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Blue is the New Green – Michigan’sEmerging “Blue Economy”Ottawa County’s Ninth Annual Water Quality ForumFriday, November 7, 2014West Olive, MichiganJohn Austin, President, Michigan State Board of EducationBrookings Institution Non-Resident Senior FellowDirector, Michigan Economic Center at Prima CivitasTHE BROOKINGS INSTITUTIONMETROPOLITAN POLICY PROGRAM
We always talk about the Great Lakes region, with 20% ofworld’s surface freshwater, around which live50,000,000 peopleGLEIBROOKINGS
And the scale of our waterfront realestate THE GREAT LAKES & ST. LAWRENCE RIVER REGIONHAVE OVER 11,000 MILES OF LAKE FRONTAGECHICAGOTHIS EQUATES TO THE DISTANCE BETWEEN CHICAGO,ILLINOIS, & PERTH, AUSTRALIA.PERTHGLEIBROOKINGS
And our worldleading centersof research andlearning TOP INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHERLEARNING 20 OF WORLD’S BESTRESEARCH UNIVERSITIES AREHERE – MORE THAN ANYOTHER REGION JOINING RICH NETWORK OFCOLLEES & COMMUNITYCOLLEGES TO PRODUCE THETALENT - ENGAGED IN THEFUTURE OF WATER,TECHNOLOGY AND THEPLANET PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTORINNOVATIONGLEI GLOBAL CLASSROOMBROOKINGS LED GREEN REVOLUTION –CAN LEAD BLUE REVOLUTION
And how water makes magical placesto live, work & playGLEIBROOKINGS
And with Healthy Waters, Strong Economy: EconomicImpact of Great Lakes Restoration report, came thereality that clean water and restoration make you rich!Lakes and their waterways are a major economic andenvironmental assetDetroit: 3,700-7,000Metro benefitsof restoration,in millions of2006 dollars:Buffalo: 600-1,100Milwaukee: 1,500-2,300Cleveland: 2,100-3,700GLEIChicago: 7,400-13,300BROOKINGS
Water defines us, and gives us “Pure Michigan”
But what does this really add up to? What isthis Blue Economy?GLEIBROOKINGS
Great Lakes & Michigan’s BlueEconomy - Building on Great Lakes region’sabundant water, access to water, watereducation and innovation assets to grow jobsand incomesFive ways water matters to theeconomy today
Legacy Uses: Shipping, Ports, Commercial FishingGreat Lakes States and Provinces: Over 200,000 jobs,including 65,000 jobs, 3.3 billion wages/yr. in Michigan
Big Water Using Businesses: Agriculture,Energy, Manufacturing, Beverages581,000 jobs (8th in nation in share of employment) and 40billion annual wages in Michigan – 1.2 million jobs in GreatLakes
Emerging Water Products and ServicesFor Trillion Global Water Technology MarketGreat Lakes States and Provinces: 1.2 million jobsMichigan - 140,000 jobs (10th in nation)Fast-growing VC to water tech: over 370 million inUS; 50 billion water asset funds globally
Centers of Education, Research and InnovationMichigan TechIf Michigan’s 3 top Research Universities do 300 million in R&DGreat Lakes 20 Top Tier: 2 billion in water R&DIf Michigan’s 9 Univ. Water Centers, 18 Community Colleges trainthousands in water work; Great Lakes Universities-Colleges educatetens of thousands
Water Place-making and LifestyleIf Michigan’s Restoration, Place-Making, Boating, Fishing, Recreationand Tourism adds up to 210,000 jobs and 7.5 billion annuallyGreat Lakes States and Provinces well over 1 million jobs - 50 billion
‘Blue really is the New Green’Blue EconomyGreen EconomyWind, solar, battery, bio-mass, next Water cleaning, monitoring,conservation products andenergy technology creationservicesBuilding retrofits, waterBuilding retrofits, turbinemachining, solar panel production, infrastructure repair, Filtertransit-building: “green collar jobs” making, “blue-collar” jobs“Greenways”, parks, open-space:“green” placesGreen lifestyles and values: Greenroofs, recycling, local food, energyconservation, sustainable living“Blueways”, wetlandpreservation, waterfrontrenewal, water trails‘Blue” lifestyles and values:Rain-gardens, grey watersystems, green infrastructurewater-saving lifestyles
Look at Milwaukee .River makeover .Open up Lake Michigan Celebrate LakeUniv. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Water Institute .Marquette Water Lawand Business Water Cluster - The Water Council .BadgerMeter,A.O.Smith, Veolia, Koehler. One of UN global cities leading in waterinnovationGLEIBROOKINGS
Grand Rapids .“Greenest” US mid-size city, led by smartwater use putting “rapids” back in the Grand core city redevelopment facing the river for talent retention repurposemanufacturing like Cascade Engineering water purifyingproducts . GVSU- Annis Water Resources Institute.GLEIBROOKINGS
Macomb County Blue Economy Initiative: 32 miles offreshwater coast, largest freshwater estuary, boating, fishing,metro-parks, nautical mile, birding, blueway trails, Clintonwatershed Freshwater studies and problem solving(Macomb, St. Clair CC’s and WSU) firms finding new watertechnology products to makeGLEIBROOKINGS
Marquette, Duluth, Hamilton, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh,Cleveland, Traverse City, now Buffalo are “doing it” GLEIBROOKINGS
Examples: Water Place-MakingMarquetteHarborfront “Your Bay – YourSay” – Bay ShoreCorridor Boardman RiverProsperity Plan Bay CountyRoadmap Saginaw WatershedInitiativeSt. Clair “BlueMeets Green”Manistee : Explore theShores” & Lakes toLand” initiativeMuskegon Harbor –WaterfrontStitchingGrand Riverinto GrandRapidsHuron “River-UP! Macomb Blue EconomyInitiative Detroit Riverfront- Refuge Clinton River “WaterTowns”
Water Education, Research, Problem-SolvingNorthwesternMichiganCollege –FreshwaterStudiesMichigan TechGreat LakesResearch CenterSVSU EnvironmentalScience ProgramsLawrence TechGreat LakesStormwaterManagementInstituteGrand Valley StateWater ResourcesInstituteMichigan StateUniversity Centerfor Water ScienceWSU – MacombCommunityCollege HEARTAlliance forWater ResearchU of M WaterCenter
Water Technology Product and Service Firms Dow: membranes,filters Serv-a-Pure: superprue waterKeewanawGeothermalResearch GroupCascadeEngineeering – BioSands FilterLimnotech &ECT - engineering,water ecosystemmanagement Algal Scientific –water recovery PlymouthTechnologies –waste tmentMannik SmithGroup - greeninfrastructure
Healthy Waters, Strong Economy –3:1 to 6:1 EconomicImpact for clean-up. AOC’s – Some Superfund sitesgetting done. So far under Great Lakes Restoration –Michigan - 163 million spentSault St. MarieSt. Mary’s RiverSuperfund SiteMuskegon - WhiteLake, Area ofConcernKalamazoo RiverSuperfund SiteSt Clair River BiNational AOCMonroe Area ofConcern
Lessons in Blue Economy-BuildingRestore, Clean, Re-Connect to, and Celebrate WaterLeverage and Grow the Water Education, Research andInnovation Centers of Excellence and ActivitySupport Businesses Growing Sustainable “Smart Water”Solutions – new products and services solving emerging globalfreshwater challengesEmbrace Values of Sustainable Water Use, Water Stewardship,Water Innovation- Sends message Great Lakes is the placewhere we care for our water, and are solving world’s waterchallenges.
ClevelandMinneapolisThen Rust will become BlueGLEIMilwaukeeBROOKINGSDetroit
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Grand Rapids .“Greenest” US mid -size city, led by smart water use putting “rapids” back in the Grand core city re- . water recovery . Clean, Re-Connect to, and Celebrate Water . Leverage and Grow the Water Education, Research and Innovation Centers of Excellence and Act
