Business View Civil and Municipal | May/June 2022

29 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 5 MIDLAND , MI CHIGAN The I-Park houses Dow, DuPont and Corteva, as well as global material solutions provider, Trinseo and bioscience company, IFF. Midland’s other large employers include MyMichigan Health, the Midland Public Schools school board and two universities – Northwood University and Davenport University’s Great Lakes Bay campus. According to Kaye, “What we hear from businesses is that this is a place everyone is looking at for talented individuals. They see Midland has one of the highest per capita percentages of people with PhDs. There’s just a great talent of individuals here. We are always letting businesses know about us, but many times they’re coming to us because they’re investing. In fact, they are working with the city council on a renaissance zone for an up to $150 million investment going forward.” Today, Midland embraces a diverse chemical manufacturing industry, anchored by Dow, whose headquarters remain in the city. The city is also home to fellow chemical and science-product producer DuPont, as well as agriculture and chemical seed company Corteva Agriscience. Stamas confirms, “DuPont is here with 600- 700 employees, and Corteva with 700-800 employees is in the midst of a $250 million investment in what we call the I-Park, which was traditionally the home of Dow’s operations, but is now an industrial park.”