TRAVERSE CITY - Traverse connect hosted their Annual Economic Summit at the Grand Traverse Resort. The Summit is to highlight the region for its growth and challenges the community faces.
Traverse Connect merged with the Traverse City Area Chamber of Commerce in 2019 and has continued to connect different organizations within the region to further economic development. The Summit pointed out the growth of the Northern Michigan region with the area growing by more than 4% whereas the state of Michigan as a whole is not seeing growth, the summit helps bring organizations throughout the region in one room.
“It’s really important to point out the way to uplift the economy and to work as a region is the collaboration. And that’s where our region really stands out. Northern Michigan is a model for collaboration, for working together, for creative problem solving across sectors, the public sector, the private sector,” says Warren call, President and CEO Traverse Connect.
Traverse Connect wants people in the community to celebrate the growth within the region especially the population.