In December, the Michigan Strategic Fund awarded Amazon a $7.5 million Michigan Business Development Program performance-based grant to create 1,000 jobs for a fulfillment center in Livonia. With the fulfillment center in Shelby Township, Amazon’s workforce in Michigan will grow to 3,500. Since 2016, Amazon has announced three fulfillment centers in Michigan and a corporate office in Detroit. Employees at the fulfillment centers will pick, pack and ship large items such as gardening tools, sporting equipment and household décor. The grant also would “make the case that Michigan is the prime location for this project,” according to the staff in its recommendation.Įarlier this month, Amazon confirmed it would create 1,000 full-time jobs when it opens a 1-million-square-foot fulfillment center in Shelby Township next year. The Michigan Economic Development Corp., which oversees the strategic fund, recommended approval because online retail giant demonstrated a need for funding for road improvements and to offset costs related to hiring workers. The Michigan Strategic Fund approved the request Tuesday for the grant, which will help create 1,025 new jobs and bring a capital investment of up to $40 million into the northern Macomb County community, officials said. Michigan is giving Amazon $4.5 million for its previously announced fulfillment center in Shelby Township.
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