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(Community Matters 51) Could Ford Really Bail on Marshall Battery Plant?

September 26, 2023 by Richard Piet

Two-episode special Ford Motor Company’s plans for the Megasite in Marshall Township, Michigan back in February, 2023 were clear: Ford will build a lithium ion phosphate battery plant on the site and bring 2500 new jobs to the area. The site has been readying for construction in earnest, even while a grassroots lawsuit attempted to …

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(Community Matters 50) Marshall Committee: ‘This Isn’t The End’ for BlueOval Suit

September 23, 2023 by Richard Piet

Glenn Kowalske, spokesperson for the organization opposing construction of the BlueOval Battery Park Michigan plant in Marshall, returns to Community Matters. This is Kowalske’s first conversation with Community Matters after a judge ruled against the Committee for Marshall-Not the Megasite’s lawsuit targeting the zoning process for the plant. At the time of the interview, the …

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(Community Matters 50) BCU Helps Seal DENSO Reinvestment in Battle Creek Plant

September 23, 2023 by Richard Piet

Fresh back from Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s business development mission to Japan, Battle Creek Unlimited’s Joe Sobieralski returns to Community Matters. He discusses the multimillion dollar reinvestment by DENSO Manufacturing Michigan to modernize its Battle Creek plant – and, he says, why more such investments would be a good thing – even though they are not …

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(Community Matters 49) Judge Sides with Ford in BlueOval Marshall Case; Lawyers Respond

September 15, 2023 by Richard Piet

Ford Motor Company’s plans for a lithium iron phosphate battery production facility in Marshall, Michigan seemingly remain on track. On September 15, 2023, Judge William Marietti sided with Ford in a decision over potential rezoning of the site. The case was brought by a citizens’ group, Committee for Marshall-Not the Megasite, a spokesman for which told Community …

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(Community Matters 47) Lightner on Partisan Politics in Lansing: ‘I Hate That’

September 2, 2023 by Richard Piet

First Aired September 2, 2023 In her last Community Matters check-in before the fall 2023 legislative session in Lansing, Rep. Sarah Lightner (R-Springport) of Michigan’s 45th District talks about a number of subjects. Among them: The House independent contractor bill lingering in Lansing, bills associated with juvenile justice and more. She also offers perspective on what the …

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(Community Matters 47) Educating about EVs – the Future of Mobility

September 2, 2023 by Richard Piet

First Aired September 2, 2023 Most automakers are moving ahead fervently with a plan to convert all or much of their lineups to electric models in the coming years. At the same time, researchers are working to study and improve battery techology for EVs. In the first in a Community Matters mini-series of episodes meant to help …

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(Community Matters 45) Attorney: Lawsuit is about Referendum, not BlueOval Plant

August 19, 2023 by Richard Piet

First Aired August 19, 2023 Community Matters continues its coverage of the Marshall, Michigan-planned Ford BlueOval Battery Park Michigan plant. This time, Richard Piet is joined by attorney Robby Dube, a member of the legal team for the Committee for Marshall-Not the Megasite. Dube offers an update on a course of events that seemed headed for …

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(Community Matters 44) Considerations When Building A Modern Plant Like BlueOval from the Ground Up

August 12, 2023 by Richard Piet

First Aired August 12, 2023 Ford Motor Company’s intent to build a new battery plant in Marshall, Michigan presents an interesting opportunity: The chance to build a new manufacturing facility from the ground up. On this episode of Community Matters, we ask manufacturing consultant Mike Craig of the west-Michigan-based GKW Business Solutions to help us understand what innovations Ford might …

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