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Ann Arbor business news updating soon. Plymouth, Mich., Township hosts Step-Free bus plant Ann Arbor, Mich., OKs taller Crescent apartment plan MPSC: energy waste programs to save customers $1.44B Whitmer backs housing redevelopments in Calumet, Grand Haven Detroit, Mich., insurer faces AG monopoly antitrust suit Grand Rapids, Mich., amphitheater tops 400,000 in year one Detroit, Mich., sees Waymo begin driverless testing Ann Arbor business news updating soon. Plymouth, Mich., Township hosts Step-Free bus plant Ann Arbor, Mich., OKs taller Crescent apartment plan MPSC: energy waste programs to save customers $1.44B Whitmer backs housing redevelopments in Calumet, Grand Haven Detroit, Mich., insurer faces AG monopoly antitrust suit Grand Rapids, Mich., amphitheater tops 400,000 in year one Detroit, Mich., sees Waymo begin driverless testing
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  • Michigan Medicine (U-M Health System).
  • Trinity Health / St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor.
  • Ann Arbor Public Schools.

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  • FTZ #70 — Detroit (Ann Arbor in zone) — federal duty-deferral zone for manufacturers and distributors here.
  • Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW).

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