope of practice (does not restrict Fund, $9.5 billion will help expand Authority, has met with safety net appropriate care-giving),” he said. Support arts and culture in 2010. operations to serve nearly 20 mil- providers for months to develop a — Jay Greene 20100412-NEWS--0013-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 4/8/2010 4:10 PM Page 1

April 12, 2010 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 13 Health Care Extra Mission Baseball! Insightful legal solutions that help Report: Detroit Medical Center our clients find time to play ball hits medical records benchmark

The Detroit Medical Center has group aimed at serving members reached the sixth of eight stages in Health Care Briefs who are part of the state’s health the Healthcare Information and Man- care community. The new group, agement Systems Society analytics Clinton Township. Inforum Health Care Next, will hold electronic medical records adop- The symposium, titled “Patient- its first meeting April 27. tion model, becoming one of the Centered Medical Home: Putting Members of Health Alliance largest health care systems in the the Pieces Together,” is designed Plan rated HAP highest in member nation to reach that level. to help educate health care profes- satisfaction among commercial The adoption model tracks and sionals on the principles of the sys- health plans in Michigan for the scores more than 4,000 hospitals in tem and offer case studies. third successive year. The J.D. Pow- the United States and health sys- Paul Grundy, director of health er and Associates 2010 Member The attorneys at McDonald Hopkins are tems in the HIMSS analytics data- care, technology and strategic ini- Health Insurance Plan Study mea- on a mission to solve the business and legal issues base on their progress toward cre- tiatives for IBM’s global well-being sures seven different areas of satis- that interfere with your work-life balance. ating a paperless patient record services and health benefits group, faction: coverage and benefits, environment. will deliver the keynote address. provider choice, information and The DMC began to implement the The patient-centered medical communication, claims process- model in 2006, and it was fully im- home is a concept designed to im- ing, statements, customer service Attorneys on a Mission® plemented throughout all of its hos- prove health care in the U.S. by and approval processes. Your mission is our mission. We never lose sight of it. pitals by October 2007. HIMSS fig- having a primary care physician Several metro Detroit hospi- ures show 50 percent of U.S. coordinate and lead a team for all tals were identified as top U.S. hos- hospitals are at stage three of the of a patient’s inpatient and outpa- pitals in a performance-based model. tient medical care. study by Thomson Reuters. Honored The DMC also has been recog- Tickets for the symposium are in the category of small communi- nized as one of the nation’s Most $149. For more information, go to ty hospitals were: Providence Hospi- A business advisory and advocacy law firm Wired and Most Wireless hospitals the Practice Transformation Insti- tal and Medical Center in Southfield, by Hospitals and Health Networks Carl J. Grassi, President tute’s Web site at www.transform St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Ar- magazine. 39533 Woodward Avenue, Suite 318, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304 coach.org. bor, Chelsea Community Hospital, St. — Brett Callwood — Dustin Walsh Joseph Mercy Livingston Hospital in 248.646.5070 Howell and St. Joseph Mercy Saline Stephen M. Gross, Detroit Managing Member Symposium targets patient- Short takes Hospital. The Greater Detroit Area Health Chicago • Cleveland • Columbus • Detroit • West Palm Beach centered medical homes DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital has Council, through its Save Lives The Troy-based nonprofit Prac- installed Detroit’s first open-bore Save Dollars program, has www.mcdonaldhopkins.com tice Transformation Institute will magnetic resonance imaging sys- launched the Diabetes Self-Man- host the second annual sympo- tem. While the MRI can be used agement Education program at sium on the patient-centered med- with any patient, its larger open- three Southeast Michigan work ical home system from 8 a.m. to ing makes it ideal for obese or sites. Employees of General Dynam- 4:30 p.m. May 11 at Michigan State claustrophobic patients. ics Land Systems, Trinity Health and University’s College of Osteopathic The Inforum nonprofit net- MGM Grand Detroit will be provided Medicine at Macomb Community work of professional women has with diabetes education in work College’s University Center in launched a members-only affinity and community settings. 800-292-3831 indiantrails.com Group’s nursing home projects win approval Six of seven proposed nursing Ford Cottage Hospital to Henry home projects led by a Franklin- CON Roundup Ford Hospital, $0. based investor received approval Henry Ford Cottage Hospital, ONE HU G ND IN R T E in late March from the Michigan De- new construction. The total cost of Grosse Pointe Farms, acquisition of A D R Y B E E partment of Community Health. the new homes is more than 30 hospital beds from Select Special- A L R

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Page 14 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS April 12, 2010 CRAIN'S LIST: LARGEST PHYSICIAN ORGANIZATIONS Ranked by number of physicians

Number of hospital inpatient Number of Company Number of admissions/ managed-care Address physicians/board- outpatient covered lives/ Rank Phone; Web site Top executive certified physicians visits contracts Type of organization Physician hospital affiliations St. John HealthPartners Kenneth Bollin 2,081 44,951 251,254 PHO St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Providence Hospital, 1. 28000 Dequindre Road, Warren 48092 board chairman 2,018 1,084,553 10 St. John Macomb-Oakland Hospital, Providence Park (586) 753-0654; www.stjohnhealthpartners.org Hospital, St. John River District Hospital, St. John North Shores Hospital, Brighton Hospital University of Michigan David Spahlinger 1,577 46,350 NA Group practice NA senior associate dean for 1,435 1,759,787 2. Faculty Group Practice clinical affairs 4101 Medical Science Building I, Ann Arbor 48109-0624 (800) 211-8181; www.med.umich.edu United Physicians P.C. Michael Williams 1,548 NA 107,965 IPA Botsford General Hospital, Crittenton Hospital Medical 30800 Telegraph Road, Suite 2800, Bingham Farms 48025 president 1,500 5 Center, Detroit Medical Center, Henry Ford Health System, 3. (248) 593-0100; www.updoctors.com Mt. Clemens General Hospital, St. John Health System, Trinity-St. Joseph Hospitals, William Beaumont Hospitals, others BPO P.C. Marc Weisman 1,286 NA NA IPA William Beaumont Hospitals- Royal Oak, Troy and Grosse 4. 101 N. Main St., Suite 430, Ann Arbor 48104 medical director; 1,286 5 Pointe (517) 336-1400; www.beaumontpo.com Mark Zohoury chair Henry Ford Medical Group Mark Kelley 1,100 42,923 125,398 Group practice Henry Ford Hospital and Health Network 5. 1 Ford Place, Detroit 48202 CEO 1,050 2,200,000 (800) 436-7936; www.henryford.com United Outstanding Physicians L.L.C. Y.T. Hammoud 969 NA 167,000 IPA Primary: Oakwood Healthcare Inc. Secondary: Detroit 6. 330 Town Center Drive, Suite 900, Dearborn 48126 CEO and medical director 848 16 Medical Center, Botsford, Garden City and hospitals (313) 240-9867; www.uopdocs.com designated by health plans with which UOP physicians are contracted Medical Network One/ Ewa Matuszewski 696 NA NA IPA NA 7. Michigan Institute for Health Enhancement P.C. CEO NA 4986 Adams Road, Suite D, Rochester 48306-1416 (248) 475-4701; www.mednetone.net Olympia Medical Services P.L.L.C. Randall Bickle 600 NA 55,000 IPA Botsford Hospital, Garden City Hospital 8. 33300 Five Mile Road, Suite 210, Livonia 48154 president and CEO 550 8 (313) 357-1215 Wayne State University Physician Group Valerie Parisi 536 NA NA Group practice NA 9. 550 E. Canfield Ave., Suite 320, Detroit 48201 CEO 513 (313) 577-2957; www.med.wayne.edu/wsupg Physician Organized Gary Wentzloff 532 NA NA PHO McLaren Health Care, POH Regional Medical Center, Mount 10. Healthcare System B CEO 532 Clemens Regional Medical Center 50 N. Perry St., Pontiac 48342 (248) 338-5353; www.pohregional.org/pohs

This list of physician organizations encompasses physician hospital organizations and independent practice associations and is an approximate compilation of the largest such groups in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw and Livingston counties. It is not a complete listing but the most comprehensive available. NA = not available. IPA = Independent practice association. PHO = Physician hospital organization. B Acquired Mt. Clemens Regions PHO June 1, 2009. LIST RESEARCHED BY ANNE MARKS

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Name: Dan Vitale, 43 tions but still spending money on their Education: Bachelor’s degree in man- kids. We have 70 kids all week long, agement from Cleary University, 1997. which currently include 20 girls and 50 Last career: Vitale worked for more boys. I have such a passion for baseball than 20 years at LaSalle Bank. When he and softball. My daughters play, and with left, he was vice president of the whole- my background in the games, and also sale mortgage department. His work in- with management, this seemed like a volved selling, closing and imaging mort- good fit. I did love my job at the bank, but gages, and he had 200 employees working in this economy it’s tough to get a job in for him. that field in Michigan.” New career: Runs Extra Innings, a base- How he made the transition: “Timing is everything. LaSalle gave me an end date, Dan Vitale ball and softball training facility in Shel- by Township. and then they extended it. But the week Former career: after I finished there, I started work with Bank executive Why he decided to change careers: “On this.” my way out of LaSalle, after it was taken New career: Obstacles overcome: “The biggest obsta- over, I was offered a job in St. Louis or Runs a baseball, cle, at least initially, is simply paying the softball training Dallas, but I wanted to stay in Michigan. facility bills. I invested a lot of money into the I played baseball and softball in college, business at the beginning, and I was just and even made the United States Specialty trying to break even. Now, in the second Sports Association Hall of Fame. We’re now year, revenue is up 33 percent.” in the second year of the business. It’s Advice for others: “If you have a passion been tough in the beginning, but things and you think you can do it, then why not are starting to pick up. try?” “People seem to be taking less vaca- — Brett Callwood

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April 12, 2010 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 17 REAL ESTATE Chapter 9 among Detroit’s few options

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Available troit in danger of a state takeover rently in bank- “It’s not going to be easy and it’s • 300 car parking or municipal bankruptcy — but fil- Space for Lease -- Pontiac • Fully Furnished with 100 pre-wired workstations ruptcy, to do so. not going to be fair, but when you ing Chapter 9 could have devastat- Best Deal in Town! • 800 kw backup generator “There’s the let the problem get this big, you • General Offices, Call Center or Data Center ing consequences for the state, business judg- don’t have any good options — 248-496-3405 says a researcher at the nonparti- Gordon ment rule, which is why you don’t let this san Citizens Research Council of which asks problem get this big,” she said. Michigan. whether the debtor is exercising In lieu of bankruptcy, Buss sug- VACANT LAND A recent report by the council reasonable business judgment in gested that a state-appointed finan- • Warehousing, Machine/Die Storage, Mfg. describes the city’s financial pic- seeking to reject the contract,” he cial oversight committee like those • M/59, Widetrack, and Woodward Area ture in stark terms: shrinking pop- said. “... The court will look to see used in other major cities could ulation, declining revenue, grow- • 5,000 to 200,000 Sq. Ft Available with PROPERTIES FOR SALE if there’s been some substantial help the city’s financial situation. Offices, Short or Long Term Leases ing costs and a narrow pool of good-faith negotiations by the “A financial oversight commit- • 8 Interior Truck Wells, 16 Ft. Ceiling Multiple Property Types Available options. debtor.” tee, based on New York and Pitts- In Metro Detroit Area Heights, Sprinklers, Heated, Buss Duct, and Using an estimated accumulated Detroit Mayor Dave Bing is set burgh models, that would have to Offer Deadline - April 30, 2010 Air Lines. 248-496-3405 deficit number, and accounting for to present his budget for the up- approve budgets and would have to For Property Information and an expected further decline in coming fiscal year to the Detroit approve contracts, but you could do Offer Instructions Go To: state revenue sharing, “the pro- City Council on Tuesday. Budgets that and still leave the mayor and www.cbre.com/fdic-detroit jected year-end accumulated presented by recent administra- city council in place,” she said. AVAILABLE NOW 248.353.5400 deficit could be in the neighbor- tions have included questionable While acknowledging that such Reference: FDIC hood of $450 million on a general revenue items, like the sale of pro- a move could be unpopular with 4,000 to 100,000 sq. ft. fund total of ($1.6 billion). The situ- ceeds from assets such as the park- city leaders and residents, it might Also 10,000 & 25,000 sq. ft. ation is clearly not sustainable.” ing system, the Detroit-Windsor be the best solution, Buss said. Among the possibilities listed in Tunnel or the city lighting system. “In the end, you do have to ad- Free Standing Bldgs w/truckwells. the report, funded by a grant from WAREHOUSE STORAGE SPACE The current-year budget, pre- dress the problem before it grows 1 Mile from Metro Airport Business Leaders for Michigan, are: pared by then-interim Mayor and to $300 million or $400 million” — WAREHOUSE/LIGHT INDUSTRIAL action by elected government offi- now-City Councilman Ken Cockrel the current situation, she said, cials; a consent agreement formed REA CONSTRUCTION SPACE FOR LEASE Jr., included $275 million in mone- “And if the elected officials can’t by the city and a state-appointed tization of those assets, which the do it, maybe you need an oversight 9,000 to 30,000 sq ft., 24 ft ceilings (734) 946-8730 review board; the appointment of report noted have not come to committee.” Drive in doors, Truck docks. $2.00 sq ft/NNN an emergency financial manager fruition. Nancy Kaffer: (313) 446-0412, Also Heavy Industrial Centrally located off I-75/12 Mile Road to fix the city’s budget woes; or Buss suggested renegotiating re- [email protected]. Land Available Ernie -- 248-840-6081 municipal bankruptcy. Each carries complications. www.reaconstruction.net Detroit’s elected officials must Call Us For Personalized win the approval of labor unions to Service: (313) 446-6068 lower employment costs. An emer- gency financial manager, likewise, LABORATORY SPACE CLOSING TIMES: Monday 3 p.m., can renegotiate but not abrogate one week prior to publication date. Please call us for holiday closing times. labor contracts. In municipal ** OPEN HOUSE May 7, 2010 ** bankruptcy, labor contracts can be FAX: (313) 446-1757 12:00 Noon - 2:00 PM abrogated. E-MAIL: [email protected] For a city to file for Chapter 9 How to Start Your Bio-Tech Company INTERNET: SBIR Innovation Research Funding www.crainsdetroit.com/section/classifieds protection, commonly called mu- Presented by Dr. Hyesook Kim, President Detroit R & D at the Confidential Reply Boxes Available nicipal bankruptcy, an emergency Metropolitan Center for High Technology financial manager must first be ap- PAYMENT: All classified ads must be 2727 Second Ave. Detroit MI 48201 prepaid. Checks, money order or pointed, said Robert Gordon, a 32,000 sq. ft. Bio-Tech Incubator Crain’s credit approval accepted. member in the Birmingham office W/Shared Cell-Culture Facility Credit cards accepted. Furnished Wet-Labs $10.00/sq. ft. of Clark Hill P.L.C., who leads that Register by sending your specialty See law firm’s corporate restructuring (100 words or less) To: [email protected] Crainsdetroit.com/Section/Classifieds and bankruptcy practice group. Inquiries 313-961-3390 for more classified advertisements “It is the emergency financial manager who could seek, under the appropriate circumstances, to AUCTIONS begin Chapter 9 bankruptcy pro- ceedings,” Gordon said. 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Page 18 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS April 12, 2010 Startup signs first schools Urban farming can to display corporate ads succeed in Detroit,

BY RYAN BEENE wood Hospitals. Curcuru declined tiously optimistic about its partici- CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS to name other sponsors. pation. He said the district has not ARD offers four categories of ad- budgeted for additional revenue Four Downriver high schools vertising packages: from the relationship with ARD, panelists say will be the first of as many as 40 Ⅲ On-campus signs in athletics but there’s a clear need for it. area schools this year to try to facilities or outside auditoriums, “What we get will be gravy, but BY NANCY KAFFER boos and catcalls from a handful drum up supplemental revenue by and experiential marketing, or that gravy’s going to be needed be- allowing corporate advertising in- CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS of audience members. one-on-one market opportunities cause we’re going to go into a side school facilities. “I would trade in Hantz Farms such as setting up a tent at a high deficit in about a month here,” he Beer is proof that small-scale, tomorrow if I could get you guys High schools in the Southgate, school athletic event. local farming can be a business Wyandotte, Trenton and Wood- Ⅲ said. to agree that we homestead all the Web site and e-commerce mar- ARD has signed memorandums success, Eastern Market Corp. Pres- acreage,” he said. “If you home- haven-Brownstown districts are keting. of understanding with many of the ident Dan Carmody said at an ur- stead, you engage (people) into the first schools to sign with Ⅲ Direct-to-home marketing. ban farming event last week. schools anticipated to launch the their community, not someone Bloomfield Hills-based Alternative Ⅲ New media and technology. Carmody, a panelist April 7 at a Revenue Development L.L.C. program this fall, including the talking for them, me or others. … Revenue is split between ARD business of urban agriculture dis- When you talk to the land banks, The startup company is attempt- and the school or district, with Troy School District. cussion hosted by the University of ing to create new revenue for Tim McAvoy, director of com- it is very difficult for a citizen in shares ranging from 50-50 to 65 per- Michigan-Dear- Detroit to get a school districts by placing ads munity relations for the district, cent for the dis- born and Crain’s piece of acreage from its network of corporate said the district is interested in the trict or school Detroit Business, … the individuals sponsors on school newsletters, and 35 percent program but is waiting to see how said that in the I would trade in Web sites, on-campus signs out- “ are ahead of us. for ARD. it’s implemented in the Downriver 1980s, big com- “I have more side of the classroom and other lo- After the ini- school districts launching this panies like Bud- Hantz Farms ... if I cations. faith in those tial launch of spring. weiser and Miller ARD, formed by a team of local could get you guys 10,000 people than the program at “Like every school district in chased small ad executives who lost their jobs in in my idea.” four schools this Michigan, we’ve been struggling brewers out of recent ad agency shakeups, is to agree that we Hantz’s inter- spring, Curcuru the market. est in acquiring scheduled to detail its plans at a with a school funding crisis and is projecting to Now, he said, land has been press conference on Wednesday. we’ve been working with other homestead all the launch in 46 microbrewers questioned by “What we’re trying to do is Curcuru school districts in determining high schools in are 4.9 percent of acreage. some community monetize various areas under dis- what the ARD program would look 34 districts in Southeast Michigan the market, a ” members, who trict control, and we’re appropri- like,” McAvoy said. this fall. small but viable John Hantz, Hantz Farms have accused him ately targeting family- and com- “We’re certainly interested in Curcuru said the company is segment. of making a “land munity-oriented sponsors,” said anything that would help protect projecting revenue for its first fis- Carmody’s remarks came in a grab,” or saying that he should our programs — if it can be man- Sam Curcuru, CEO of ARD. cal year of August 2010 through wide-ranging, sometimes con- lease land he’s planning to farm ARD connects school districts in July 2011 to be slightly more than aged in a way that it doesn’t take tentious discussion of urban agri- or place it in a community trust need of revenue from state funding $2 million. away from the educational cli- culture and policy surrounding it. rather than owning it outright. cuts with corporate sponsors. Two David Peden, superintendent of mate.” As Detroit Mayor Dave Bing’s Hantz said that it’s difficult to of the company’s sponsors are the Southgate Community School Dis- Ryan Beene: (313) 446-0315, administration works on a plan to farm without owning land, and Eastern Michigan University Oak- and trict, says his school district is cau- [email protected] align the city’s geography with its said he’s not interested in leasing ability to deliver services, urban land from the city rather than farming can be a key component buying it outright. of putting the city’s vacant land Hantz said that a suburb he’d into productive use, said Al approached to find a backup site Fields, group executive of plan- was able to put together a deal in ning for Detroit, two weeks. “We’re working to integrate Fields said that there’s a need this into a whole citywide plan,” for realism about the values and he said, adding that rumors of the costs of assets. development of a downsizing “What I run into a lot is the plan, which Fields prefers to call overvaluation of our assets in De- “alignment,” are true. troit,” he said. “We’re in the process of looking Both Hantz and other panelists at the city of Detroit and getting it — including Patty Cantrell, se- ready for the future, how do we nior policy specialist, entrepre- align our resources, how do we neurial agriculture, at the Michi- align our land policy, and how do gan Land Use Institute — said that we put those things in place that Detroit is big enough to house get us ready when we return from both for-profit and nonprofit pro- this economic downturn and get jects. into a better position to grow?” “It can’t be either/or,” Cantrell The city has about 30,000 acres said. that are vacant or the site of Carmody said that community derelict properties, about 200,000 farms in the city have ballooned, parcels. from 80 in 2003 to 1,300 this grow- Panelist John Hantz, the funder ing season, and said that entry to of the proposed east side commer- community farming should be cial venture Hantz Farms, advocat- easier. ed for a return of the Homestead Hantz said his research indi- Act that allowed settlers in the cates that it costs the city about American West to earn ownership $12,000 over five years to properly of land through work. maintain a vacant or abandoned “There’s too much talk around property. the community and not enough Fields said initially that figure talk around the individual. If you was reasonable, but later said actually believe in community in he’d like to do more research. the city of Detroit, you get out and Fields said the city is working touch individuals, because the to develop an entrepreneur- bulk of the city does not have com- friendly system to encourage com- munity,” he said. mercial farm growth in the city. Hantz said that the city would “We need to support any land be well served by empowering in- use that helps the citizens of De- dividuals to take ownership of troit,” he said. and accountability for land, tight- Nancy Kaffer: (313) 446-0412, ening community ties, prompting [email protected] 20100412-NEWS--0019-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 4/9/2010 5:14 PM Page 1

April 12, 2010 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 19 Jobs portal: Counties help with funds ■ From Page 3 Where can you go for an Andiamo also contributing stimulus funding. ing professionals through the a freelance employee paid on a Wayne and Monroe counties WorkingHabitat portal will pay a 10 1099 basis through PrimePay of quality lunch priced under $10? have requested quotes on what it percent premium on their salaries, Michigan L.L.C. — the company would cost them to be involved, he establishing a continuing source of and employee can begin working said. revenue for the new company. on design and engineering projects “With WorkingHabitat, we are Calkins is projecting first-year through the Web site. Spinach & Cheese Ravioli repurposing that (ADR system) by revenue of about $1.7 million for All communication, direction, including a searchable database the new company. data and time spent by the em- mechanism for our Michigan Southfield-based Right Manage- ployee are stored and logged in Portabella Mushroom “Burger” white-collar workers and adding ment and the Society of Automotive the project’s history. tools that allow these workers to Engineers International are helping Employees get paid automatical- Italian Sausage Ragu work remotely from home or any- promote the portal with their ly by direct deposits into bank ac- where,” Calkins said. clients, Calkins said. counts, checks or crediting debit “We’ve committed to the counties And San Rafael, Calif.-based Au- cards, following time card autho- Chicken & Wild Berry Salad that we’re going to focus on the todesk Inc. is providing free com- rization by the company. white-collar workers in Michigan mercial software to unemployed All project interaction and pay- Roasted Vegetable Ravioli for the first year,” Calkins said. engineering and design profes- ments are done in a secure, en- This week, WorkingHabitat is sionals in Michigan for use on crypted environment, Calkins preparing to open the database to their personal workstations in said. Chicken & Pesto Pasta companies around the world to connection with the new portal. Jay Marshall, manager of talent look for remote employees, Any company with an engineer- acquisition at Southfield-based Chicken & Spring Vegetable Risotto Calkins said. ing project and a need for outside data management and marketing It has contracted with Grand resources can register at the portal firm R.L. Polk Inc., said his compa- Blanc-based Global Impact Group to and search its database of avail- ny’s own Web portal at Polk.stand- Andiamo Chopped Salad solicit employers from India, Ger- able employees who have uploaded outjobs.com has grown to become many, Indonesia, Sweden and oth- their skills and résumés into the its main tool of recruiting software Antipasti Style Salad er countries to find and employ database, Calkins said. engineers and developers, among new engineers and designers After selecting and hiring an other professionals. through the portal, he said. employee — either in a W-2 capaci- Though he hadn’t yet seen the Pan Seared Beef Tenderloin Tips Employers finding and employ- ty through Kelly Services Inc. or as WorkingHabitat portal, Marshall said his experience has shown most of the online talent pool using por- tals is young and primarily after permanent jobs — though some will consider contract work as a possi- ble gateway to future employment. 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Page 20 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS April 12, 2010 Airport: Metro manager in contract negotiations Home sales: ■ From Page 1 March 25 meeting, extended the passenger com- ment around Decrease deal 30 days because the seven- THE BOARD plaints about the it,” he said, ref- member oversight panel is not facility and its ag- erencing the Wayne County Airport Authority I want to make scheduled to meet again until board membership: ing terminals “ “aerotropolis” May 27. when Robinson sure (Metro is) concept he’s feared Ⅲ Charlie Williams: Chairman. Michael Conway, director of President and chairman, MPS was hired. championed ■ From Page 3 public affairs and spokesman for Group Inc. Appointed by Wayne Two new termi- competitive and that uses tax has not picked up enough to make the airport and the authority, County Executive Robert Ficano; nals have opened breaks to at- said Robinson and authority term expires October 2012. under his watch, there’s a sense of tract aviation up for the loss of tax credits and the possibility of rising rates.” Chairman Charlie Williams de- Ⅲ Renee Pipis Axt: Vice and Metro in Feb- logistics busi- clined requests for comment and chairman. President, RCP ruary was rated urgency for nesses to the Further complicating the future won’t talk publicly about the ne- Associates. Appointed by Ficano; best in customer land between of the market are bank-owned gotiations. term expires October 2014. satisfaction economic the airports. homes not yet put up for sale, and Authority member Mary Zuck- Ⅲ Mary Zuckerman: Secretary. among large air- development. The authori- buyers waiting for more-positive erman said she doesn’t believe Executive vice president and COO, ports, according ty, which hires economic news, he said. there is any reason to think a new Detroit Medical Center. to the 2010 North ” the CEO, was The second half of the year also Robert Ficano, Wayne County contract won’t be finished by the Appointed by Gov. Jennifer America Airport created by the is expected to be slower than the next board meeting. Granholm; term expires in October Satisfaction Legislature in first half in terms of sales nation- 2014. wide. But 2010 as a whole will be She also said the board hadn’t Ⅲ Study released by J.D. Power. 2002 in the wake of federal and talked to anyone else about the James Nicholson: Member. Robinson and the authority state investigations into Wayne better than 2009, said Walter President and CEO of PVS CEO position. also oversee nearby Willow Run Air- County’s management of the air- Molony, a senior public affairs spe- Chemicals Inc. Appointed by Gov. cialist focusing on economic data “The airport authority hasn’t John Engler; term expires in port in Van Buren Township. He port and questionable construc- for the Washington, D.C.-based Na- put any feelers out,” she said, October. handles day-to-day oversight of tion contracts for the $1.2 billion tional Association of Realtors. Robinson was originally hired Ⅲ Samuel Nouhan: Member. more than 700 people and an an- McNamara Terminal. There were 4.91 million home May 1, 2000, to replace David Partner, Bowman and Brooke nual operating budget of nearly McNamara, worried about the Katz. Metro was under Wayne L.L.P. Appointed by Ficano; term $265 million. state taking control of the airport, sales nationally in 2008, 5.16 mil- County’s direct control then, and expires in October 2014. Wayne County Executive which had been one of his pet pro- lion sales in 2009, and 5.5 million Robinson had been deputy direc- Ⅲ Bernard Parker Jr.: Member. Robert Ficano, who has appointed jects, dropped objections to an au- were forecast for 2010. tor of airports and CFO under Co-founder of Operation Get Down four of the authority’s seven mem- thority and brokered a deal with In the city of Detroit, real estate then-Wayne County Executive Ed and member, Wayne County bers, said the board is autonomous then-Gov. John Engler. agent Austin Black is expecting a McNamara. Board of Commissioners. and he’s not familiar with the de- The law setting up the authori- decrease in sales after the tax cred- Appointed by the county Robinson’s first contract as tails of the negotiations. ty gives the Wayne County execu- it is gone but is expecting an in- commission; term expires in Ficano also said any discus- tive four appointments, the gov- crease in sales based on optimism CEO ran from Feb. 1, 2003, to Jan. October 2010. 31, 2004. The second was Feb. 1, sions he’s had with board mem- ernor two, and one to the Wayne from recently announced invest- Ⅲ James Settles Jr.: Member. bers on the situation are private. ments by Henry Ford Health System 2004, to Jan. 31, 2006, but before United Auto Workers vice County Board of Commissioners. that one expired, the authority However, he did say that his phi- The terms are for six years, but and Detroit Medical Center. president. Appointed by Ficano; “A lot of the recent announce- negotiated a new deal for May 1, term expires in October. losophy for the airport is that it the initial appointments varied in 2005, to April 30, 2008. needs to work closely with busi- length so that the whole slate of ments in Midtown will have a Source: www.metroairport.com boost, and more so than the tax Another new contract was ef- ness leaders and labor on eco- commissioners wouldn’t leave at credit did because it’s building fective from May 1, 2006, to April 30, 2010. nomic development. the same time. A board member confidence and long-term stability 30, 2008, and then his current Metro, which handled about 31 “I want to make sure (Metro is) can be reappointed just once. in the neighborhood,” he said. deal, which also was a renegotia- million fliers last year as 13th- competitive and there’s a sense of Bill Shea: (313) 446-1626, In Ann Arbor, the market grew tion, was for May 1, 2007, to April largest U.S. airport, was beset by urgency for economic develop- [email protected] stronger in the first quarter, said David Lutton, president of Ann Ar- bor real estate firm Charles Rein- hart Co., with listing agents getting multiple offers for some houses. Loss of the government credit Campbell: Founders leave after buyback fails should be absorbed by growing strength in the market, he said. ■ From Page 1 “You can liken it to ‘cash for way possible. They are the num- got these other companies to keep According to the W.Y. Camp- two set a pattern that they see per- clunkers,’ where there was a dip ber one priority of the firm.” me out of trouble, so I won’t be bell Web site, over the years the sisting for years to come — grow- and then sales resumed on an up- Last year, Campbell, now 56, bored,” he said. company has been involved in 246 ing Asian companies, particular- ward trend,” said Lutton. “We’ve was honored with a Lifetime The “other companies” was a mergers or acquisitions and ly Chinese, looking to make seen an upward trend in the first Achievement Award by Crain’s reference to three Detroit-based helped arrange 315 loans. acquisitions in the U.S.. quarter, and we’re cautiously opti- and the Detroit private-equity Clients have run the gamut of “The next couple of years are mistic about what May 31 is going to look like in the way of new con- chapter of the As- firms, Huron American manufacturing, includ- going to be driven by an incredi- tracts.” sociation for Corpo- Capital Partners ing Delphi Corp., Rockwell American ble demand in It’s a very, very Local real estate firms are try- rate Growth at the L.L.C., Peninsula Manufacturing, Cooper Tire & Rubber Asia for IP. It’s “ ing to focus their clients’ attention annual Crain’s Capital Partners Co., Koepplinger’s Bakery Inc., Dana going to be a sad, gut-wrenching on the looming April 30 deadline to M&A Awards. L.L.C. and Supe- Corp. and Federal-Mogul Corp. very exciting have homes under contract to Campbell con- rior Capital Part- Last November, Marsh and five years for in- time for me. But qualify for the tax credit. firmed Thursday ners L.L.C. Roesler brokered the sale of Del- vestment bank- E-mails to clients, advertising that he and our business is our Campbell co- phi’s global brake and suspension ing,” said campaigns and face-to-face contact McKinley, who people. founded all business to BeijingWest Industries Roesler. are all focused on getting deals had been manag- ” three and Co. Ltd., an entity formed by the Rajesh signed. ing directors, have serves on their Beijing municipal government, a Kothari, manag- “Especially when new clients William Campbell, W.Y. Campbell left the company. investment ad- Chinese steel company and Tempo Kothari ing director of are coming in, the agents are He said they told a visory boards. International Group, a Chinese auto Birmingham- telling them, ‘There’s a short win- Comerica execu- Comerica supplier with local operations in based Seneca Partners Inc., a ven- dow of time here, you have to get tive last summer they likely has invested in some of those Canton Township. ture-capital and investment bank- busy,’ ” said Kelly Sweeney, CEO would be leaving the firm by the firms’ funds as a limited partner The $120 million deal was the ing firm, said Angle won’t face of Birmingham-based Coldwell end of 2011 and that the bank but isn’t invested in any current largest Chinese acquisition ever most of the issues a new company Banker Weir Manuel. should start working on succes- funds and doesn’t have an equity of an operation owned by a U.S.- starting in what is still a difficult Sweeney’s office is taking part sion issues. He declined to say stake in any of the firms. based auto supplier. economy might normally expect in a national program Coldwell why he and McKinley are leaving, “It’s a very, very sad, gut- In December, the two also because of the founders’ reputa- Banker program to have their but it is believed their planned de- wrenching time for me. But our arranged a loan of $33.5 million by tion in the market. clients with homes on the market partures involved pension issues. business is our people. My part- a Chinese investment firm to Ply- “Timing isn’t a factor for agree to a certain percentage dis- Campbell said Comerica of- ners were all guys 10-15 years mouth-based Prestolite Electric them,” Kothari said. “Investment count offered May 1. Those proper- fered to sell the company back to younger than me. This is their Inc., and in February they bro- banking is as much about the peo- ties will all be marketed together. the employees, but an agreement time. They’ll get their names out kered the sale of a United King- ple at the firm as it is about the “It’s still a buyer’s market, so couldn’t be reached. on the street, and they’ll be huge- dom-based parts subsidiary of firm, and they’ll bring the same that gives these sellers a leg up,” Campbell said he isn’t retiring, ly successful, just as successful as Ann Arbor-based Affinia Group Inc. capabilities and services as they he said. but that whatever he does, it W.Y. Campbell was. to another UK company, Klarius provided before.” “But it also will hopefully keep won’t be in investment banking. “We were always a very prof- Group Ltd. Tom Henderson: (313) 446-0337, up some of that momentum after “I love my partners. I don’t itable operation. Volume was off Roesler said those deals told [email protected] the tax credit is gone.” want to compete with them. If I the last two years, but even then, him and Marsh the time was right Ryan Beene: (313) 446-0315, Daniel Duggan: (313) 446-0414, can be helpful to them, I will. I’ve we made money.” to go out on their own. The first [email protected] [email protected] 20100412-NEWS--0021-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 4/9/2010 4:41 PM Page 1

April 12, 2010 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 21 Awrey: Bakery weathers crises, executive changes www.crainsdetroit.com EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Keith E. Crain ■ From Page 3 PUBLISHER Mary Kramer, (313) 446-0399 or [email protected] blesville Ind.-based Atkins Elegant decision based on dollars and sustain the family, began baking ter 11 bankruptcy in February 2005 EXECUTIVE EDITOR Cindy Goodaker, (313) 446- Desserts, a specialty cake decora- cents isn’t being cognizant of your pies and breads, which her three — a move Betty Jean Awrey 0460 or [email protected] MANAGING EDITOR Andy Chapelle, (313) 446- tor and cheesecake producer. customers.” sons — Elton, Wilbur and Thomas thinks was unnecessary. 0402 or [email protected] ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR/FOCUS Jennette Atkins has 100 employees and At Awrey, Wallace said he and — would deliver throughout their Tom eventually would sell the Smith, (313) 446-1622 or [email protected] makes nearly 400,000 cases of his management team analyzed neighborhood. business without consulting his ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDITOR Michelle Darwish, cheesecakes and decorated cakes the inventory of both companies Business boomed and soon the 80-year-old father. (313) 446-1621 or [email protected] COPY DESK CHIEF Gary Piatek, (313) 446-0357 per year, generating revenue of $12 and decided to eliminate products Awreys bought a storefront on the Walter “Bud” Aspatore, chair- or [email protected] million. that were hurting the bottom line. corner of Tireman and Epworth man and co-founder of Birming- ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR Jeff Johnston, (313) 446-1608 or [email protected] Ryan Bohr, principal for Hilco The discontinued items account- streets near West Grand Boule- ham-based Amherst Partners L.L.C., DATA EDITOR Anne Marks, (313) 446-0418 or Equity Management, said Atkins ed for 10 percent of total volume vard on the city’s west side. which handled the sale of the com- [email protected] WEB EDITOR Christine Lasek, (313) 446-0473, had strayed from its core compe- but represented half of total prod- The bakery stayed at that loca- pany out of bankruptcy, said in a [email protected] tencies, making it attractive for a ucts. tion until Awrey moved to Livonia March 2008 story in Crain’s that WEB DEVELOPER Steve Williams, (313) 446- 6059, [email protected] takeover. “Between the two companies, in 1967. The company continued to the sale was memorable because EDITORIAL SUPPORT Robertta Reiff (313) 446- “Since the products are all com- we had too many products. … One grow, with sales hitting a high of creditors came out whole. 0419, YahNica Crawford, (313) 446-0329 NEWSROOM (313) 446-0329, FAX (313) 446- plementary to Awrey with little thing we did was analyze the prof- $90 million. “Betty Jean never thought 1687 TIP LINE (313) 446-6766 overlap, we can leverage the distri- itability of each, But a family Awrey should have been sold in REPORTERS bution capabilities out of Livonia and we eliminat- tragedy in August the first place,” Aspatore said. Ryan Beene: Covers auto suppliers, steel, higher with the manufacturing capabili- ed about 300 prod- 1989 changed “I’m going to upset people by education and Livingston and Washtenaw We eliminated counties. (313) 446-0315 or [email protected] ties in Indiana,” Bohr said. ucts, which al- “ everything, said saying this, but it’s the truth. In Daniel Duggan: Covers retail, real estate and Awrey produces all of the cake lowed us to close about 300 products, Betty Jean four months’ time after the sale, hospitality. (313) 446-0414 or blanks — cake rounds with no ic- outside ware- Awrey, who was we found we didn’t really need to [email protected] Jay Greene: Covers health care, insurance and the ing — used by Atkins, which are houses,” Wallace which allowed us to then vice presi- file,” she said. environment. (313) 446-0325 or then shipped to Noblesville for said. dent of communi- Betty Jean Awrey said the com- [email protected]. Chad Halcom: Covers law, non-automotive decorating and shipped back to By consolidat- close outside cations and wife pany was even able to pay back its manufacturing, defense contracting and Oakland Livonia for distribution. ing three of its of then-CEO Bob creditors at 98 cents on the dollar and Macomb counties. (313) 446-6796 or [email protected]. At the time of the Atkins acqui- warehouses and warehouses. Awrey. from proceeds of the sale. Betty Tom Henderson: Covers banking, finance, sition, the companies had about its management ” The couple’s 38- Jean says she and her ailing hus- technology and biotechnology. (313) 446-0337 or Bob Wallace, Awrey Bakeries [email protected]. 600 combined product offerings, team into its year-old daugh- band left the company without Nancy Kaffer: Covers small business, the city of which Bohr said was too many. 217,000-square- ter, Linda, com- making a nickel on the sale. Detroit, Wayne County government. (313) 446- “Both companies got away from foot Livonia plant mitted suicide “This should never have hap- 0412 or [email protected]. Bill Shea: Covers media, advertising and the thing they are best at,” he said. and discontinuing its least-prof- when she learned she wasn’t pened,” Awrey said. marketing, entertainment, the business of sports, “Oftentimes, new products and itable products, Awrey was able to picked to lead the company in her Three Awrey family members and transportation. (313) 446-1626 or [email protected]. new ideas can hang on to an orga- save about $2 million. father’s succession plan, Betty still work for the company, but Nathan Skid: Multimedia reporter. Also covers the nization.” “At the end of the day, pruning Jean said. none in executive positions. food industry. (313) 446-1654, [email protected]. Howdy Holmes, CEO of Chelsea- is necessary to facilitate future Six years after her death, Bob But for all the disappointment, Sherri Begin Welch: Covers nonprofits and services. (313) 446-1694 or [email protected] based Chelsea Milling Co., maker of growth,” Bohr said. “You have to Awrey looked outside the family Betty Jean Awrey is glad to see the LANSING BUREAU Jiffy Mix, said his family-owned remain relevant, and our best for leadership. bakery doing well and believes Amy Lane: Covers business issues at the Capitol, telecommunications and utilities. (517) 371- company was able to make it past chance of success is to stick to our He eventually hired a manage- Wallace is the right man to lead 5355, FAX (517) 371-2492, [email protected]. or the century mark by continuously core competencies.” ment team from Detroit-based the company. 115 W. Allegan, Suite 220, Lansing 48933. analyzing demand before rolling Awrey focuses on providing Stroh Brewery Co. To celebrate the 100th anniver- ADVERTISING out new flavors or products. ready-to-eat items for the food ser- It was a move Betty Jean Awrey sary milestone, Wallace and the ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Marla Downs, (313) “We have never been the flavor- vice market, which includes the says cost the family the company. new owners held a reception in 446-6032 or [email protected] SALES INQUIRIES: (313) 446-6052; FAX (313) of-the-month company,” he said. military, schools, hospitals and “They didn’t know the industry. honor of the Awreys. 393-0997 “We don’t produce new products convenience stores. They knew yeast, but for beer, not “It didn’t make sense for me to ADVERTISING SALES Jeff Anderson, Matthew J. Langan, Lori Tournay Liggett, Tamara Rokowski, just because.” dough,” she said. take all the credit for Awrey’s suc- Kimberly Ronan, Cheryl Rothe, Dale Smolinski Holmes says his company is The outside management team cess,” Wallace said. CLASSIFIED SALES (313)-446-0351 willing to carry low-selling prod- Family roots was let go, and Bob Awrey put his “It’s great to have someone in MARKETING MANAGER Irma Clark MULTIMEDIA MANAGER Alan Baker, (313) 446- ucts as long as the company does The Awrey story began when son, Tom, in charge. charge with such heart and feeling 0416 or [email protected] not lose money in the process. Fletcher and Elizabeth Awrey “We thought the son would and who considers us instrumen- EVENTS MANAGER Nicole LaPointe “If there comes a point in time came to Detroit from Canada look- watch out for the family interest,” tal in Awrey’s 100-year history,” MARKETING ARTIST Sylvia Kolaski SALES SUPPORT Suzanne Janik, YahNica Crawford when you are losing money on a ing for a new life and work in the Betty Jean Awrey said. “But he Betty Jean Awrey said. CIRCULATION Candice Yopp, Manager. product, that is a different story,” auto industry. didn’t.” Nathan Skid: (313) 446-1654, MARKETING COORDINATOR Kim Winkler Holmes said. “But making every Elizabeth, looking for a way to Instead, the company filed Chap- [email protected] PRODUCTION MANAGER Wendy Kobylarz PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Larry Williams, (313) 446-0450 CUSTOMER SERVICE

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That’s the idea in the city phased out. ment to again become the of Ferndale, which laid out Henry Ford Ⅲ Pittsburgh-based PNC title sponsor for Detroit- plans for a “progressive rib- Financial Services Group re- based Bayview Yacht Club’s Is Granholm bon cutting” over the week- ported that all 235 National Detroit Cup match race, end. In marking the open- Health seeks OK City Bank branches in scheduled for Aug. 18-22 on ing of four new businesses, Michigan will convert to the Detroit River. Terms the Downtown Develop- for expansion the PNC brand and open to- were not released. ment Authority and the Fer- day with that name. in running for Ⅲ ndale Area of Commerce lined enry Ford Health Sys- Hantz Farms is propos- OTHER NEWS up the four events. tem is seeking board ing to turn 40 acres of the Including these four, Fer- H approval of a $500 Michigan State Fairgounds Ⅲ Ontario’s Ministry of ndale has marked 11 new million expansion of its into a demonstration farm, Transportation will invest an high court? businesses that have or will main hospital campus in said Tina Bassett, president additional $10 million, atop open so far this year. The of Detroit-based public rela- a previous $10 million, for ith Friday’s news Bill Ballenger, publisher Detroit and is hoping to at- newest ones include No Pins tract another $500 million tions firm Bassett & Bassett improvements at the De- that U.S. Supreme of Inside Michigan Politics, Required, 22446 Woodward; Inc. The state has yet to ap- troit-Windsor Tunnel’s Cana- W Court Justice John said while Granholm can’t from developers to partici- Jackson Five Star Catering, prove the lease. dian plaza. Paul Stevens is retiring be discounted completely, pate in a major business, 1111 E. Nine Mile; Hilton retail and housing develop- Ⅲ University of Michigan comes speculation whether she is likely a less appealing Cleaners, 3251 Hilton; and economists George Fulton Washington will again con- nominee than last year. ment project. HEALTH CARE the Downtown Ferndale Bike The project could include and Joan Crary predict that sider Gov. Jennifer Granholm Shop, 163 W. Nine Mile. Ⅲ Southeast Michigan’s Michigan’s economy will for the post. a four-block section south American Axle CEO sells of West Grand Boulevard to seven health care systems continue to flounder this Term-limited Granholm and independent hospitals year but will improve in was on a short list of candi- Pick your brains for Crain’s I-94 and would include a $2.1M in stock so far new 210-bed patient tower, in 2008 posted aggregate 2011 and add 20,000 jobs. dates being vetted by the Where you were in 1985? losses of $77.4 million on Ⅲ Michigan is getting White House at this same American Axle & Manufac- surgical center, medical of- turing Holdings Inc. CEO Listening to business cas- fice building, cancer insti- patient revenue of $9.5 bil- about $5 million from the time last year, before the settes on your Sony Walk- lion for a negative-0.8 per- federal government’s stim- May nomination of current Richard E. Dauch is $2.1 mil- tute and emergency depart- lion richer after completing man? Taking your jackets ment. cent operating margin, the ulus program to train elec- Justice Sonia Sotomayor. into the tailor to add extra- lowest since 2001, accord- tricians and other workers Granholm deputy press the first wave of a planned Also, in one of the first sale of 2.5 million shares of large shoulder pads? units of its type in South- ing to the 2010 Michigan related to “smart grid” de- secretary Megan Brown de- We hope part of your rou- Health Market Review. velopment, AP reported. clined to comment Friday company stock. Tides have east Michigan, Henry Ford turned in the company’s tine included Crain’s De- Macomb Hospital-Warren Ⅲ Detroit Bio-Med Labora- The retraining program on whether the White troit Business, which got its tories in Farmington Hills could cover unemployed House has again contacted stock price after the suppli- Campus will open a 12-bed er won a bailout from Gener- start in February 1985. acute-care unit April 26 says it’s taking another workers or those who have the governor, who departed We’re planning a special look at more than 3,000 pap jobs but are looking to up- Friday on a trade mission to al Motors Co. last year to that is designed to cater to avoid bankruptcy. commemorative issue, in- frail elderly patients. smears and other tests after grade. Italy and Germany along cluding a look back over the federal regulators found pa- Ⅲ A research report is- with Michigan Economic De- Dauch sold 200,100 shares of American Axle (NYSE: past quarter century, for perwork problems during sued by the Santa Ana, velopment Corp. President our May 3 edition. As part ON THE MOVE an inspection, AP reported. Calif.-based commercial Greg Main. AXL) last Tuesday and Wednesday at prices rang- of that, we’re looking for Ⅲ Ernest Yoder, M.D., a real estate firm Grubb & Ellis “The governor has main- reader submissions on how shows the overall office va- tained that to be nominated ing from $10.50 per share to Wayne State University Med- you did your work and how EVENTS cancy rate in Southeast by the president to serve on $10.66 per share, according ical School professor, will the workplace and the re- Ⅲ Michigan at 25.2 percent, the Supreme Court would to a filing with the U.S. Secu- on July 1 become the found- The Michigan Depart- gion have changed. Where up from 24.6 at the end of be a privilege, but there are rities and Exchange Commis- ing dean of Central Michigan ment of Transportation is did you used to go for the 2009. many worthy potential sion last Thursday. The sale University’s fledgling College seeking public input on the big business lunch? Have Ⅲ The boards of the Ma- nominees, and this is a is part of a planned sale of of Medicine.Yoder is a clini- aesthetics of the final de- 2.5 million shares — rough- any pleasant memories of cal professor of medicine sign for a $1.8 billion reha- comb County Chamber and process that begins and the Sterling Heights Regional ly 25 percent of his personal floppy disks or writing MS- and vice president of med- bilitation project along a ends with the White Chamber of Commerce & In- American Axle holdings — DOS commands? ical education and research 6.7-mile stretch of I-94 in House,” Brown said in a dustry, the county’s two statement. to be completed by the end Send your stories to at St. John Health and Ascen- Detroit planned over the [email protected] by largest business networks, Stevens said Friday he of March 2011, expected to sion Health. next decade. Wednesday. have adopted resolutions would step down in late bring Dauch about $30 mil- A question-and-answer session is scheduled from supporting a regional tran- June or early July. Other lion. The sale is part of 5:30-8 p.m. April 21 at the sit system that includes a possible nominees for his Dauch’s estate planning COMPANY NEWS BITS & PIECES Wayne County Community Col- 67-mile, $927 million trian- seat include Solicitor Gen- and personal asset diversifi- Ⅲ Detroit Public TV has ac- lege District’s Cooper con- gle of bus routes, advanced eral Elena Kagan, Massachu- cation strategy, according Ⅲ Miller Canfield Paddock quired a $1.5 million high- ference room. by county board Chairman setts Gov. Deval Patrick, to Chris Son, American and Stone P.L.C., Detroit, definition truck and mobile Those planning to attend Paul Gieleghem. State Department legal ad- Axle’s director of investor was named the top-ranked studio with funding from are asked to RSVP by call- Ⅲ An annual survey con- viser Harold Koh and federal relations. firm among Michigan bond local nonprofits the Kresge ing (313) 832-2210, ext. 13. ducted by the Southeast appellate judges Merrick Gar- counsel firms by Thomson Fi- Foundation and the Hudson- Ⅲ The public will have Michigan Council of Govern- land in Washington and Di- nancial, continuing a 30-year Webber Foundation. access to whatever tickets ments as part of a statewide ane Wood in Chicago, ac- Ferndale gets out scissors top ranking. Its public fi- Ⅲ Miramar, Fla.-based remain on April 30 for the asset management pro- cording to an Associated Why do one ribbon-cut- nance practice includes Spirit Airlines, which has sig- University of Michigan’s gram, finds the condition of Press report. ting when you can do four? about 30 lawyers. nificant operations at De- spring commencement on roads in Southeast Michi- troit Metropolitan Airport, is May 1, featuring President gan continuing to decline. introducing fees up to $45 Barack Obama as the cere- In 2009, 18.5 percent of beginning Aug. 1 for lug- mony’s speaker. roads were in good condi- gage that has to go into an The free tickets will first tion, 47.5 percent in fair overhead cabin compart- be given to graduating stu- condition and 34 percent in ment. There will be dis- dents and family members, poor condition. In 2008, 13 counts online. then to university staff, fac- percent of roads were in BEST FROM THE BLOGS Ⅲ In a move to promote ulty and non-graduating good condition, 57 percent READ THESE POSTS AND MORE AT WWW.CRAINSDETROIT.COM/BLOGS branding of its individual students, on a first-come, in fair condition and 30 per- homebuilding lines, Bloom- first-served basis. cent in poor condition. Hot sales for cold opener Prentice really want the Blues field Hills-based Pulte Tickets can be picked up Homes Inc. has changed its 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 30 at The Tigers on While GM mulls over name to PulteGroup Inc. The the Michigan Union, 530 S. OBITUARIES Opening“ Day were doing whom“ the new tenant ticker symbol on the New State St., Ann Arbor. Ⅲ Habib Vaziri, former a brisk business selling will be in the former York Stock Exchange will re- Ⅲ The Great Lakes Renew- chief of staff at St. Joseph ... warm clothing. It was Seldom Blues space, main PHM. able Energy Association will Mercy Oakland Hospital and football weather in Matt Prentice is working Ⅲ Metering system parts Detroit, a city whose hard to lock it down. … host the 2010 Michigan chairman of its medical ex- football team plays its Prentice said GM is also supplier Brooks Utility Prod- Wind Energy Conference at ecutive committee, died games in the room- talking to the likes of ucts Inc. could add up to 20 Cobo Center in Detroit on March 21. He was 75. temperature comfort of The Cheesecake Factory manufacturing jobs at its April 20 and 21 with the Ⅲ Marilyn Williamson, re- Ford Field. and P.F. Chang’s. Farmington Hills head- goal of offering businesses tired chairwoman of the quarters within months as assistance getting into the English department of Reporter Bill Shea’s blog on sports, the” media, Reporter Nathan Skid’s Detroit-area restaurant” blog a result of consolidating wind energy industry. Wayne State University, died transportation and marketing can be found can be found at www.crainsdetroit.com/skid work from its Canton, Ⅲ Japan’s Toyota Motor Feb. 19 of brain cancer. She at www.crainsdetroit.com/shea Ohio, plant, which is being Co. has signed an agree- was 82. DBpageAD.qxd 2/17/2010 12:32 PM Page 1 DBpageAD.qxd 4/7/2010 9:23 AM Page 1

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