$1.35
billion to develop and
build advanced batteries, $243 million to weatherize 40,000 homes, $650
million
in SBA loans to small businesses, tax credits leveraging $750 million
in
private investment for clean energy manufacturing: the Recovery Act is
changing Michigan's economic landscape. Our new report highlights
the
ways Recovery Act dollars are fueling our own economic priorities and
pumping
new energy in to the state's signature industry.
ENERGETX: A Recovery Act Success Story
In 2008, a Holland boat building family decided to diversify into wind turbine components – that is, until the global economy went bust and capital became difficult to come by. Thanks to the Recovery Act, Energetx is now retooling, gearing up, and creating jobs – up to 1,000 new jobs by 2014.