Governor Gretchen Whitmer is using the last ten days of 2021 to highlight the accomplishments of her administration. Each day the administration will focus on a key area:

• • Day 1:Roads & Bridges
  • Day 2: Education & Skills
  • Day 3:Public Safety & Criminal Justice
  • Day 4: Delivering for Older Michiganders
  • Day 5:Water, Environment, Climate
  • Day 6:Supporting Small Businesses
  • Day 7: Early Learning & Childcare
  • Day 8:Expanding High-Speed Internet
  • Day 9: Supporting Veterans
  • Day 10:Building the Future of Mobility

The administration is also taking the opportunity to highlight key metrics in the state:

• • GDP: Michigan had the best 2021 Q2 GDP growth in the Midwest and third highest in the U.S.
  • Surplus: Michigan turned a projected $3 billion deficit into a $3.5 billion surplus
  • Roads: In three years, Michigan has invested nearly $4.75 billion to repair, replace, or rehabilitate 13,198 lane miles
  • Vaccines: 70%+ of Michiganders 16 and up have gotten their safe, effective COVID vaccine
  • Education: closed the funding gap between schools in Michigan
  • Workforce: put 170,000 and Michiganders and counting on a tuition-free path to higher education or skills training through Reconnect and Futures for Frontliners
  • Bridges: repaired, replaced, or rehabilitated 903 bridges since taking office
  • Childcare:expanded low or no-cost childcare to 105,000 kids
  • Rainy Day: put $500 million, the most ever, into Michigan’s rainy-day fund
  • Jobs: Michigan’s economy added 145,000 jobs this year, including 67,000 in the last three months

Additionally, Governor Whitmer and her team are looking ahead to 2022 and their long-term economic goals. This includes growing the middle class, having 60% of working-age residents earn a postsecondary education or skills certificate by 2030, becoming a top-ten state for small business growth, building 75,000 new or rehabilitated housing units, and ensuring 100% access to high-speed internet in five years.

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