Better Great Lakes, More Great Jobs

3 September 2005 - 1:00pm

Restoration would spur long-range growth in the Great Lakes region.

A multi-billion dollar proposal to restore the Great Lakes would generate hundreds of thousands of jobs in a region of the United States hit hard by globalization and unemployment, according to expert observers. They add that a properly designed restoration could also lead to much longer-range job development, too.

Source: Michigan Land Use Institute, September 2, 2005
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