2. Governor Jennifer M. Granholm has signed into law legislation designed to
make Michigan’s film incentive program the most aggressive in the nation.
It is also designed to:
• Increase the number of productions filmed on location in Michigan
• Attract production facilities
• Grow industry activities that support film production
• Create jobs, and train workers for those jobs
3. Michigan's new film program provides incentives for film and digital media
production, infrastructure development, financing and workforce development
with an emphasis on
• Hiring Michigan workers and filming in Michigan's 103 core communities,
urban communities, and traditional centers of commerce. It also
provides a number of other incentives for growing the industry in
Michigan, including enhancements for the Michigan Film Office.
