American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Merit Network Lights REACH-3MC Network from Muskegon to Hart

Merit Network Inc. announced Friday the completion of approximately 43 miles of their REACH-3MC network build-out between Muskegon and Hart.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/12/16

UP Town Gets Broadband Service

Madison, Wis.-based TDS Telecommunications Corp. saiid Thursday that its American Recovery and Reinvestment Act stimulus-funded broadband Internet project in Chatham, Mich. is now accessible to nearly everyone living in the area.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/11/29

Merit Network Installs First REACH-3MC II ‘Telecom Hut’ in Escanaba

Merit Network Inc. announced the installation of the first telecommunications hut as part of the REACH-3MC II broadband stimulus project. The hut was successfully deployed on the campus of Bay de Noc Community College.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/10/03

Realtors Tout State-Backed Home Energy Assessments

The Michigan Association of Realtors announced today the launch of a new partnership to promote awareness among Michigan homeowners about a state government-backed program providing low-cost home energy assessments that can help shave hundreds of dollars a year from utility bills.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/10/02

Livonia Firm Helping Companies Take Advantage Of Tax Break For Tech

Technology Solutions LLC, a provider of unified communications, announced this week that the company is helping customers take advantage of a large tax-break for small to mid-sized businesses with Internal Revenue Code Section 179.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2011/12/07

The Allband-Merit fiber optic groundbreaking

Merit, Allband Join Forces on Broadband Expansion Projects

Ann Arbor-based Merit Network Inc. and the Curran-based Allband Communications Cooperative said Tuesday that they will work together to save taxpayer money on their Broadband Technology Opportunities Program and Broadband Initiative Program projects, part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, better known as the federal stimulus.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2011/07/12

UM Touts Stimulus Job Creation, Research

If you don’t think the federal stimulus has done much good, they beg to differ with you at the University of Michigan. UM officials Thursday staged an event to describe their job-creating research endeavors — […]

2010/09/09

Biden: UM Transforming Economy Through Innovation

Two University of Michigan researchers were honored Tuesday by Vice President Joe Biden for “transforming the American economy through innovation” to accelerate significant advances in science and technology. The White House honored UM autism researcher […]

2010/08/24

MCAAA Awarded Low-Income Energy Grants

The Michigan Community Action Agency Association has been awarded two grants related to energy efficiency and low income families, including a $15 million grant to administer a federal Department of Energy American Recovery and Reinvestment […]

2010/08/24

Proteos Receives Small Business Catalyst Grant

Proteos, a protein expression and purification contract research organization located in Kalamazoo’s Southwest Michigan Innovation Center, has received a grant under the National Institutes of Health Recovery Act Limited Competition: Small Business Catalyst Awards for […]

2010/07/21

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