“Make no mistake, make it perfectly clear, to get where we’re going, we gotta keep it right here.” - From Jeff Daniels’ fifth CD, "Keep It Right Here" Actor/Musician Jeff Daniels could have written that line in support of preserving Michigan’s generous film incentive program, but he didn’t. I interviewed ...
Jim BurnsteinEver since Gov. Engler asked me in 2002 to serve on the Michigan Film Advisory Commission, my position has been unequivocal that there would be no meaningful film production in this state unless we gave production companies a reason to come here in the form of an incentive. My ...
Democrat Rebekah Warren and Republican John Hochstetler agreed on one thing Wednesday night: It's a shame to see cuts to the Pure Michigan tourism campaign. The Pure Michigan promotional budget for this year is about $17 million, down from $28 million in 2009. Last year, the ad campaign was responsible ...
The Ann Arbor region’s hotel industry sold 19,000 room nights to the film industry so far in 2009, according to new data from the Ann Arbor Area Convention and Visitors Bureau.That film business is equivalent to renting an entire 150-room hotel for four months.The increase in film activity in the ...
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