Notable Quotes
Automation Alley is a success, and people are taking notice.
U.S. Presidential candidate and Senator John McCain noted that during a campaign stop that "Michigan is the place with the technology, and Oakland County, with Automation Alley, is the place to do the technology to make us energy independent. We're going to have to invest the money to have the kind of technology to meet those standards."
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said: “[The city of Detroit] never would have joined Automation Alley 15 years ago because it’s an Oakland County thing. We’re in it now, let’s market the region as a whole, as the next place to build your business in technology or alternative energy.”
Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, in a discussion with the Detroit Free Press editorial board, commented on Automation Alley, saying "Automation Alley...is obviously a huge focus for us in terms of diversifying the economy."
Allan Adler, editorial editor of The Oakland Press, said, "Amid all the gloom in Michigan's economy, there has been at least one bright spot that promises to shine even more vividly in the future. It's Automation Alley..."
Gary Gosselin, business editor of The Oakland Press said, "Automation Alley rivals [the] best in the nation."
During a recent visit to Automation Alley to discuss Michigan's economic future, Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm stated that, “Automation Alley is a model of where we need to go as a state.”
Adam Bruns, managing editor of Site Selection Magazine commented about Automation Alley that "it’s right up there, [with] Silicon Valley, Boston’s Route 128 and North Carolina’s Research Triangle."
A quote in The Detroit News stated that "[Automation Alley]…is arguably one of the most successful brand identity campaigns in the history of Michigan economic development."
George Fulton & Donald Grimes of the University of Michigan noted in 2008 that "…Automation Alley [is the] logical approach for economic development in Oakland County [and the region]."