# @michigan-central on LinkedIn

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- **Original URL:** https://www.linkedin.com/posts/michigan-central_fordproaccelerate-activity-7379201542614081536-g3r8
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- **Posted:** 2025-10-01T17:12:26.675+00:00
- **Account Owner:** company/michigan-central (@company/michigan-central) — https://gondola.cc/company/michigan-central

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During #FordProAccelerate: The Essential Economy summit at Michigan Central, top leaders across business and government came together to discuss the essential industries and workforce that keep daily life running, from transportation to construction, energy, manufacturing, and many other areas.
Michigan Central CEO Josh Sirefman joined Mayor Mike Duggan, Rachel Holt, Evan Anderson, Aaron Slodov and Rhett Buttle to unpack how innovation ecosystems like Michigan Central can drive productivity and workforce development, and the steps Detroit has taken to position itself at the epicenter of mobility progress. 

Key takeaways:
⚫ Detroit’s existing industrial and manufacturing expertise, combined with recent investment and commitment from government, companies, universities, and innovation ecosystems like Michigan Central have streamlined physical and regulatory needs – driving ongoing economic growth.

⚫ Investment flows to where innovation is happening. With so many big companies operating out of Detroit, it has the potential to embrace and work with startups to build a full mobility ecosystem. Already, 40% of startups at Michigan Central have come from outside of Michigan

⚫ Collaboration between government and private entities has allowed for the creation of workshops, labs, aerial testing zones for emerging tech like drones, and industrial-zoned sites that can quickly be turned into manufacturing space – assets for Detroit to continue to build and capitalize on to drive progress and productivity.

⚫ A prepared workforce is vital, and the region’s universities, innovation hubs and public/private partners are coming together to educate and train youth and adults to be leaders of innovation and prepare the workforce of today for the careers of tomorrow.

To join Michigan Central's ecosystem of doers moving mobility development in Detroit forward, click here: https://wkf.ms/4mQZZfq 

Ford Motor Company Ford Pro Jim Farley Aspen Ideas Climate

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