| Michigan is a large state in the Midwest with a | | | | casino gambling. Detroit is the largest U.S. city to have |
| population now over 10 million people. Traditionally, | | | | legalized casino gambling. |
| Michigan has been the center of the American | | | | Michigan has a large tourist industry, with destinations |
| automotive industry for about 100 years. These jobs | | | | such as Traverse City, Mackinac Island, the Upper |
| are lately in jeopardy, with the decline of U.S. based | | | | Peninsula around its abundant forests and wildlife. |
| manufacture of cars, and the location of foreign car | | | | Outside of Detroit Metropolitan area and Grand Rapids |
| companies in other, mostly southern regions of the | | | | Metropolitan area, the state is quite rural with large |
| United States. Still manufacturing in automotive, steel | | | | expanses of forests. Michigan has over one million |
| and other heavy industry has a place in the Michigan | | | | licensed hunters each year, and a significant economy |
| economy. This could be the source of your idea for | | | | around forest products. Muskegon and Skaugatuck |
| your Michigan Incorporation . Michigan industry has | | | | are well-known beach towns on Lake Michigan, known |
| expanded into hi-tech fields, and there is a strong | | | | for their beaches, sand dunes and golf courses. |
| appeal to tourism particularly around the forests and | | | | Ludington is known for its Big Sable Point Lighthouse, a |
| hunting opportunities of Michigan. | | | | place to charter a fishing boat, and its miles of hiking |
| Luckily, Michigan is not all about the motor industry. The | | | | and biking trails. |
| information, computer and biotechnology portions of | | | | In Grand Rapids, the convention business has seen an |
| the economy have found a solid home in Detroit area | | | | increase following the construction of the DeVos Place |
| and Grand Rapids, as well as other Michigan locations. | | | | Convention Center. Grand Rapids is also home to the |
| Michigan's agricultural economy is also significant in the | | | | Mercantile Bank of Michigan. |
| production of cherries, apples, grapes, wine, peaches | | | | Kalamazoo is located in the Southwestern part of |
| and other food products. Michigan still has the | | | | Michigan and has four popular local breweries and |
| headquarters of General Motors, Ford, | | | | brewpubs producing a variety of beer styles. The A.M. |
| Daimler-Chrysler, as well as Kellogg's and Post | | | | Todd Company, one of the lead producers of |
| Cereals, and significant operations of Compuware and | | | | peppermint oil and other flavorings, is headquartered in |
| IBM and Pfizer, the pharmaceutical giant. Some | | | | Kalamazoo. Kalamazoo was home to The Upjohn |
| Fortune 500 companies headquartered around Detroit | | | | Company, a pharmaceutical manufacturer which, after |
| include General Motors, auto parts maker American | | | | a series of mergers beginning in 1995, is now a part of |
| Axle & Manufacturing, and DTE Energy. Detroit is also | | | | Pfizer. Many of Upjohn's complexes remain, in |
| home to operations of Compuware, and the leading | | | | downtown Kalamazoo and neighboring Portage. The |
| accounting firms, Ernst & Young, and Deloitte & | | | | city is also home to the Stryker Corporation, a surgical |
| Touche. | | | | and medical devices manufacturer. Kalamazoo also |
| The Metro Detroit area offers four major casinos, | | | | has the distinctive flavor of a college town. It is the |
| MGM Grand Detroit, Greektown, Motor City, and | | | | home of four campuses of Western Michigan |
| Casino Windsor, in Windsor, Canada across the | | | | University, a public university. |
| border; moreover, Detroit is the largest city to offer | | | | |