UM: Auto Industry

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The Detroit Free Press reports that the U.S. Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) granted $500,000 to the University of Michigan and the Ann Arbor-based Center for Automotive Research in order to aid areas affected by auto plant closures. The grant funds a program that is aimed at helping those communities to keep partnerships with universities and local governments. “Collaboration,” says John Fernandez, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development, “is critical to helping auto-impacted communities remain competitive.” [Source]