Michigan Business Beat | Hilary Doe Michigan Chief Growth Officer -Growing Michigan Together Council

Chris Holman welcomes back Hilary Doe, Chief Growth Officer, State of Michigan, Lansing, MI. Tell us about your role as Chief Growth Officer (the nation's first and only chief growth officer). Can you talk about some of the population trends you've seen in Michigan and across the country? Governor Whitmer recently announced working groups for the Growing Michigan Together Council. Can you talk about their roles and how their feedback will drive the state's population work? The Growing Michigan Together Listening Tour kicked off recently with the first stop in the UP. What can Michiganders expect from the tour stops and how their voices will shape the council's report? For more details on the Growing Michigan Together Listening Tour, check out the details in this release: Statewide Growing Michigan Together Listening Tour Kicks Off In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula The listening tour will draw feedback from across the state to inform Growing Michigan Together Council’s population report ESCANABA, Mich., Aug. 2023—The Growing Michigan Together Listening Tour kicked off August 17th in Escanaba and will make its way across the state to collect feedback from Michiganders about what can be done to attract and retain talent. This feedback will inform the Growing Michigan Together Council’s formal report that must be submitted by December 1, 2023. “We’re excited to work side-by-side with Michiganders to grow our state,” said Michigan’s Chief Growth Officer Hilary Doe, “From now until the end of November we’ll travel across Michigan to hear directly from communities about what we can do to make our state an even more thriving, vibrant and exciting place to live and work.” The Growing Michigan Together Tour will include stops at community events and regional forums designed to discuss local challenges and growth opportunities in communities across the state. Many events will focus on collecting additional input from young people—at work, on campus, and online. The tour will also meet college students where they a