Jeff Mason, executive director of the University Research Corridor, appeared on the Craig Fahle Show on 10/11 to discuss the economic impact from the efforts of the URC's member institutions including Wayne State University, University of Michigan and Michigan State University (cue 1:20:10). The economic impact, according to the 2010 Empowering Michigan report, is up from $12.9 billion in 2006 to $14.8 billion in 2009. That has helped produce an extra $50 million in state taxes, totaling $401 million -- slightly less than half of what the state spends on its research universities each year.

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