EMU opens office in NW Detroit, MI-SBTDC moves downtown
Educational and entrepreneurial options are moving around and into Detroit this fall.
Eastern Michigan University is opening a new off-campus center on the city’s northwest side at 7800 W. Outer Drive across the street from Wayne County Community College District’s northwest campus. The 10,983-square-foot facility consists of space for faculty offices, classrooms, a computer lab and a student lounge.
EMU offers a wide range of courses and degrees in the new space, including nursing, social work and education sectors. The new office replaces a smaller location in the Northwest Activities Center.
The Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center, commonly known as MI-SBTDC, is also moving its offices from TechTown to the former Barden Communications building in downtown Detroit. Grand Valley State University purchased the building earlier this year and MI-SBTDC, which helps grow tech entrepreneurs and start-ups, moving into the space to be closer to Grand Valley State, which also is the home to MI-SBTDC headquarters.
“It’s really about creating some synergies between Grand Valley State University and the Detroit office of MI-SBTDC,” says Wendy Thomas, associate regional director of MI-SBTDC.
MI-SBTDC will move six employees into 1,500 square feet of space in the former Barden building, which overlooks Comerica Park.
Source: Eastern Michigan University and Wendy Thomas, associate regional director of Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center
Writer: Jon Zemke
Read more about Metro Detroit’s growing entrepreneurial ecosystem at SEMichiganStartup.com.
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