This month's Michigan Financing Roundtable Newsletter will feature overviews of sessions and speakers for the upcoming Michigan Financing Roundtable Event, September 17 in East Lansing, MI. For more information including full agenda, registration and more, click here.

The State of Michigan possesses some of the most sophisticated and effective bond financing programs of any state in the nation. During the CDFA Michigan Financing Roundtable, speakers will explore bond financing case examples which have proven to be effective tools in addressing critical infrastructure needs, supporting community development, and driving business and industry investment.

In the wake of an economic downturn, many communities are left with sites, projects, districts, or entire urban cores requiring redevelopment and revitalization. As a solution to these challenges, tools have emerged as strategies to concentrate development opportunities into targeted locations. Within this session, presenters will discuss their experiences using these powerful finance mechanisms to catalyze public improvements and spur private investment.

Public-Private Partnership (P3) models are being used to provide creative solutions to finance vital development projects, including real estate developments, schools, parking garages, public transit, affordable housing, water facilities, and more. During this session, finance leaders David Lick with Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith and Julie Bennett with Public Sector Consultants examine this emerging model.

Michigan is a leader in supporting entrepreneurs and innovation industries. Never before have there been so many access to capital tools available to support new and emerging businesses. Join Dr. Brian Abraham with Spartan Innovations and Skip Simms with Ann Arbor SPARK to hear about new programs and case studies for financing innovation and entrepreneurs.

Whether you are working in an urban, suburban, or rural area of the state, the federal government has hundreds of finance resources available to assist with your project. Join us as representatives from several federal agencies describe the tools and programs which are available to support community and economic development efforts in the state of Michigan.

Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - East Lansing, Michigan
Join the CDFA Michigan Financing Roundtable this September 17, for our annual conference focused on "Maximizing Economic Development, Minimizing Risk in the Great Lakes State". This one-day conference will feature a number of economic development finance experts and leaders from around the state discussing new development finance tools, resources, authorities, and approaches and how these methods can move Michigan's economy forward. Topics to be discussed include job creation, access to capital, redevelopment, infrastructure, reinvestment, federal funding and much more.

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Recognizing that Michigan has a small venture capital industry, the Michigan Strategic Fund formed the Michigan Venture Development Fund to assist in the growth of the venture industry across the state. The program aims to encourage diversification of the state's economy into competitive technology sectors.

Michigan is working to reinvent itself to accelerate economic success for businesses. Action has been taken to create a positive business environment by eliminating business taxes and more than 1,000 regulations since April 2011. This strategy outlines Michigan's strengths and opportunities to catalyze economic growth in logistics and supply chain networks.

Evans Paull with Redevelopment Economics presents TIF trends, the often conflicted relationship between TIF and brownfields, solutions to using TIF for brownfields redevelopment, and case studies from around the country.

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