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Neighborhoods
Downtown
Enjoy a huge range of entertainment, dining, shopping and sightseeing opportunities, all within an easy, eye-catching 10-minute walk.
West Side
From tigers and coffee to meat markets and Mexican restaurants, the West Side is a fascinating mix of old-school and up-and-coming.
Heartside
Grit, growth and creativity characterize this downtown neighborhood, which boasts unique galleries, clever dining spots and many pleasant…
Heritage Hill
One of the nation’s top old-house neighborhoods – with 1,300 buildings dating back to 1844 – is just a five-minute walk from downtown.
Medical Mile
This world-class health-sciences corridor is spurring new retail and residential developments well beyond its namesake mile.
North Quarter
The city’s largest park, tiniest burger joint, oldest sweet shop and newest best-bar winner are just a few of the pleasures that await visitors.…
Southtown
Diversity is the hallmark of Southtown, with numerous ethnic groups contributing to a vibrant mix of restaurants, shops and events.
Uptown
An eclectic mix of specialty shops, galleries, restaurants and entertainment venues reflect this area’s friendly, funky, fabulous character.
Medical Meetings
Medical Device Manfacturing
MI Device, a 26-member consortium sponsored by the region’s economic development organization, The Right Place, is the only Michigan-based consortium dedicated to medical device design, development, manufacturing, and distribution.
- Autocam Medical is a global contract manufacturer of orthopedic implants, spinal implants, peek implants, and orthopedic cutting tools.
- Dornerworks is a technology engineering company that ranks in the top 20% of embedded development team sizes in the U.S.
- Firstronic is a provider of electronics manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers in the electronics industry.
- Market Lab is a direct mail catalog supplier of specialty products and services for healthcare professionals throughout North America.
- Perrigo is the world's largest manufacturer of over-the-counter healthcare products for the store brand market, and a leading supplier throughout Europe and the U.S.
- Ranir LLC is a leading global manufacturer of store brand consumer oral care products.
- Rose Medical is an ISO 13485 Certified and FDA Registered custom medical device contract manufacturer.
- Safari Circuits provides world-class electronics development and manufacturing services to medical, instrumentation, industrial, and military industries.
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