"Michael Finney" is a professional magician. He was born in 1954 in Woodland, California.

He moved to Phoenix, Arizona in 1978. He has appeared on numerous television specials and performs regularly throughout the U.S. He has appeared on the cover of The Linking Ring.

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Skip Simms has a strong background bridging the equity investment and business worlds. Skip's experience will be extremely valuable in enabling SPARK to accelerate and retain innovation-focused companies in our region.

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Michigan is my home, but Rochester has become a place that's awfully sticky for me and my family.

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If you have what a company needs, and can provide it to them quickly, that is a very good way to attract a company to your community.

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Basically, they're overpaying.

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The local culture is another important aspect to consider when thinking about what kinds of things you want to attract. For example, the city of Ann Arbor probably would not be the best place for a automotive manufacturing plant, but in Ypsilanti, they already have facilities in place so perhaps that's the best kind of community for that kind of project.

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I arrived here with basically a cell phone. When you look at the capability of GRE right now, it is anything but that.

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It's not that big for me because I don't move on after this or anything, but I'm still so happy to get another trophy.

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GRE has, in fact, become the lead entity for economic development here in the community. And I think that's the most exciting thing.

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