The Detroit region offers companies of all sizes and all industries one of the best business climates in the nation.
The region is home to 10 of Michigan’s 17 Fortune 500 companies which generated a combined revenue of over $223 billion in 2020. The Detroit region also offers low cost of living compared to other peer regions. In addition, Michigan ranks 12th among states for overall tax climate.
“Safely and efficiently moving people and goods is a critical component to a healthy economy. The Detroit region is thriving and growing, however, my any measure, Southeast Michigan lags the rest of the nation in the development and use of public transit. Amazon noted the state of public transit as a key reason why Detroit was not chosen as a finalist for the Amazon’s HQ2 – as have other potential employers.
Voters deserve an opportunity to determine the future of the region. As members of the Employers for Transit Coalition, we call on our elected leaders and the Regional Transit Authority Board of Directors to place a transit plan on the ballot this November that will finally expand mobility options throughout Macomb, Oakland, Wayne and Washtenaw counties. We consider moving forward on regional transit a critical element of this region’s economic prosperity.”
Please note that this statement does not endorse any one specific transit plan, although the plan led by Wayne County Executive Warren Evans is the only viable plan at this time.
The Chamber hopes you will once again join many other business leaders in supporting a solution to our regional transit challenge.
News Coverage
The Detroit News, May 9, 2018
Detroit Free Press, May 2, 2018
Detroit Free Press, April 15, 2018
Participating Employers
The Employers for Transit coalition includes 220 employers and 267,217 employees. The list below is a sample of employers who have joined the coalition.
A&S Industrial Coating | Aaron’s Fabrication | AAW Infrastructure Partners, L3C |
AB Holdings, Inc. | Administrative Controls Management, Inc. | Advanced Boring & Tool |
AeroFilter | Albar Industries | American Axle |
Angelo Iafrate Construction Company | Anixter Power Solutions | Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Services (ACCESS) |
Archer Corporate Services | Ardmore Power Logistics | Aria Energy |
Aristeo | Art Van | Ascension |
ASG Renaissance | ASTI Environmental | Atwell, LLC |
Banner Sign Company | Barton Malow Company | Beaumont Health |
Bianchi Public Relations | Black & Veatch | Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan |
Blue Heron Talent, LLC | Bodman PLC | BOF MI 1075 W. Entrance LLC |
BoostUp Inc. | Bradley Co. | Brinker Group |
Burns & Mcdonnell Michigan, Inc. | Butzel Long | Cass Lock Contracting and Sales |
CDA Engineering, Inc. | Center Line Electric | Ceratizit |
Chase | Chemical Bank | Choctaw-Kaul |
CBIC | Citizens Bank Michigan | CnC Controls |
Colliers International | Colonial Heating and Cooling | Comerica Bank |
Construction Association of Michigan | Continental Charters, LLC | Corby Energy Services |
Curiosity Ink Media | D & L Water Control, Inc. | Dee Cramer, Inc. |
Deloitte LLP | Dennis W. Archer PLLC | DENSO |
Detroit Manufacturing Systems | Detroit Regional Chamber | Downtown Detroit Partnership |
DTE Energy | Duke and Duke Services, Inc. | Dykema Gossett PLLC |
Dynamic Compressor | Dziurman Dzign, Inc. | Eastern Market Corporation |
ECS Partnership LLC | Ekklesia Building Corporation | Energy Equipment, LLC |
Energy Group, LLC | Energy Sciences | Ericson Mint, LLC |
Espino Enterprises | Everybody Ready | Fakhoury Global Immigration |
Ferlito Group | Fishbones | Flagstar Bank |
Foley Lardner, LLP | Ford Motor Company | Foster Swift Collins & Smith PC |
Franco Public Relations Group | Gardner White Furniture | General Motors Co. |
Give ‘Em a Brake Safety | Golden Dental Plans | Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit |
Goodwill Green Works | HAP | Henry Ford College |
Henry Ford Health System | Highgate LLC | HNTB Michigan |
Holiday Inn Southgate | Home Service Corporation | Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP |
Hotel St. Regis | HydroChem | Ideal Contracting, LLC |
Ignite Social Media Group | Ilitch Holdings | Industrial Electric Co. of Detroit, Inc. |
Infrasource | Interior Environments | Inteva Products |
J.G. Kern Enterprises, Inc. | J.W. Bubnes and Associates, Inc. | James Group International |
JPJS Ventures, LLC | JS Vig Construction Company | Judeh & Associates, Inc. |
JVS | Kaltz Excavating | Kennedy Industries |
Kent Power, Inc. | Kostal Kontakt Systeme | Kyrris Marketing |
Lapeer Plating and Plastics | Lear Corporation | LeCom |
Liberty Center 1 | Lormax Stern Development Co. | Lyft |
Magnum Educational Services | Mahle | Marygrove College |
MFC Netform | Matrix Human Services | Michigan Capital Advisors |
Mid-American Group (MAG) | Miller Canfield | Milo Detroit |
Moellertech | Monarch Welding & Engineering | Motor City Electric Co. |
MPW Environmental Services, Inc. | Nelson Ventures | New Enterprise at Work, Icn. |
Next Generation Services Group, Inc. | Northeast Guidance Center | North Star HR |
Nova Consultants, Inc. | NSI Consulting | NTH Consultants, Ltd. |
OCG Companies, LLC | OHM Advisors | Open Logic |
Opportunity Resource Fund | OpTech and OpTech Solutions | PJ Steel, Inc |
Penske Corporation | PES Group, Inc. | Platinum Equity |
Plunkett Cooney P.C. | PNC | PVS Chemicals, Inc. |
PwC | Qstride Inc. | Quicken Loans |
R.L. Coolsaet Construction | Ralph C Wilson Jr. Foundation | Rand Environmental Services |
Rand Industrial Insulation | Reagan Mechanical | Real Times Media |
Rock Ventures, LLC | Roncelli, Inc. | Roy Smith Company |
Rudolph Libbe Group | Sachse Construction | Seel, LLC |
Seneca Clark | Shelving, Inc. | Shiloh Industries, Inc. |
Sidock Group, Inc. | Siebert Cisneros Shank | Sigma Associates |
Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber | Southwest Detroit Business Association | Stafford House Inc. |
Stateline Construction | Strategic Staffing Solutions (S3) | Studvent Catering |
Tanner Friedman | Tetra Tech of Michigan | The Henry Ford |
The Ideal Group Inc. | The Kresge Foundation | The Parade Company |
The Platform | The Right productions Inc. | The Skillman Foundation |
The WW Group, Inc. | TI Automotive | TK Mold |
Transportation Riders United | UHY LLP | United Machining |
University of Detroit Mercy | US Truck Driver Training School | Utility Resource Group, LLC |
Vectorform | Wade Trim Associates, Inc. | Walker-Miller Energy Services |
Wayne State University | Wolverine Building Group | Xtreme Powerline Construction |
Learn about the region’s economics, workforce and talent, industry clusters and more.
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