Civil Municipal Magazine - Nov 2023

125 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 12 For much of the late 19th century, the town was a central hub of Michigan’s lumber industry – it received logs from the state’s abundant pine forests via the same river that also powered its sawmills; its expanding port serviced the Great Lake shipping vessels that transported the milled lumber to a growing nation and beyond; and its many railroads lines carried goods and passengers to and from the city in every direction. By the early 20th century, the lumber industry had declined, but automobile production proliferated throughout the Wolverine State, and foundries and manufacturing facilities were established in Saginaw to supply General Motors and other car makers with metal, chemicals, and glass, as well as various manufactured parts and assemblies -- manual transmissions, steering gearboxes, and pumps, etc. During World War II, the city’s industrial complex turned its efforts to the production of munitions, ordnance, and military vehicles. Throughout the 1940s and ‘50s, Saginaw’s SAGINAW, MICHIGAN HEALTHCARE SVSU takes pride in its nursing program, where our students boast an impressive 92% pass rate on the national licensing examination— surpassing the national average of 80%. As part of our ongoing commitment to healthcare in Michigan, SVSU has forged strategic partnerships with major healthcare providers such as Covenant HealthCare, MyMichigan Health, Ascension, and McLaren Health Care. svsu.edu