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About the Grand Traverse Region and Northwest Michigan

The Grand Traverse region offers endless economic opportunities and an exceptional quality of life.

Our region offers robust opportunities across diverse industries, with jobs ranging from healthcare to advanced manufacturing to hospitality management and tourism — and everything in between. Our region is close to the Detroit, Chicago, and Grand Rapids markets and just a few hours drive to the state capitol in Lansing. The region offers easy access to Interstate 75, the region’s largest airport with direct flights to 17 destinations,  and easy access to several state highways.

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In 2022, the Traverse City Micropolitan area was ranked #17 in the Economic Strength Rankings amongst all 543 U.S. Micropolitan Statistical Areas by POLICOM Corporation, an independent economics research firm which specializes in analyzing the dynamics of local and state economies.

YOUR REGIONAL DEAL TEAM

Warren Call

President & CEO, Traverse Connect

warren.call@traverseconnect.com

 Warren Call

Jessie Mitchell

Business Development Manager, Regions 2 & 3, MEDC

mitchellj20@michigan.org

 MEDC

Daniel Leonard

MEDC Community Assistance Team, Region 2

leonardd6@michigan.org

 MEDC

Chris Bosio

International Trade Development Manager, MEDC

bosioc@michigan.org

 MEDC International Trade

Jodi Gruner

Economic & Community Development Specialist, MDARD

GrunerJ@Michigan.gov

 MDARD

Laura Galbraith

President, Venture North Funding

laura@venturenorthfunding.org

 Venture North

Joni Krolczyk

Business Consultant, Michigan SBDC

jkrolczyk@michigansbdc.org

 Michigan SBDC

Jessica Willis

Chief Program Officer

jessica.willis@networksnorthwest.org

 Networks Northwest

AVAILABLE OFFICE SPACE IN DOWNTOWN TRAVERSE CITY

Office Space

101 Park Street

Located at Front and Park Street, just a block from West Grand Traverse Bay. For lease.

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Office Space

102 W. Front Street

Office space in Traverse City's landmark "Fifth Bank Building" built in 1900 on Union and Front streets.

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Office Space

109 E. Front Street

Office space in the historic "Hannah Lay Building" on Union and Front streets.

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Downtown Traverse City: A Great Place to Start or Move a Business

Serving as the caretakers of Downtown Traverse City, the DDA works with businesses, property owners, and residents to maintain a vibrant city center that is economically healthy.

Contact the DDA

About the Grand Traverse Region

City of Traverse City

The City of Traverse City published The Performance 2020, an overview of the achievements, improvements, and services in Traverse City.

Venture North

Grow or start your business with the help of Venture North. Venture North believes in small businesses as the backbone of thriving communities. They have provided more than $6 million in funding to entrepreneurs in northwest Michigan.

Garfield Township: Barlow Garfield - A Neighborhood Vision

The Barlow Garfield Neighborhood is a connected, livable, community center within Garfield Township. The neighborhood is a destination for shopping and services with sidewalks and improved streets. The neighborhood provides a variety of housing choices, public gathering places, and parks.

Community Development Coalition of Northwest Michigan

The Coalition empowers and engages cross-sector leadership to set collective priorities in the areas of economic, societal, and environmental improvements and to collaboratively drive favorable outcomes for the communities in our region.

Opportunity Zones in Michigan

The concept of Opportunity Zones was created in the 2017 U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Opportunity Zones are designed to increase the amount of patient (long-term) capital investments in low-income communities around the country that have been cut off from capital and have experienced a lack of business growth. There are three types of tax incentives that relate to the treatment of capital gains. Each incentive is tied to the longevity of an investor’s stake in a qualified Opportunity Fund. The greatest incentives are reserved for investments held for 10 years or more.

Opportunity Zone: Prosperity Region 2

Map of the opportunity zones in northern Michigan's Prosperity Region 2.

Warehousing and Order Fulfillment Services

Efulfillment Service is a Traverse City-based warehousing and order fulfillment services including assembly and returns processing.

EFulfillment has 260,000 square feet of warehouse space and 120 employees. They specialize in ecommerce order fulfillment plus general warehousing services, and have been in business for 20 years, picking, packing and shipping 25,000+ orders a week.

Get a quote today and mention Traverse Connect.

Tuesday, December 5

TCYP Happy Hour - Firefly

5:30pm - 7:30pm

Firefly 
310 Cass St
Traverse City, MI 49684

Free!

Details & Registration

Tuesday, December 12

Coffee Connection

8:45am - 10:00am

Upon registration, you will receive a confirmation email containing the address for this in-person event. If you do not see your confirmation email, please check your spam folder. Space is limited, register today!

4Front Credit Union Administration Center
305 W Front Street,
Traverse City, MI 49684

FREE (Included Benefit of Investment with Traverse Connect)

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Wednesday, December 13

Ribbon Cutting - Crackerjack Photography Studio

1:45pm - 2:15pm

716 Boon St
Traverse City, MI 49685

Directions to Ribbon Cutting: The studio is located at the corner of Boon St and Woodmere St. (next to the original Mundos location which is now Factory Man Roasting House).

 

Details & Registration

Monday, December 18

Lunch & Learn: Navigating Sales Tax in Michigan & Out of State

11:30am - 1:30pm

Traverse Connect | 1st Floor Conference Room 
Zoom - virtual option (link will be provided upon registering) 

Free for GTAMC Members
$15 for future GTAMC Members 

Please be advised this event is for manufactures only 

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